King honored with National Book Award

Maine Today, The NYTimes, And The AP are reporting Stephen King, master of the horror story and e-book pioneer, is receiving this year’s medal for Distinguished Contributions to American Letters from the National Book Foundation. “This is probably the most exciting thing to happen to me in my career as a writer since the sale of my first book in 1973,” King said in a statement yesterday.
“I’ll return the cash award [$10,000] to the National Book Foundation for the support of their many educational and literary outreach programs for children and youth across the country; the Medal I will keep and treasure for the rest of my life.”

September 16, 2003 by Uncategorized 0

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