The honours

The Irish Times Literature Prizes 2001:

The Irish Times Literature Prizes 2001:

Fiction winner: William Trevor for The Hill Bachelors

Nominees: Emma Donoghue for Slammerkin

Eoin McNamee for The Blue Tango

Non-fiction: Angela Bourke for The Burning of Bridget Cleary

Nominees: Declan Kiberd for Irish Classics

Aidan Higgins for The Whole Hog

Poetry: Michael Longley for The Weather in Japan

Nominees: Richard Murphy for Collected Poems

Dennis O'Driscoll for Weather Permitting

Irish language: Cathal ╙ Searcaigh for Ag 'Tn·th Leis an tSolas

Nominees: Biddy Jenkinson for Rogha Dβnta

Micheβl ╙ Conghaile for Sna Fir

International fiction: Michael Ondaatje for Anil's Ghost

Nominees: Denis Johnston for The Name of the World

Ha Jin for Waiting

Philip Roth for The Human Stain

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