Atlanta two exceptional books will be recognized with this years lillian smith book awards. Printondemand and other independent authors are welcome to enter their books themselves. Jul 18, 2019 lillian smith was the author of strange fruit, a 1944 novel about interracial romance. Jul 10, 2019 virginia eubanks, rachel devlin and vanessa siddle walker are the 2019 recipients of the lillian smith book awards. Since 1968, the lillian smith book awards have been presented annually, except for 2003 when the southern regional council experienced funding shortfalls. She is best known for her 1944 novel, strange fruit, which told the story of a love affair between a white boy and a black girl. Ua press book wins lillian smith award for nonfiction. The cleveland foundation today unveiled the winners of its 83rd annual anisfieldwolf book awards. Authors who won lillian smith awards this year will receive the awards at a luncheon oct. Biography of authors andrew maraniss is the new york timesbestselling author of strong inside, the only sportsrelated book ever to win two prestigious civil rights awardsthe lillian smith book award and the robert f. Literary awards georgia center for the book supporting libraries.
The generation of young women who desegregated americas schools, hachette book group. An award ceremony honoring this years winners will take place at the georgia center for the book at dekalb county public library on sept. The three winners of this year lillian smith book awards are all women with current academic affiliations. Exalbany civil rights institute director lee formwalt. Aug 04, 2017 internationally acclaimed as author of the controversial novel strange fruit 1944, smith was among the most outspoken of white, mid20th century southern writers on issues of social and racial injustice. Dean risa goluboff wins lillian smith book award for vagrant. Atlanta two exceptional books were recognized with the 2012 lillian smith book awards. Literary awards georgia center for the book supporting. The 2018 recipients of the only national juried prize for literature that confronts racism and examines diversity are. Lillian smith book awards uga libraries university of georgia.
Oct 10, 2017 two exceptional books were recognized with the 2017 lillian smith book awards at a ceremony during the decatur book festival on september 3, 2017. Albany former albany civil rights institute acri executive director lee formwalts book, looking back, moving forward. The faux sioux sharpshooter who became annie oakleys. Lillian smith s legacy extends far beyond the one book s sensation. Awards are given for fiction, poetry and nonfiction. The anisfieldwolf book awards recognizes outstanding works that contribute to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of cultural diversity. In 1999, lillian smith received the georgia women of achievement award. A white woman who openly embraced controversial positions on matters of race and gender equality, she was a southern liberal unafraid to criticize segregation and work toward the dismantling of jim crow laws, at a time when such actions almost guaranteed. The lillian smith book awards is a program sponsored by the southern regional council, university of georgia libraries, dekalb county public library georgia center for the book, and piedmont college. The award recipients for 2015 were locking up our own.
The lillian smith book awards will be presented sept. The university of georgia libraries sponsors the awards, in partnership with the southern regional council, the georgia center for the book, and piedmont college, to honor the social justice activist and highlyacclaimed author of strange fruit and killers of the dream. Submissions of books published in 2019 are now closed. Pauli murray, eleanor roosevelt, and the struggle for social justice 2016, winner of the lillian smith book award and named booklist best adult nonfiction book of the year by the american library.
Gross wins 2009 lillian smith book award usc gould. The lillian smith book awards are sponsored by the southern regional council, university of georgia libraries, dekalb county public librarygeorgia center for the book and piedmont college. Nominated books must have been published between january 1, 2019 and december 31, 2019 to be considered for the 2020 awards competition. Since 1968, the lillian smith book award is awarded annually for books that deal with social justice, civil and human rights, the education and socializa. These awards were established in 1968 by the southern regional council src to recognize authors whose books represent outstanding achievements demonstrating through literary merit and moral vision an honest representation of the south, its people, its problems, and its promise. The lillian smith book awards honors those authors who, through their writing, carry on smiths legacy of elucidating the condition of racial and social inequity and proposing a. For more information about the lillian smith book award, click here. Lillian smith book awards hargrett library university of georgia. Jointly presented by the southern regional council and the university of georgia libraries, the lillian smith book. You must submit a separate nomination form, separate payment, and eight 8 copies of each nominated book by january 31, 2020. Sep 01, 2019 lillian smith book awards ceremony decatur library september 1, 2019, 2. Three women scholars to receive lillian smith book awards. In 2015, the college joined as a partner in presenting the awards.
