Éric Chacour (Justine Latour); Pablo Strauss

Canadian writer Éric Chacour has been shortlisted for the 2026 Dublin Literary Award.

The six-title shortlist for this year’s €100,000 prize, worth about $161,000, was announced on April 7. If the winning title is a translation, the prize money is divided between author and translator, with the author receiving €75,000 and the translator €25,000. The award honours excellence in world literature, and titles are nominated by public libraries from around the world.

Chacour was one of two Canadians on the award’s 20-book longlist announced in February.

He is nominated for What I Know About You, the English translation of his debut novel Ce que je sais de toi, which won awards in its original French after it was published in 2023. Translated by Pablo Strauss and published by Coach House Books, What I Know About You was nominated for the award by the Bibliothèque de Québec and the Toronto Public Library. Chacour’s novel is one of three French translations shortlisted for this year’s prize.

Chacour is joined on the shortlist by Scottish writer Ali Smith, nominated for Gliff (Hamish Hamilton/PEnguin Random House UK); Magdalena Blažević, nominated for In Late Summer (Linden Editions), translated by Anđelka Raguž; French writer Brigitte Giraud, nominated for Live Fast (Ecco/Harper Collins), translated by Cory Stockwell; French writer Laurent Binet, nominated for Perspective(s) (Harvill Secker/Penguin Random House UK), translated by Sam Taylor; and American author Ocean Vuong, nominated for The Emperor of Gladness (Jonathan Cape/Penguin Random House).

The winner will be announced on May 21 during the International Literature Festival Dublin. Canadian novelist Michael Crummey won last year’s prize for his novel The Adversary.