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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

Novelist Anne Enright awarded prestigious $175,000 Windham-Campbell Prize — Ms Enright is the eighth Irish writer to win one of the prizes. Picture: Moya Nolan

Mon, 24 Mar, 2025 - 20:41

Steven Heaney

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.

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