Christine Dwyer Hickey has won the 11th Walter Scott Prize for her novel The Narrow Land, in which she explores the marriage of the artists Edward and Jo Hopper. Dwyer Hickey also receives a cheque for £25,000 (€28,000) and an original framed print by the renowned photographer, Walter Scott, who is also the great writer’s namesake. Christine Dwyer Hickey has embraced the risk and created a masterpiece.”The Narrow Land has also been shortlisted for the €20,000 Dalkey Literary Award. Christine Dwyer Hickey has embraced the risk and created a masterpiece. The Walter Scott Prize was founded in 2009 to reward the best fiction set 60 or more years ago, to honour the achievements of Sir Walter Scott, considered to be the inventor of the historical novel.

Source: The Irish Times June 12, 2020 18:45 UTC