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Dinner Co-Chairs Debbie Bricker and John Bryan Invite you to the 2008 Carl Sandburg Literary Awards Dinner WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 6:00 PM Chicago Public Library HONORING Tom Wolfe
Theresa Schwegel
Individual Tickets: $1,000 For reservations and information contact the Premier Sponsor:
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Tom Wolfe, the moving force of New Journalism and the celebrated bestselling author of works including The Right Stuff, Bonfire of the Vanities and A Man in Full, will receive the 2008 Carl Sandburg Literary Award, the Midwest’s preeminent literary honor, for his astonishing breadth of work. Mr. Wolfe has received several awards for his essays and works of fiction and nonfiction including the American Book Award for nonfiction, the National Institute of Arts and Letters Harold Vursell Award for prose style and the Columbia Journalism Award.
Theresa Schwegel, winner of the prestigious Edgar Allan Poe Award for mystery writing and author of crime fiction novels Officer Down, Probable Cause and Person of Interest, will be honored with the 21st Century Award, presented to a writer with ties to Chicago whose work the Foundation hopes to encourage.