24161: Craig (pub) Danticat's 'Dew Breaker' Wins Story Prize (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Dan Craig <sak-pase@bimini.ws>

Danticat's 'Dew Breaker' Wins Story Prize
*By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS*
Published: January 27, 2005
*Filed at 1:12 a.m. ET*

NEW YORK (AP) -- Edwidge Danticat's ``The Dew Breaker'' has been named
the winner of the first Story Prize, which honors the author of an
outstanding collection of short fiction.

Published by Random House's Alfred A. Knopf imprint, ``The Dew Breaker''
is a book of connected stories about Haitians and Haitian-Americans
whose lives have been affected by the actions of the title character, a
humble Brooklyn barber with a secret past in his native land.

``The Dew Breaker'' also is a finalist for the National Book Critics
Circle award, which will be announced in March.

Danticat was born in Haiti and moved to the United States when she was
12. She's the author of the novels ``Breath, Eyes, Memory''; ``Krik?
Krak!,'' a National Book Award finalist; and ``The Farming of Bones,''
an American Book Award winner.

Eligible books must be the first publication of the work in the United
States, in either hardcover or paperback, and available for purchase by
the general public. Collections must also include work previously
unpublished in book form. The first prize winner receives an engraved
silver bowl and $20,000.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-The-Story-Prize.html?oref=login