The votes are in, and the winners
have been announced! Here are the
authors and books that received major literary awards in 2013:
THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE – Alice Munro
Cited as a “master of the contemporary
short story”, Munro is the first Canadian to receive the Nobel Prize in
Literature. She is also a three-time
winner of Canada’s Governor General’s
Award for Fiction. Her works include:
Dance of the Happy Shades (1968)
The Progress of Love (1986)
The Love of a Good Woman (1998)
Dear Life
(2012)
THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION - Adam Johnson
Johnson is a South Dakota
native and Associate Professor in Creative Writing at Stanford University. He received the Pulitzer for The Orphan Master’s Son. His works include:
Emporium
(2002)
Parasites Like Us (2003)
The Orphan Master’s Son (2012)
THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION – James McBride
McBride is a writer and
musician whose 1996 memoir, The Color of
Water, was a huge bestseller. He received the National Book Award for The Good Lord Bird. His works include:
The Color of Water (1996)
Miracle at St. Anna (2002)
Song Yet Sung
(2008)
The Good Lord Bird (2012)
THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE – Eleanor Catton
A native of New Zealand,
Catton attended the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 2008. She received the Booker Prize for The Luminaries and is the youngest
recipient (at age 28) of that award. Her
works include:
The Rehearsal (2008)
The Luminaries (2013)
Many of these titles and various other award-winners are in the East Central Regional Library collection. Check Evergreen (our online catalog) or contact your nearest ECRL branch library for assistance!
Bob Gray, Reference and Interlibrary Loan Librarian
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