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<P><FONT FACE="Garamond">Dear Librarians,</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Garamond">Below you will find the press release announcing the recipients of the Ohioana Library's annual Ohioana Awards. Perhaps you would like to help us promote Ohio authors and Ohioana Day by doing a display of this year's Award winning books, and the books written by other Ohioana Award recipients such as Jack Matthews - Career Award winner, Jan Wahl - Children's Literature Award winner, and James Reiss - Krout Poetry Award winner. The awards will be present at our Ohioana Day luncheon on October 22, 2005. If you will like more information about Ohioana Day, please let me know. We are also now accepting nominations for the 2006 Ohioana Awards. I would be happy to send you a copy of any of the nomination forms or they can be accessed at: </FONT><A HREF="http://www.oplin.org/page.php?Id=66-59-279&msg="><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Garamond">http://www.oplin.org/page.php?Id=66-59-279&msg=</FONT></U></A></P>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</FONT></B> <B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">CONTACT:</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> Linda R. Hengst<BR>
</FONT><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">TO:</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> Ohio Public Libraries 614-466-3831<BR>
</FONT><A HREF="mailto:ohioana@sloma.state.oh.us"><U><FONT COLOR="#003399" FACE="Times New Roman">ohioana@sloma.state.oh.us</FONT></U></A></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Ohioana Award Winners Announced</FONT></B></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Columbus, OH - Sept. 1, 2005. . . .Linda Hengst, executive director of the Ohioana Library Association, has announced the recipients of the 2005 Ohioana Awards. "These outstanding individuals represent the very best of Ohio's literary, musical and artistic talent," she said. "We are proud to have the opportunity to honor them in this way."</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">This year, 16 people will be recognized at the annual luncheon and awards ceremony. Author and professor</FONT><B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Jack Matthews</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> of Athens is the recipient of the</FONT><B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">2005 Ohioana Career Award</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">, given to an Ohio native for a lifetime of service to the arts and humanities; and artist and sculptor</FONT><B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Alfred Tibor</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> of Columbus has been chosen for the</FONT><B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">2005 Pegasus Award</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">, which honors a native or non-native Ohioan for outstanding cultural achievements. The recipients of the Ohioana Book Awards, Ohioana Citations and Named Awards are listed below (a detailed profile of each award recipient, listed in alphabetical order, is also attached, and digital photos are available upon request):</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Ohioana Book</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT><B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Awards-</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">awarded for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, juvenile books, and books about Ohio or Ohioans.</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">For Fiction:</FONT><B><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">About Grace</FONT></I></B><I></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> by Anthony Doerr from Parma/Cleveland, Ohio.</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">For Nonfiction (two recipients): </FONT>
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<P><B><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Rambam's Ladder:</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT><I> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman">A Meditation on Generosity and Why It Is Necessary to Give</FONT></I></B><I></I><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman"> by Julie Salamon from Seaman, Ohio.</FONT><B></B>
<BR><B><I><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman">Trains in the Distance</FONT></I></B><I></I><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman"> by Paul Zimmer from Canton, Ohio.</FONT>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman">For Poetry: </FONT><B></B><B><I> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman">Kettle Bottom</FONT></I></B><I><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT></I> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman">by Diane Gilliam Fisher from Columbus and Brimfield, Ohio.</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman">For Juvenile Literature: </FONT><B></B><B><I> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman">The Greatest Skating Race</FONT></I></B><I><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT></I> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman">by Louise Borden from Cincinnati, Ohio.</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman">About Ohio/ </FONT><B></B><B><I> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman">Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of<BR>
</FONT></I></B><I></I><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman">Ohioans: </FONT><B> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman">The Birds of America</FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman"> by William Souder of Stillwater, Minnesota.</FONT><B></B><B><I></I></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman">Ohioana Citations-</FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman">awarded for distinguished service in specific fields or areas of the arts and humanities.</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Celeste Friedman</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">, Newark, Ohio, for music performance.<BR>
