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Fri 11 Nov 2009Colum McCann wins coveted US National Book Award
NOVELIST COLUM McCann became the first Irish person to win one of America’s most prestigious literary awards on Wednesday night. McCann’s Let the Great World Spinwas announced as the winner of the National Book Award for fiction at a gala dinner in Manhattan.
Previous winners include giants of the American literary scene such as William Faulkner, Philip Roth, Saul Bellow and John Updike. McCann dedicated his victory to another Irish author, Frank McCourt, who died in July. “I think he’s dancing upstairs,” he said.
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