The Harper Lee Award for Alabama's Distinguished Writer of the Year is an annual award recognizing a writer who was born in Alabama or has spent their formative years there. It is named after Harper Lee, whose To Kill A Mockingbird has sold over 30 million copies.[1][2]
The Harper Lee Award was established in 1998 and was first awarded to Albert Murray.
Recipients edit
- 1998 — Albert Murray
- 1999 — Madison Jones
- 2000 — Helen Norris
- 2001 — Sena Jeter Naslund
- 2002 — Mary Ward Brown
- 2003 — Rodney Jones
- 2004 — Sonia Sanchez
- 2005 — Andrew Highway
- 2006 — Wayne Greenhaw[3]
- 2007 — William Cobb
- 2008 — Rebecca Gilman[4]
- 2009 — Rick Bragg
- 2010 — Carolyn Haines
- 2011 — Winston Groom
- 2012 — Fannie Flagg
- 2013 — Gay Talese
- 2014 — Mark Childress
- 2015 — Hank Lazer
- 2016 — E. O. Wilson[5]
- 2017 — Brad Watson
- 2018 — Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
- 2019 — Daniel Wallace
- 2020 — Patti Callahan Henry[6]
- 2021 — Angela Johnson
- 2022 — Cynthia Tucker
- 2023 — Joy Harjo
References edit
- ^ "Programs : Harper Lee Award". Alabama Writers' Forum. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
- ^ "Alabama Writers Awards". Monroeville Literary Festival. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
- ^ "Montgomery Author Wins Harper Lee Award". Alabama Public Radio. 6 March 2006. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ^ "Artist Bio : Rebecca Gilman". Goodman Theatre. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ^ "Edward O. Wilson Chosen as 2016 Harper Lee Award Recipient". E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation. December 15, 2015. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ^ Shelly Haskins (2020-01-19). "Mountain Brook author wins 2020 Harper Lee Award". AL. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ^ https://www.monroevilleliteraryfestival.com/awards
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