Harold Washington Literary
Award & Dinner
The Award
The Harold Washington Literary Award recognizes diverse and stimulating authors who address issues of contemporary life. The award's goal is to present examples to the public of creative uses of the written word.
This prestigious award has been given annually since 1989 by Near South Planning Board.
The Near South Planning Board Salutes
Barbara Ehrenreich
The 2010 Harold Washington Literary Award Winner
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Friday, June 11, 2010
Union League Club Chicago
65 W. Jackson
Cocktails at 6pm
Dinner & Presentation at 7pm, Crystal Room
Reservations Required: email:
rsvp@nearsouthplanningboard.org
or
call: 312-987-1980
For more information please contact Marisela Campuzano at 312-987-1980.
Past recipients include:
2009 Dave Eggers
2008 Scott Turow
2007 Walter Mosley
2006 E.L. Doctorow
2005 Garrison Keillor
2004 Jules Feiffer
2003 Margaret Atwood
2002 Grace Paley
2001 August Wilson
2000 John Hope Franklin
1999 Robert Pinsky
1998 Joseph Epstein
1997 Cynthia Ozick
1996 Isabel Allende
1995 Doris Kearns Goodwin
1994 Zbigniew Brzezniski
1993 Garry Wills
1992 Ralph Ellison
1991 Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Studs Terkal
Williams Maxwell
Cyrus Colter
Gwendolyn Brooks
Ray Bradbury
Saul Bellow
Susan Sontag
The Harold Washington Literary Award Dinner is the annual fundraising event of the Near South Planning Board. The Award Dinner celebrates the recipient of the Harold Washington Literary Award and raises funds for the organization's year-round Authors in the Schools educational outreach program.
