Awiakta to deliver presidential lecture
From staff reports
Issue date: 3/29/07 Section: The Scene
During the past year, new editions of her classic works have been published: "Abiding Appalachia," with photographs, and a full-color edition of "Rising Fawn" and "The Fire Mystery."
Awiakta was recognized earlier this year for her work in civil rights by the University of Tennessee at Martin.
She graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1958 and recently was awarded an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Albion College in Michigan.
Awiakta is a recipient of the Appalachian Heritage Writer's Award, an award for Outstanding Contribution to Appalachian Literature from the Appalachian Writers Association, a citation for Educational Service to Appalachia from Carson-Newman College, and the Distinguished Tennessee Writers Award from the Tennessee Mountain Writers Conference.
Her lecture will be followed by a book-signing and reception in the Culp Center's East Tennessee Room.
For more information or for assistance in seating persons with disabilities, call 439-6440.
Awiakta was recognized earlier this year for her work in civil rights by the University of Tennessee at Martin.
She graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1958 and recently was awarded an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Albion College in Michigan.
Awiakta is a recipient of the Appalachian Heritage Writer's Award, an award for Outstanding Contribution to Appalachian Literature from the Appalachian Writers Association, a citation for Educational Service to Appalachia from Carson-Newman College, and the Distinguished Tennessee Writers Award from the Tennessee Mountain Writers Conference.
Her lecture will be followed by a book-signing and reception in the Culp Center's East Tennessee Room.
For more information or for assistance in seating persons with disabilities, call 439-6440.
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