In a message dated 9/29/00 4:41:26 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
[log in to unmask] [Dave Anderson] writes :
<< RAY BRADBURY will receive a lifetime achievement medal at this year's
National Book Awards ceremony for his "tremendous impact on every genre
of
writing." Neil Baldwin, executive director of the National Book
Foundation,
said. "Since the 1930s he has been one of America's great literary
talents.''
Bradbury joins the likes of Toni Morrison, Eudora Welty and Studs Terkel
in
receiving the honor. The award will be made in November. (AP)
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