Windham-Campbell Prize Director Michael Kelleher will offer a discussion of the 2025 Windham Campbell Prize winners and a preview of the festival upcoming from September 16 through 19.

Zoom webinar registration link: https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GA-TblzjTNK8ohq6rW-tdQ

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.

Mondays at Beinecke online talks focus on materials from the collections and include an opening presentation at 4pm followed by conversation and Q & A beginning about 4:30pm until 5pm. Episodes are generally recorded and published on the library’s YouTube channel within a few weeks of original live program.