Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Etchings in the Dead Wax
I find no coverage of the title in any independent sources after searching Ebsco, Gale, and Proquest databases.  Not even a trivial mention.  I see no indication that the book has won a major literary award.  With no mentions at all found in any sources available to me, it is a safe assumption that those sources do not consider the book to have made a "significant contribution to a notable motion picture, or other art form, or event or political or religious movement."  Google search for title limiting to domain .edu brings no results, indicating the book is not the subject of instruction at any, never mind multiple, institutions of learning.  Searches for author's name in same sources yield identical results, indicating author is not of sufficient notability that any of his written works may be considered notable.  The book therefore fails all criteria of 
— User:Some, 19:37, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:BK (Wikipedia:Notability)