King: A Life by Jonathan Eig Wins 2024 Edwards Book Award
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The Rodel Institute announced that Jonathan Eig's biography, King: A Life has won the 2024 Edwards Book Award. The prize will be conferred on September 26, 2024 at the University of Virginia's (UVA) Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, which is co-hosting this year's award ceremony with the Rodel Institute.
King: A Life by biographer Jonathan Eig wins the 2024 Edwards Book Award from the Rodel Institute.
The Edwards Book Award is given annually to a book that contributes to the understanding and practice of democracy and American politics. Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2023, King: A Life provides a compelling account of Martin Luther King Jr.'s life-long fight for racial and economic justice in America.
"Dr. King's writing has long been part of the Rodel Fellowship's curriculum. We hope this award will help focus attention on our desperate need for principled and inspiring leadership in America today," says Lizzy McCourt Noonan, executive director of the Edwards Book Award at The Rodel Institute.
Ian Solomon, Dean of the UVA Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and a member of the Edwards Book Award Committee, stated: "Martin Luther King Jr.'s example of leadership to bridge divides offers valuable lessons for all of us working to build a more just, equal, and loving society. It is an honor to welcome biographer Jonathan Eig and the Rodel Institute to UVA Grounds to celebrate Dr. King's life and Eig's brilliant book."
About the Author: Jonathan Eig is an American journalist and biographer. Eig's work has appeared in the Washington Post, New York Times, The New Yorker, and many other leading magazines and newspapers. His previous books include Ali: A Life (2017) and The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution (2014).
In addition to winning the Edwards Books Award, King: A Life won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography.
The Rodel Institute seeks to strengthen democracy and public leadership in the United States. It's a nonpartisan center for leadership and intellectual growth.
Visit: www.rodelinstitute.org for more information about the Edwards Book Award, its selection committee, and this year's longlist and shortlist finalists.
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