Oprah Winfrey is receiving a literary honor for her championing of so many authors over the past quarter century
“Oprah Winfrey is a literary force field,” PEN/Faulkner Board Vice President Mary Haft said in a statement TuesdayFor her championing of so many authors over the past quarter century, Oprah Winfrey is herself receiving a literary honor.
The PEN/Faulkner Foundation is giving Winfrey its inaugural Literary Champion award, a lifetime achievement prize for contributions to literacy and for inspiring younger readers and writers. PEN/Faulkner is otherwise known for the annual fiction prize it has presented since 1981. Move over, Oprah. Jazlyn Guerra, an 11-year-old from Brooklyn, has interviewed 50 Cent, Daymond John and now Jay-Z for her YouTube show, Jazzy’s World TV. Jazzy joined LX News host Ashley Holt to talk about her favorite interviews and what comes next for the budding superstar journalist.
“Oprah Winfrey is a literary force field,” PEN/Faulkner Board Vice President Mary Haft said in a statement Tuesday. “She has been like a lighthouse, standing sentry and shining a beacon of light onto literature and into the lives of writers and readers.”
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