Chicago Tribune Announces 2019 Literary and Heartland Award Winners
16 August 2019 - 2:59AM
The Chicago Tribune announced today the winners of its 2019
Literary Award and Heartland Prizes, which will be presented at the
Chicago Humanities Festival on November 3 and October 27,
respectively.
For its Literary Award winner, the Tribune will celebrate Henry
Louis Gates, Jr., a pioneering American scholar and literary critic
who has enriched public life and conversation in his passionate
devotion to African American history, culture and literature.
Expanding his audience from page to screen as host of the PBS show
“Finding Your Roots,” Gates has educated generations about the
past. Gates – who was awarded the Heartland Prize in 1994 for his
memoir, “Colored People” – will receive the award November 3 at the
Harris Theater.
“Dr. Gates is a dynamic, provocative thought-leader who embodies
excellence in literature and in broader culture," said Bruce Dold,
the publisher and editor-in-chief of the Chicago Tribune. "He
prompts necessary discussions on subjects that are often
uncomfortable.”
First awarded in 2002, the Chicago Tribune Literary Award is an
annual recognition of the lifetime achievement of an individual
storyteller. Past recipients include Salman Rushdie, Elie Wiesel,
Margaret Atwood, Tom Wolfe and Joyce Carol Oates.
Heartland Prizes
The Tribune will award the Heartland Prize for Nonfiction to
Sarah Smarsh, who reaches into the deep roots of her Kansas family
and the fault lines in American culture in her book Heartland,
which has become required reading for anyone seeking insight into
the realities of American poverty.
Rebecca Makkai will be awarded the Heartland Prize for Fiction
for her book The Great Believers. In her moving and
artful novel compelled by the AIDS crisis in Chicago, Makkai – a
finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award –
depicts the height of the epidemic and those who loved and lost
during the worst of its ravages.
Both awards will be presented on October 27 at Northwestern
University’s Galvin Recital Hall.
“It’s an honor to award this year’s Heartland Prizes to these
two authors," said Dold. “Smarsh and Makkai are graceful and
powerful writers whose works touch poignantly on enduring Midwest
values.”
Chicago Tribune established the Heartland Prizes in 1988 to
annually recognize a novel and work of non-fiction that reinforce
and perpetuate the values of heartland America. The Literary and
Heartland Prizes are a part of the Tribune's ongoing commitment to
the written word and support of literacy.
Chicago Humanities Festival Award Presentation
Details
Chicago Tribune Literary Award: Henry Louis Gates,
Jr. Interviewed by Chicago Tribune editor-in-chief Bruce
DoldSunday, November 311:00 AM - 12:00 PMHarris Theater205 E
Randolph Street
Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Nonfiction: Sarah
SmarshInterviewed by Chicago Tribune columnist Mary SchmichSunday,
October 2712:30 PM - 1:30 PMRyan Center for the Musical Arts | Mary
B. Galvin Recital Hall70 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston
Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Fiction: Rebecca
MakkaiInterviewed by Chicago Tribune senior writer and columnist
Rick KoganSunday, October 274:30 PM - 5:30 PMRyan Center for the
Musical Arts | Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall70 Arts Circle Drive,
Evanston
For more information, visit ChicagoHumanities.org.
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About the Chicago Humanities Festival2019 marks
the 30th Anniversary of the Chicago Humanities Festival and the
Year of Power. From September 14–November 10, CHF will present more
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