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Penguin’s Ann Lauterbach Is Named Finalist for 2009 National Book Awards
The 2009 National Book Awards finalists were announced this week and Penguin's Ann Lauterbach is among those selected in the Poetry category for Or to Begin Again. The winner in each of four categories – Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry and People's Literature – will be announced at the 60th National Book Awards Benefit Dinner and Ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on Wednesday, November 18th. Each winner will receive $10,000 and a bronze statue, and each finalist will receive a bronze medal and $1,000.
The Foundation will also announce the winner of its Best of the National Book Awards Fiction Poll where Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow (Penguin) was one of the six finalists.
In addition, as reported last week, Ceridwen Dovey, author of Blood Kin (Viking/Penguin), has been selected by 2008 National Book Award Fiction Finalist Rachel Kushner for the National Book Foundation’s fourth annual “5 Under 35” Honor, which recognizes and celebrates the next generation of fiction writers, as determined by past National Book Award winners and finalists.
To view the complete list of 2009 finalists, click here.
And, to vote for the best National Book Award Fiction winner, click here.
Listen to "Elegy for Sol LeWitt" from Ann Lauterbach's Or to Begin Again.
Viking/ Penguin’s William Kennedy to receive Eugene O'Neill Lifetime Achievement Award
Irish American Writers and Artists, Inc. will present Pulitzer Prize-wining Viking/ Penguin author William Kennedy with its inaugural Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement Award at a cocktail reception in NYC tonight, Eugene O’Neill’s birthday. Actor Matt Dillon, writer/director John Patrick Shanley, writer Malachy McCourt and other special guests will read from Eugene O’Neill’s and William Kennedy’s works, and noted New York Times journalist Dan Barry will present the O’Neill Award to Kennedy.
The Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement Award will be given annually by the IAW&A to an Irish American writer, actor, painter or other type of artist who has created a body of work that places them among the great artists and entertainers of all time. To learn more about the award, click here.
Read more about William Kennedy and browse his books.
The Midwife Is a Recipient of the “Mothers Naturally” Award by the Midwives Alliance of North America
The Midwife by Jennifer Worth (Penguin) has been chosen as one of the recipients of the “Mothers Naturally” award, given by the Midwives Alliance of North America. This is an annual award that honors books, movies, websites, and other media outlets who have shown outstanding commitment to positive portrayals of birth, women, babies, and midwifery. This year’s recipients will be announced at the Annual Midwives Alliance conference in Monterey, California, which is being held October 22nd – 25th. To read more about the award, click here.
