Novelist Anne Enright awarded prestigious $175,000 Windham-Campbell Prize

Reacting to her win, Ms Enright said she was 'floored' to be awarded the prize

Ms Enright is the eighth Irish writer to win one of the prizes. Picture: Moya Nolan

Novelist Anne Enright has been awarded the prestigious Windham-Campbell Prize, which carries a $175,000 prize per recipient.

Each year, the Windham-Campbell Prizes award a total of $1.4m to writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama.