Friends of the Library Honor Author

The University’s Friends of the Weinberg Memorial Library, in collaboration with the Schemel Forum, honored best-selling author Colum McCann with the 2014 Royden B. Davis, S.J., Distinguished Author Award. McCann has been called a “poetic realist,” a gifted writer who is adept at combining historical figures and situations with fictional characters. 

At the event, McCann read and discussed sections from two of his best-selling novels, “Let the Great World Spin” and “TransAtlantic.” He also talked about growing up in a middle class family in a Dublin suburb. “I actually had the worst thing that you could have as a novelist growing up — I had a happy childhood,” he said. 

The annual event supports the Friends of the Library Endowment Fund.