The late Jimmy Carter won a Grammy Award for his recording Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration.
The former president won in the audio book, narration, and storytelling category for the recording of Sunday school lessons that he delivered at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia.
Carter, who died in December at 100, was a prolific author, publishing 32 books in his lifetime, including An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
He was nominated for a Grammy Award nine previous times, winning three times, for the audiobook editions of Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis, A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety, and Faith: A Journey for All.
Carter beat out four other recordings for the award: My Name Is Barbra, written and narrated by Barbra Streisand; Behind the Seams, written by Dolly Parton with Holly George-Warren and Rebecca Seaver and narrated by Parton; …And Your Ass Will Follow, written and narrated by George Clinton; and All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words, written by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines and narrated by a cast of 10.
Accepting the award on Carter’s behalf was his grandson Jason Carter, who said in a speech, “I just want to say that having his words captured in this way, for my family and for the world, is truly remarkable, and I think really means so much at this moment in our history as a country, as a world, to bring people together, to preach that love and kindness.”
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
