Haitian American writer Edwidge Danticat is the recipient of the 2019 St. Louis Literary Award. It’s given by the St. Louis University Library Associates.
Danticat has won numerous awards for her writing. She’s been a finalist in both fiction and nonfiction for the National Book Award and has won a National Book Critics Circle Award and a MacArthur “genius" grant.
On Thursday’s St. Louis on the Air, host Sarah Fenske talked with Danticat.
Danticat’s family memoir, “Brother, I’m Dying,” is St. Louis University’s common read, a book that all incoming students are tasked with reading and discussing in small groups.
Listen to the full discussion:
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What: Edwidge Danticat Awarded 2019 St. Louis Literary Award
When: 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019
Where: The Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63108
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