</FONT><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Mark Phillips</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">, Athens, Ohio, for music.<BR>
</FONT><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Sue Studebaker</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">, Dayton, Ohio, for historic preservation of decorative arts.<BR>
</FONT><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Jud Yalkut</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">, Dayton, Ohio, for visual arts.</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman">Named Awards-</FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman">endowed awards for individuals' contributions to children's literature, poetry, editorial excellence and for a writer under 30 who has yet to publish a book.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman">Ohioana Alice Louise Wood Memorial Award for Children's Literature<BR>
</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Jan Wahl</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">, Toledo, Ohio.</FONT><B></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman">Ohioana Helen and Laura Krout Memorial Poetry Award<BR>
</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">James Reiss</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">, Oxford, Ohio.</FONT><B></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman">Ohioana James P. Barry Award for Editorial Excellence<BR>
</FONT></B><B><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Bird Watcher's Digest</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">, Bill Thompson III</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">, editor, Marietta, Ohio.</FONT><B></B>
<BR><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Ohioana Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant<BR>
Margot Kahn</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">, Cleveland, Ohio.</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">The Ohioana Awards will be presented at the Ohioana Day celebration on Oct. 22, 2005, at the Ohioana Library/State Library of Ohio building, located at 274 East First Ave., Columbus, Ohio. The luncheon and awards ceremony begins at 11:30 a.m., preceded by the 76<SUP>th</SUP> annual meeting at 10 a.m. and a reception/book fair at 11 a.m. The event is open to the public; however, reservations are required. The cost of the luncheon is $35 per person. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">A gala fundraiser featuring a silent auction, jazz music by Arnett Howard and hors d'oeuvres by Catering by Scott will be held the evening before, Oct. 21, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the same location and is also open to the public. The cost is $50 per person.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">For more information about the Ohioana Awards or to make reservations for the luncheon and/or gala, please contact the Ohioana Library at 274 East First Ave., Suite 300, Columbus, OH 43201, call 614-466-3831, or email </FONT><A HREF="mailto:ohioana@sloma.state.oh.us"><U><FONT COLOR="#003399" FACE="Times New Roman">ohioana@sloma.state.oh.us</FONT></U></A><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">The Ohioana Library Association's mission is to recognize and encourage the creative accomplishments of Ohioans; preserve and expand a permanent collection of books, sheet music, manuscripts, and other materials by Ohioans and about Ohio; and disseminate information about the work of Ohio writers, musicians and other artists to researchers, schools and the general public.</FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">2005 Ohioana</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT><B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Award Winners</FONT></B></P>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Louise Borden, Cincinnati, Ohio<BR>
Ohioana Book Award for Juvenile Literature for</FONT></B><B><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">The Greatest Skating Race</FONT></I></B>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Louise Borden began writing children's books in 1989 and to date has penned 19 books. Her most recent,</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">The Greatest Skating Rac</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">e, chosen for this year's Ohioana Book Award, is set in the Netherlands during World War II. In it a brave boy must use all his wits and courage to lead two smaller children past Nazi soldiers across the border into Belgium where they will be safe. Borden, who lives in Cincinnati, graduated from Denison University with a degree in history and has been the recipient of several honors and awards: Miami University's Silver Gertie Award for her contributions to the field of children's literature; a 2002 alumni citation from Denison University; and the 2002 Ohioana Alice Louise Wood Memorial Award for Children's Literature.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Anthony Doerr, Boise, Idaho<BR>
Ohioana Book Award for Fiction for</FONT></B><B><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">About Grace</FONT></I></B>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">This is the third Ohioana Award that Anthony Doerr has received. In 2000, he was chosen for Ohioana's Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant, given to promising writers under 30, and in 2002, his book,</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">The Shell Collector</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">, garnered the Ohioana Book Award for fiction. Doerr is also the recipient of the 2002 Barnes & Noble Discover Prize for Fiction and the 2003 New York Public Library Young Lions Award. He earned his B.A. in history from Bowdoin College and his M.F.A. in writing from Bowling Green State University. He and his wife Shauna live in Boise, Idaho.</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">About Grace</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> is his first full-length novel.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Diane Gilliam Fisher, Brimfield, Ohio<BR>
