There s a newer accolade given at the Monroeville Literary Festival, named for Harper Lee s childhood friend, who also grew up to be a writer.
Allen Wier, who taught creative writing at the University of Alabama from 1980 to 1994, was recently announced as sixth recipient of the Truman Capote Prize for Distinguished Work in Literary Non-Fiction or the Short Story.
Wier s published four novels, the 2006 Tehano, 1989 s A Place for Outlaws, 1983 s Departing as Air, and 1978 s Blanco, along with two collections of stories, 1978 s Things About to Disappear, and the 2017 Late Night, Early Morning.
He s recently retired from teaching, after stints at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Carnegie-Mellon University, Florida International University, Longwood College and Hollins College, along with numerous writer-in-residence gigs.
Angela Johnson, the 2021 Harper Lee Award for Alabama s Distinguished Writer recipient, was born in Tuskegee, though her name may not be as immediately recognizable in her birth state as that of previous recipients, such as Rick Bragg, Fannie Flagg, Gay Talese, Winston Groom or Mark Childress.
That s a knowledge gap the prestigious award should help address, said Jeanie Thompson, executive director of the Alabama Writers Forum. I am very happy for Angela Johnson to be returning to Alabama virtually, Thompson said, speaking of the 2021 Zoom version of the Monroeville Literary Festival, March 4-6, so that we can make her work more known to families and readers in Alabama.
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