1st
Annual Award of Literary MeritHonoring Ann Patchett The
Writers' League of Texas presented its 1st annual Award of Literary Merit to author
and former Guggenheim fellow Ann
Patchett on September 30,
2005, at the Bob Bullock Texas State
History Museum in Austin, Texas. 
The
evening included a talk by the author, gourmet dinner, live music, and silent
auction. Mary Margaret Farabee, co-founder of the Texas Book Festival, was honorary
chairperson of the ceremony. Rich Oppel, editor of the Austin American-Statesman,
introduced Ms. Patchett. Ann Patchett is the author of five award-winning
books, including the novel Bel Canto -- which received the PEN/Faulkner
Award and Orange Prize -- and the Heartland Prize-winning memoir Truth &
Beauty. She has written for, among others, the New York Times Magazine;
Washington Post; Gourmet; O, The Oprah Magazine; and
Paris Review. Patchett is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. SponsorsMichael
E. Glasscock III, M.D. | |
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