The Chicago Public Library and the Chicago Public Library Foundation are honored to announce that Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison will appear in conversation with Oprah Winfrey at the annual Carl Sandburg Literary Awards Dinner.
The evening begins with a cocktail reception at 6 p.m. followed by an elegant dinner at 6:45 p.m. The highly anticipated awards presentation and conversation kick off at 8 p.m.
Sponsorships for tables of ten begin at $10,000, and individual tickets are $1,000 or $2,500. For more information or to purchase tickets, tables or sponsorships, contact Rebecca Spence, event coordinator at (312) 201-9830 or rspence@cplfoundation.org.
Professor Morrison, one of the most provocative and respected novelists of our time, will receive the Carl Sandburg Literary Award which is presented each year to an author whose significant body of work has enhanced the public’s awareness of the written word.
In addition to the presentation of the Carl Sandburg Literary Award to Toni Morrison, the 21st Century Award, honoring recent achievement in writing by an author with ties to Chicago, will be presented that evening to Northwestern University’s Eula Biss, winner of this year’s National Book Critics Circle award for criticism.
The evening begins with a cocktail reception at 6 p.m. followed by an elegant dinner at 6:45 p.m. The highly anticipated awards presentation and conversation kick off at 8 p.m.
Sponsorships for tables of ten begin at $10,000, and individual tickets are $1,000 or $2,500. For more information or to purchase tickets, tables or sponsorships, contact Rebecca Spence, event coordinator at (312) 201-9830 or rspence@cplfoundation.org.
Professor Morrison, one of the most provocative and respected novelists of our time, will receive the Carl Sandburg Literary Award which is presented each year to an author whose significant body of work has enhanced the public’s awareness of the written word.
In addition to the presentation of the Carl Sandburg Literary Award to Toni Morrison, the 21st Century Award, honoring recent achievement in writing by an author with ties to Chicago, will be presented that evening to Northwestern University’s Eula Biss, winner of this year’s National Book Critics Circle award for criticism.