Pulitzer Prize-winning Maine author Elizabeth Strout is among this year’s five New York Public Library Lions, the institution’s highest honor given to cultural icons. The other recipients are Oscar-winning filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, Grammy-winning opera singer Jessye Norman, poet Claudia Rankine and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow. “These five icons have shaped our culture in immeasurable ways,” New York Public Library President Anthony W.
Maine Author Elizabeth Strout Named New York Public Library Lion
Leslie Bridgers, Portland Press Herald
Wed, 08/01/2018 - 2:47pm
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