Aminatta Forna's novel The Memory of Love, meanwhile, took the Africa prize.
Egan took the Pulitzer for her story of an ageing former punk rocker and his assistant, while the British-born, Sierra Leone-raised writer Aminatta Forna won the Commonwealth prize for The Memory of Love, set in post-war Sierra Leone.
Nominations for the prize are received from libraries around the world – Even the Dogs was proposed by a Moscow library – with 147 books put forward this year, from Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad to Aminatta Forna's Commonwealth prize-winning novel The Memory of Love.
In most cases those that actually did take the prize will linger in the memory very much less.
Mr. Bobbitt endowed the prize in memory of his mother, Rebekah Johnson, who worked at the Library of Congress before her brother Lyndon B. Johnson entered politics.
Their methods have become standard tools in academic research, and their insights provide guidance for the development of theory as well as for professional investment practice In 1968, the Sveriges Riksbank - Sweden's central bank - established the prize in memory of Alfred Nobel.
The Paul Foot award, which was established by Private Eye and the Guardian, is an annual prize in memory of the journalist and campaigner who died in 2004.
The prize Dr. Lappalainen received honors the memory of Dr. Leena Peltonen, a world-renowned human geneticist from Finland who passed away in 2009.
The prize was endowed to honor the memory of Ignacio Martín-Baró, who was committed to the values of democracy, social justice, and service to the poor, silenced, and dispossessed.
His victory came after one of the most bitter and vituperative run-ups to the prize in living memory - not among the shortlisted writers, but from dismayed and bemused commentators who accused judges of putting populism above genuine quality.
Professor Melton presented the Peralta Prize, given in memory of the late Professor Ernie Peralta of MCB, which recognizes the best research proposals presented by second-year graduate students during their qualifying exams.
