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Edwidge Danticat becomes a MacArthur Fellow!

Edwidge Danticat, author of Brother, I’m Dying; Breath, Eyes, Memory; and several other titles, just won a MacArthur Foundation fellowship, nicknamed the “Genius Award”. This prestigious honor comes with a $500,000 prize and was awarded to 24 winners this year, including painter Rackstraw Downes and writer Deborah Eisenberg. The Miami Herald has an article on Danticat’s win here.

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Posted September 22, 2009 2:37 PM