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MS SR12
Resolution
AI Summary
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Recognizes novelist Jesmyn Ward as the recipient of the 2021 Governor's Arts Award for Excellence in Literature
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Ward, born in 1977 and raised in DeLisle, Mississippi, is the first woman and first person of color to win two National Book Awards for fiction ("Salvage the Bones" in 2011 and "Sing, Unburied, Sing")
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Received a MacArthur Fellowship ("Genius Grant") in 2017 and the Mildred and Harold Strauss Living Award in 2016
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Currently serves as Professor of Creative Writing at Tulane University while residing in her hometown of DeLisle
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Resolution to be presented to Ward as part of the Governor's Arts Awards presentation
Legislative Description
Recognize Jesmyn Ward as the recipient of the 2021 Governor's Arts Award for Excellence in Literature.
Last Action
Adopted
2/15/2021