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ID HCR030
Concurrent Resolution
Status
2/12/2016
Primary Sponsor
State Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
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Honors Idaho author Anthony Doerr for winning the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel "All the Light We Cannot See"
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Recognizes Doerr as the first Idaho resident to win the Pulitzer Prize while living in Idaho
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Acknowledges his numerous literary awards including the 2015 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, 2014 Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Historical Fiction, the Rome Prize, and four O. Henry Prizes
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Notes Doerr served as writer-in-residence for the State of Idaho from 2007 to 2010 and received a 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship and National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
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Commends Doerr for his contributions to the literary world and his published works including "Memory Wall," "The Shell Collector," "About Grace," and "Four Seasons in Rome"
Legislative Description
Stating findings of the Legislature and honoring Boise author Anthony Doerr for winning the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and commending his contributions to the literary world.
ANTHONY DOERR
Last Action
Delivered to Secretary of State at 10:44 a.m. on March 2, 2016
3/3/2016