Ohioana Book Award for Poetry for</FONT></B><B><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Kettle Bottom</FONT></I></B>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Diane Gilliam Fisher is a native of Columbus. She earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in Spanish from Ohio State University, then went back later to earn her Ph.D. in romance languages from Ohio State and an M.F.A. in creative writing from Warren Wilson College. A recipient of an Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist's Fellowship, Fisher has had work appear in</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Wind Magazine</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">,</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Spoon River Poetry Review</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">,</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Appalachian Journal</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> and</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Shenandoah</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">. She is the author of two complete collections of poetry:</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">One of Everything</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> in 2003 and the Ohioana Award-winning</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Kettle Bottom</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> in 2004.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Celeste Friedman, Newark, Ohio<BR>
Ohioana Citation for Music Performance</FONT></B>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Celeste Friedman is the author/composer of</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">"O" Is for Ohio</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">, a chronicle of the state's history in story and song. During the state's bicentennial in 2003, Celeste took her program on the road, performing at more than 80 schools, libraries, retirement villages and other community venues. Friedman comes from a musical family; her grandfather Leo Reichert had his own orchestra and traveled throughout the Midwest. For combining her love of music with education and history, Friedman has been recognized by the Points of Light Foundation, the Department of Education of the State of New York and the Ohio State University for her contributions and accomplishments.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Margot Kahn, Seattle, Washington<BR>
Ohioana Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant</FONT></B>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Margot Kahn, born in Cincinnati and raised in Cleveland, attributes her writing skills to the efforts of a series of dedicated Ohio teachers throughout grade school and high school. As she remembers, "Practically every English teacher I had in those years encouraged and enhanced my love of literature and writing." She earned her B.A. in English from Bates College in Maine, then continued on to earn her M.F.A. in nonfiction writing from Columbia College in New York City. The Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant is awarded to a writer under the age of 30 who has yet to publish a book. Margot was awarded the grant on the strength of her manuscript-in-progress,</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Horses That Buck</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Jack Matthews, Athens, Ohio<BR>
Ohioana Career Award</FONT></B>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Jack Matthews has devoted much of his life to the craft of writing and to the love of books. He was born and raised in Columbus. After completing a bachelor's degree in English literature and classical Greek at Ohio State University, he stayed on to pursue a master's degree in English literature. Upon completing his education, he undertook a career as a university professor, first at Urbana University and then at Ohio University, where he has taught for the past 40 years. He is the author of more than 20 novels and collections of poetry and short stories. One critic noted of Matthews' fiction, "Like Sinclair Lewis, Matthews captures the essence of Middle America. He does so, however, without the didacticism of Lewis and with more of the comic and a surer control of the dramatic." His work has earned a number of honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Ohio Arts Council Major Artist's Fellowship, three Ohioana Book Awards and a Distinguished Professorship at Ohio University. </FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Mark Phillips, Athens, Ohio<BR>
Ohioana Citation for Music</FONT></B>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Mark Phillips was born in Philadelphia, PA, and earned his Bachelor of Music degree from West Virginia University in Morgantown. He then attended Indiana University, where he earned both Master of Music and Doctor of Music degrees in composition. His music has been featured at the Blossom Festival, the Chautauqua Summer Music Festival, Ohio University's Bicentennial Celebration and at the University of Memphis, where his most recent composition,</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Dreams Interrupted</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">, was performed at their Imagine 2005 Festival. He has been awarded fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council, Ohio University and the Indiana Arts Commission, among others, and his honors include the Delius Chamber Music Award and the ASCAP Raymond Hubbell Award to Young Composers.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">James Reiss, Oxford, Ohio<BR>
