06/24/2026
Congratulations, Ann Patchett!
NEWS: The Library of Congress has announced that the 2026 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction will be awarded to Ann Patchett at the National Book Festival on Aug. 22.
The annual Prize for American Fiction, one of the Library’s most prestigious awards, honors an American literary writer whose body of work is distinguished by its mastery of the art, as well as its originality of thought and imagination.
“The Library of Congress is one of our nation’s noblest institutions, and it’s full of librarians, who I consider to be the very noblest of people. I am grateful for this award and honored by the association,” said Patchett.
“Ann Patchett crafts moving, probing, tender novels. She has a talent for creating fiction that readers continually devour because she thinks deeply and writes evocatively about human connection,” said Acting Librarian of Congress Robert R. Newlen. “I am thrilled that she is the 2026 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction recipient.”
Learn more at https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/ann-patchett-to-receive-2026-library-of-congress-prize-for-american-fiction/s/4cab92e9-cda0-47f4-8ee3-6b1c4efbe3e3
Image: Ann Patchett, recipient of the 2026 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. Photo credit: Emily Dorio.
