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29/03/2006
Jennifer Farrell's Beached takes Hennessy Award
The 2005 Hennessy New Irish Writer Award has been won by Jennifer Farrell for her First Fiction short story Beached.
Judges Philip Hensher, Mary O'Donnell and Ciaran Carty presented the award to Farrell at a ceremony in Dublin's Four Seasons Hotel yesterday.
This was Farrell's first nomination in the Literary Awards and Beached also won the Hennessy Literary Award for Best First Fiction Writer.
Other awards presented included Best Emerging Fiction Writer to Owen Dwyer for his short story Respite and Best Emerging Poetry to Maria Wallace for her poem That Hand Painted Plate Behind Glass.
The Hennessy Literary Awards ceremony was established in 1970. The awards celebrate talented artists who contribute to the literary world in Ireland<.
A total of 17 writers were nominated for this year's awards. Each category winner receives a prize of €1,500, while the overall winner receives an additional €2,500 and a trophy.
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