As part of the prize, the library has given Mr. Wonder a musical commission.
Clarke, the national poet of Wales, called the lineup for the £15,000 prize "a library of the best".
In addition to the Kluge Prize, the library sponsors many privately endowed honours and awards recognizing creativity and achievement in the humanities.
Let the Great World Spin had been the frontrunner to take the prize among libraries, receiving the most nominations (14) on a shortlist which also included titles by the Australian novelist David Malouf and the American writers Joyce Carol Oates and Barbara Kingsolver.
Novels were nominated for the IMPAC prize by libraries around the world, and the winner chosen by an international panel of judges which included Icelandic novelist Steinunn Sigurdardottir and British writer Michael Holroyd.
The lovers embark on a life of free-spirited adventure, spending their savings, selling their belongings (including his highly prized personal library), and stealing luxury items like a $270 dress and a fancy cowboy hat; Ro is the thief, and Kevin's motorcycle the getaway vehicle.
When it works, it's a strategy that is capable of conjuring miracles: his famous Stirling Prize-winning library in Peckham, south-east London for example, or the Public, the enormously brave art centre in West Bromwich that is now under construction.
In addition to his abiding interest in art, Kennedy collects books; the prize of his library is an 81-year-old glassine-covered tome, "The XIT Ranch of Texas," by J. Evetts Haley.
Mr. McCartney said that "as a great admirer of the Gershwins' songs" he was "highly honored" to be given the prize, and the library said he planned to play at the tribute show.
Assuming approval by the MGM board on September 27th, and no antitrust objections, a Sony-led consortium will pay about $2.94 billion in cash and assume about $1.9 billion of MGM debt.The deal ends months of wrangling, with Mr Kerkorian who has now bought and sold MGM three times dangling the prize of its library of 4,100 film titles and 10,000 TV episodes before not just Sony but Time Warner.