Witnessing racial violence in america, 18901940, and charles w. The southern regional council established the lillian smith award shortly after smiths death in 1966. The lillian smith book awards are most interested in works that deal with race, social justice, civil and human rights, the education and. Patricia bellscott, phd, author of the firebrand and the first lady. The faux sioux sharpshooter who became annie oakleys rival by reinventing herself as indian, lillian smith became a wild west sensationand escaped an unhappy past. Jointly presented by the southern regional council and the university of georgia libraries, the lillian smith book awards honor those authors who, through. Maraniss to receive 2015 lillian smith book award for strong. The lillian smith award was established by the atlantabased southern regional council shortly after the death of the georgia author in 1966. The georgia center for the book is also an award sponsor, joining in 2007. Lillian smith was a writer and social critic of the southern united states, known best for her bestselling novel strange fruit 1944. The lillian smith book awards is a program sponsored by the southern regional council, university of georgia libraries, dekalb county public library georgia.
James meredith and the integration of ole miss, on sept. Strong inside item detail university press vanderbilt. Honeys book and read excerpts from his book and from his. It is the souths oldest and bestknown book award, and is presented in fiction and nonfiction categories. The book is illustrated with 50 rare segregationera photographs collected from africanamerican families who participated in the project.
Crime and punishment in black america examines how mass incarceration, which affects people of color. Strong inside is the first sportsrelated book to receive a lillian smith book award or an rfk book award. Awards pauli murray book prize named after lawyer, author, and womens rights activistintellectual pauli murray, the prize will recognize the best book concerning black intellectual history broadly conceived by a member of aaihs. The 2020 lillian smith book award nominationsubmission criteria are as follows. Lillian smith book awards at decatur library september 2. Virginia eubanks, rachel devlin and vanessa siddle walker are the 2019 recipients of the lillian smith book awards.
Sep 09, 2016 the property where she lived and worked in clayton now serves as an educational center and an artist retreat, the lillian e. Virginia eubanks, rachel devlin, and vanessa siddle walker are the 2019 recipients of the lillian smith book awards. Aaron henry of mississippi wins 2016 lillian smith book award. The southern regional council announces the lillian smith. Home lillian smith book awards lillian smith book awards nomination fee. Anisfieldwolf book awards introducing our class of 2018. She was a white southern feminist and advocate for civil rights during the jim crow era. Lillian smith book awards hargrett library university. Forty seven books nominated for 2019 lillian smith book awards.
In 1944, she wrote strange fruit, a novel about a biracial love affair in small town georgia. Marlon james, a 2015 anisfieldwolf honoree, made the announcement. Aug 10, 2015 strong inside is the first sportsrelated book to receive a lillian smith book award or an rfk book award. Jointly presented by the southern regional council and the university of georgia libraries, the lillian smith book awards honor those authors who, through their outstanding writing about the american south. Piedmont college, which operates the lillian smith center, became a partner in 2015.
The southwest georgia freedom struggle, 18142014, has been. An award ceremony will take place at the center for the history of the book on sunday, sept. Lillian smith book awards are named for lillian smith, the controversial georgia author who was the first white woman in the south to write and speak openly and steadfastly against racism and segregation. For more than three decades, in fiction and nonfiction, smith developed her ongoing theme that while segregation demeaned and destroyed the lives of blacks, it also poisoned and killed the souls of whites. The lillian smith book awards honors those authors who, through their writing, carry on smith s legacy of elucidating the condition of racial and social inequity and proposing a vision of justice and human understanding. The southern regional council established the lillian smith award shortly after smith s death in 1966. Lillian smith was one of the first prominent white southerners to denounce racial segregation openly and to work actively against the entrenched and often brutally enforced world of jim crow. The southern regional council announces the lillian smith book award recipients for 2014. Powell talked about and read from their works and answered questions from the audience. Please join us for the 2019 lillian smith book award ceremony at the georgia center for the book at dekalb county public library on sept.
Two exceptional books were recognized with the lillian smith book awards for 2011. The generation of young women who desegregated americas schools. Lillian smith was an outspoken southern liberal whose work focused on dismantling the racist, segregationist policies of the united states at a time when it was extremely unpopular and even dangerous to do so. The lillian smith book awards were created in 1968 and are considered the souths.
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