The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma longlisted for 2016 International Dylan Thomas Prize

 The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma has been included on the longlist for the 2016 International Dylan Thomas Prize.

The Dylan Thomas Prize is awarded annually to the best eligible published literary work in English, written by an author aged 39 or under. It is the largest literary prize in the world for young writers, aimed at encouraging creative talent worldwide. The prize celebrates international literary excellence across all genres, and is open to poetry, novels, short stories and drama.

Nigerian author Obioma, whose debut novel last year received multiple nominations and was featured on many best-of lists, joins 11 other writers on the longlist. He is the only writer from the African continent.

Here are all the nominees:

• Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett (Fitzcarraldo Editions)​​

• City on Fire by Garth Risk Hallberg, (Jonathan Cape)​

• The Tusk that did the Damage by Tania James (Harvill Secker [UK]; Alfred A Knopf [US])

• Disinformation Frances by Leviston (Picador)

• The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney (John Murray)​

• Physical by Andrew McMillan (Jonathan Cape)

• We Don’t Know What We’re Doing by Thomas Morris (Faber & Faber)​​​​​

• The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma (ONE, an imprint of Pushkin Press)

• Among the Ten Thousand Things by Julia Pierpont (Oneworld)

• Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter (Faber & Faber)​

• The Year of the Runaways by Sunjeev Sahota (Picador)

• Find Me by Laura van den Berg (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

 
The shortlist will be announced in March, and the winner revealed on International Dylan Thomas Day, 14 May 2016.