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On October 25, 2006, the ten recipients of this year's Whiting Writers' Awards were announced by the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation in New York City. Now in its 21st year, the Award presents $40,000 each to emerging writers of exceptional talent and promise in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and plays. Previous winners include Jonathan Franzen, Sarah Ruhl, William T. Vollman, Tobias Wolff, and Michael Cunningham.
The recipients of the 2006 Whiting Writers' Awards are:
Sherwin Bitsui (Poetry) Born on the Navajo Reservation, he is the author of a collection of poems, SHAPESHIFT, which was published by the University of Arizona Press in 2003. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.
Charles D'Ambrosio (Fiction) His most recent collection of short stories is THE DEAD FISH MUSEUM (Knopf, 2006). He teaches at University of Montana.
Stephen Adly Guirgis (Plays) His new play, The Little Flower of East Orange, premieres at the Manhattan Theatre Club in 2007. He lives in New York City.
Tyehimba Jess (Poetry) His first book, LEADBELLY, was published by Verse Press in 2005. He teaches at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.
Suji Kwock Kim (Poetry) Her first book, NOTES FROM THE DIVIDED COUNTRY: POEMS, was published by LSU Press in 2003. She lives in New York City.
Yiyun Li (Fiction) Her collection of short stories, A THOUSAND YEARS OF GOOD PRAYERS, was published by Random House in 2005. She teaches at Mills College and lives in Oakland, California.
Micheline Aharonian Marcom (Fiction) Born in Saudi Arabia, her most recent novel is THE DAYDREAMING BOY (Riverhead, 2004). She is a visiting writer at Mills College in Oakland, California.
Nina Marie Martínez (Fiction) The daughter of a Mexican-American farm worker, she is the author of a novel, ICARAMBA! A TALE TOLD IN TURNS OF THE CARD, which was published by Knopf in 2004. She lives in Santa Cruz, CA.
Bruce Norris (Plays) His most recent play, THE PAIN AND THE ITCH, opened this fall in New York at the Playwrights Horizon. He lives in Brooklyn.
Patrick O'Keeffe (Fiction) Born in Ireland, he is the author of a collection of stories, THE HILL ROAD, which was published by Viking in 2005..
The Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation was established by Flora E. Whiting in 1963, and has endowed fellowships in the Humanities for doctoral candidates in their dissertation year. The Foundation created the Whiting Writers' Awards in 1985 under the direction of Gerald Freund, who led the program until his death in 1997.
To learn more about the Whiting Foundation visit www.whitingfoundation.org.
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