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Sat 07 Jul 2008LOOSE LEAVES
Talk about bucking the trend. In an era when the longlist has become as de rigueur for literary prizes as the shortlist, the jury of the 2008 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award (the world's largest prize for a short story collection at €35,000) dispensed with a shortlist altogether this year and yesterday announced a winner, Jhumpa Lahiri, for her collection, Unaccustomed Earth.
Jhumpa Lahiri wins O'Connor prize
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