The Yale University Library Mondays at Beinecke series presents Michael Kelleher, Windham-Campbell Prize Director.
Director Kelleher will offer a discussion of the 2025 Windham Campbell Prize winners and a preview of the festival upcoming from September 16 through 19.
The Windham-Campbell Prizes are one of the world’s most significant international literary awards. The recipients, honored for their literary achievement or promise, each receive $175,000 to support their work.
The recipients are, in fiction, Sigrid Nunez (United States) and Anne Enright (Ireland); in nonfiction, Patricia J. Williams (United States) and Rana Dasgupta (United Kingdom); in drama, Roy Williams (United Kingdom) and Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini (United Kingdom); and in poetry, Anthony V. Capildeo (Scotland/Trinidad and Tobago) and Tongo Eisen-Martin (United States).
The recipients, who are nominated confidentially and judged anonymously, did not know they were under consideration until Kelleher personally delivered the news of their selection in mid-February. All prize winners come to campus to receive their prizes and participate in the annual festival.
Zoom webinar registration link.