"Author Linda LeGarde Grover has been named the recipient of the 2011 Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, presented by the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's studies at the University of Rochester. The annual award will be given for Grover's debut short story collection The Dance Boots.
Grover will receive the award and $7,500 prize on Thursday, Nov. 3 at 5 p.m. in the Welles-Brown Room in Rush Rhees Library on the University's River Campus. As part of the award ceremony, Grover will read from the prize-winning stories.
"We are especially excited about this year's event because it marks the 35th anniversary of the Prize. We're thrilled that Grover is the recipient," said Honey Meconi, Susan B. Anthony Professor of Gender and Women's studies and director of the Susan B. Anthony Institute. "
Get the Story:Linda LeGarde Grover Wins Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for Fiction (University of Rochester News 11/2)
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