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Steinbeck leads 2004 Hall of Fame Inductees
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2004-03-14, NOBLE & ASSOCIATES - The Writers Hall of Fame® of America announces the names of its 2004 inductees. John Steinbeck, Deborah Chester, Constance Levy and Dale Freeman will be honored at an induction ceremony April 21. Each year, the board of directors recognizes four individuals, one posthumous and three living, who have made major contributions to the field of writing. (PRWEB) March 14, 2004--The Writers Hall of Fame® of America announces the names of its 2004 inductees. John Steinbeck, Deborah Chester, Constance Levy and Dale Freeman will be honored with an induction ceremony April 21. Each year, the board of directors recognizes four individuals, one posthumous and three living, who have made major contributions to the field of writing.
Author John Steinbeck was recognized for his body of written work that includes 16 novels, a collection of short stories, four screenplays, four collections of journalistic essays, two published journals and three Broadway plays. After publishing his first novel in 1929, Steinbeck served as an overseas correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune during World War II. Some of his most recognized titles include The Red Pony, Tortilla Flat, Of Mice and Men, The Grapes of Wrath, Cannery Row and East of Eden. In 1940, he won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. He was also awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962.
Constance Levy, a beloved children’s poet from St. Louis, has written for magazines such as Cricket, Spider and Creative Classroom. Her books include I’m Going to Pet a Worm Today and Other Poems, When Wales Exhale and Other Poems (both from Simon & Schuster), and SPLASH – Poems of Our Watery World (Orchard/Scholastic). Levy’s books have been included in the American Booksellers “Pick of the Lists” in 1991 and 1998, the NCTE Notable Book in Language Arts in 1995 and 1999, and the New York Library’s select 100 titles for Children’s Books in 1996. She won the Lee Bennet Hopkins Honor Award for Excellence in Children’s Literature in 1999.
Dale Freeman, a popular Ozarks writer and journalist, was recognized for his writing career, starting as a reporter for the Springfield Newspaper in 1944. He eventually rose to the position of executive editor. His popular “Ozarker” column was a favorite among readers. Upon retirement, Freeman served as editor-in-residence and lecturer in journalism for more than a decade at Southwest Missouri State University. During his career, he served as chairman of the American Society of Newspaper Editors and was a member of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association. He is currently a contributing editor for OzarkWatch magazine and has published four books.
Deborah Chester has published 34 novels and is a professor of professional writing for the University of Oklahoma’s College of Journalism and Mass Communication, teaching novel and short story writing. She won the school’s distinguished teacher award in 2002. Her 1981 young-adult novel The Sign of the Owl was named to the American Library Association’s Best Books for Young Adults list and was a Mark Twain Award winner in 1983. She was named Oklahoma Writer of the Year in 1985 and was inducted into the Oklahoma Professional Writers Hall of Fame in 1994. Her latest bestselling trilogy, The Sword, The Ring, and The Chalice has grown into a seven-book series.
The Writers Hall of Fame of America was established in Springfield, Mo. in 1994 to foster an interest in writing among people of all ages. The organization’s mission is to • recognize those who have made major contributions to writing; • stimulate interest in writing among young people, and • promote lifelong interest in writing. To fulfill its mission, the Hall of Fame inducts four new honorees annually, awards college scholarships, and hosts annual writing competitions and writing camps.
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