Ohioana Helen and Laura Krout Memorial Poetry Award</FONT></B>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">James Reiss is a native New Yorker who has made a career of poetry and teaching in the Midwest. He attended the University of Chicago and after graduating, accepted a position with the English Department of Miami University in Oxford, where he established the university's creative writing program. He also was involved in Ohio's Poet in the Schools Program and served as editor of the Miami University Press. The author of six books of poetry, Reiss has won two Academy of American Poets first prizes, the Poetry Center Discovery Award and fellowships from Breadloaf, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Ohio Arts Council. His poem, "The Breathers" about the death of his newborn son, has been widely anthologized.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Julie Salamon, New York, New York<BR>
Ohioana Book Award for Nonfiction for</FONT></B><B><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Rambam's Ladder: A Meditation on Generosity and Why It Is Necessary to Give</FONT></I></B>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Julie Salamon was born in Cincinnati and raised in Seaman, OH, where her father was a family doctor. A graduate of Tufts University and New York University Law School, she served as a reporter and film critic for the</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Wall Street Journal</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> before becoming a culture writer for the</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">New York Times</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">. Salamon is the author of four books, and three of them,</FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> The Net of Dreams</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> (1996),</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Facing the Wind</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> (2001) and</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Rambam's Ladder</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> (2003) have won Ohioana Book Awards. She currently lives in New York City.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">William Souder, Stillwater, Minnesota<BR>
Ohioana Book Award for a Book About an Ohioan for</FONT></B><B><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of The Birds of America</FONT></I></B></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">After his first successful book,</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">A Plague of Frogs</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">, William Souder was casting about for a topic for a second book. His agent suggested naturalist John James Audubon. "I knew Audubon's name, but not much about him," Souder told a reporter for the</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">St. Paul Pioneer Press</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> in a May 2005 interview. "Then I got on Amazon and realized the most recent biography was published in 1964. It's an eye-popping moment if you find a major historical figure who hasn't been done in thirty years. Within an hour, I decided to do a proposal." The result of that proposal,</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of</FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">The Birds of America</FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">,</FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">is this year's recipient of the Ohioana Book Award in the Category of About an Ohioan. Souder and his family live in Stillwater, MN, where he writes for the</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Washington Post</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> and other major newspapers.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Sue Studebaker, Dayton, Ohio<BR>
Ohioana Citation for Historic Preservation of Decorative Arts</FONT></B>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Sue Studebaker has presented lectures, courses and symposiums on Ohio decorative arts throughout the Midwest, most notably at Colonial Williamsburg and at various museums in Ohio. She also served as curator for the</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Ohio Sampler</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> exhibit at the Warren County Historical Society in 1988 and the</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Ohio Is My Dwelling Place</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> exhibit at the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio in Lancaster in 2003. Along with articles in</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Early American Homes</FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">and</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Ohio Antique Review</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">, she has written two books on needlework:</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Ohio Samplers: Schoolgirl Embroideries, 1803-1850</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">, and</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Ohio Is My Dwelling Place: Schoolgirl Embroideries, 1800-1850</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">. In 1988, she received the Award of Achievement from the Ohio Association of Historical Societies and Museums, and in 1996, the Montgomery County Historical Society presented her and her husband Richard with its Heritage Award for their restoration of Quaker Hill, their 1797-built home and Dayton-area landmark.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Bill Thompson III, Marietta, Ohio<BR>
Ohioana James P. Barry Award for Editorial Excellence</FONT></B>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Bill Thompson III took over the editorship of</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Bird Watcher's Digest</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> from his parents, Elsa and Bill Thompson Jr., who launched the magazine from their home in Marietta, Ohio, in 1978. Since its inception the magazine's circulation has grown from 5,000 to more than 100,000. Along with editing the magazine, Thompson has authored three books,</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Bird Watching for Dummies</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">,</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">An Identification Guide to Common Backyard Birds</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> and the</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Backyard Bird Watcher's Answer Guide</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">, along with a series of bird watching guides for the Midwest. Thompson lives on an 80-acre farm just outside of Whipple, Ohio, with his wife, author/artist Julie Zickefoose, who often provides artwork for the magazine. </FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Alfred Tibor, Columbus, Ohio<BR>
