Anne Enright: Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction (2012)

The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright - Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction (2012).

In this video, Anne Enright accepts the nomination for the Carnegie Medal as one of the three finalists. She ended up being the winner for her novel, The Forgotten Waltz.

The winners of the first Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction were announced June 24, 2012, during a ceremony at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA. These awards were established to recognize the best fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the U.S. during the previous year. The annually appointed selection committee includes a chair (Nancy Pearl, 2012--2014), three Booklist editors or contributors, and three former members of RUSA CODES Notable Books Council.

Read the Booklist Carnegie Medal Interview with Anne Enright (6/27/12):
http://www.booklistonline.com/Product...

The Forgotten Waltz is published by W. W. Norton & Company.
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