Booker Prize winners Aravind Adiga and Salman Rushdie have been named in the longlist for the 2010 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, a top recognition for a single work of fiction published in English.
While Adiga has been nominated for his The White Tiger, Rushdie has been selected for his The Enchantress of Florence and Ghosh for Sea of Poppies.
The Award is administered by Dublin City Public Libraries. The judges of the 2010 award are Anne Fine, Anatoly Kudryavitsky, Abdourahman Waberi, Zoe Wicomb and Eve Patten.
Previous winners of the prestigious award include Man Gone Down by Michael Thomas (2009), De Niro's Game by Rawi Hage (2008), Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson (2007) and The Master by Colm Toibin (2006).
