Eric Hoffer Award 2011 Book Winners
The Eric Hoffer Award announces the 2011 book award winners.
- New York, NY (1888PressRelease) May 27, 2011 - The Eric Hoffer Book Award committee has released its 2011 winners, including the Eric Hoffer Grand Prize for books, Lucky Fish by Aimee Nezhukumatathil, a stunning work of poetry from Tupelo Press.
From the US Review of Books award coverage: "Aimee Nezhukumatathil writes with ever-present inventiveness in this 2011 collection. By enfolding folk beliefs, tales, or superstitions into contemporary experience, place, or situations, these poems delineate a fascinating, unexpected adventure.…"
Prior to the grand prize selection, winners were selected in twenty-one all-inclusive categories, including:
* Best Academic Press: Writers and Their Notebooks by Diana M. Raab from University of South Carolina Press
* Best Small Press: The Futures by Emily Lambert from Basic Books
* Best Micro Press: An Illustrated Introduction to Taoism by Jean C. Cooper from World Wisdom
* Best Self-Published Book: Hands at Works by Summer Moon Scriver (photography) & Iris Graville from Heron Moon Press
The Eric Hoffer Award also sponsors two unique prizes: the Montaigne Medal for most thought provoking book and the da Vinci Eye for best cover art. For a listing and explanation of the awards, visit www.HofferAward.com. For detailed award coverage, visit the US Review of Books (www.theUSreview.com).
Contact:
Dawn Shows, Eric Hoffer Award Coordinator/Publicity
www.HofferAward.com
info ( @ ) hofferaward dot com
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