Ohioana Pegasus Award</FONT></B>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Artist and sculptor Alfred Tibor once offered this explanation for his work: "I would like to speak after I am gone." Tibor's work speaks volumes. As a Holocaust survivor, Tibor has spent his life expressing a message of hope and promise through his artwork. His sculptures in marble, alabaster and bronze have been commissioned by and/or displayed at the Columbus Museum of Art, the James Cancer Institute, the Indianapolis Jewish Center and the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem, among many others. Tibor is a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Liturgical Art Guild and has been inducted into the Ohio Senior Citizens Hall of Fame.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Jan Wahl, Toledo, Ohio<BR>
Ohioana Alice Louise Wood Memorial Award for Children's Literature</FONT></B>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Jan Wahl is the author of well over 100 children's books. Born in Columbus and raised in Toledo, Wahl earned his bachelor's degree at Cornell University, where he was a student of Vladimir Nabokov's. A Fulbright scholarship to the University of Copenhagen led to working with director Carl Theodor Dreyer on the classic film</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Ordet</FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">(</FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">The Word</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">) and serving as secretary for a time to author Isak Dinesen as she wrote</FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> Last Tales</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">. His work has received numerous awards, among them the Avery Hopwood Award in fiction from the University of Michigan, an American Library Association Notable Book citation and the Parents' Choice Literary Award.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Jud Yalkut, Dayton, Ohio<BR>
Ohioana Citation for Visual Arts</FONT></B>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Jud Yalkut of Dayton has been a groundbreaking artist in film and video. He attended City College in New York for a year before transferring to McGill University in Canada to study nuclear physics, but quickly shifted to English literature and the study and writing of poetry. In his third year, Yalkut left academe to take up travel. His interest in eastern religions and the gift of an 8 mm camera led to his creating such experimental works as</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Diffraction Film</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">,</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Turn, Turn, Turn</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> (in collaboration with Nam June Paik),</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Vision Cantos</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> and most recently</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Light Display: Color</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">. Yalkut's work has been collected by or shown at the Whitney Museum in New York, the Pompidou Center in Paris and the Dayton Art Institute, among others. His honors include six Ohio Arts Council Fellowships and media grants from the Ohio Humanities Council.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Paul Zimmer, Soldier's Grove, Wisconsin<BR>
Ohioana Book Award for Nonfiction for</FONT></B><B><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Trains in the Distance</FONT></I></B>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Paul Zimmer, born in Canton, Ohio, has successfully combined lifelong careers in both poetry and publishing. The author of 12 books of poetry-the most recent being</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Crossing to Sunlight: Selected Poems</FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">-he also has served as director of the University of Pittsburgh Press, the University of Georgia Press, and the University of Iowa Press. In addition, he has authored two books of prose,</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">After the Fire: A Writer Finds His Place</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> and</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Trains in the Distance</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">. Zimmer has been the recipient of numerous honors, among them two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, three Pushcart Prizes and the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Literature. He and his wife currently divide their time between a farm in Wisconsin and a place in the south of France.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Quill">Linda R. Hengst</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="MS Shell Dlg">Executive Director</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="MS Shell Dlg">Ohioana Library Association</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Palatino Linotype">The mission of the Ohioana Library Association is to: recognize and encourage the creative accomplishments of Ohioans, preserve, and expand a permanent archive of books, sheet music, manuscripts, and other materials by Ohioans and about Ohio, and disseminate information about the work of Ohio writers, musicians, and other artists to researchers, schools, and the general public.</FONT></P>
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