An update of sorts to my previous post about Ron Rash winning the Frank O'Connor award.
One of the earlier winners of that award was Yiyun Li, and she has now been named one of the 2010 MacArthur Foundation Fellows -- in other words one of the winners of the famous "genius grants." Other winners this year from the fields of books and literature are Annette Gordon-Reed, best known as the author of The Hemingses of Monticello, and David Simon, nowadays known for his work in television (The Wire), but formerly the author of journalistic works such as Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets and The Corner.
The MacArthur Fellows receive $500,000 paid out over five years.This complete list for 2010 can be found here.
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