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Concord MA Festival of Authors The Thoreau Society Prizewinner

October 29, 2021 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Thoreau Society presents

Thoreau Prize for Excellence

in Nature Writing

2021 Winner

Robin Wall Kimmerer

Botanist and best-selling author Robin Wall Kimmerer will receive the 2021 Thoreau Prize for Excellence in Nature Writing, an award which includes $2,500 and a commemorative gift in honor of this prestigious distinction. A specialist in mosses and the author of numerous scientific articles, Kimmerer describes herself on her website first as a mother, then as a scientist, professor and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Her first book, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, won the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. In 2015 she addressed the general assembly of the United Nations on a central theme of both her work and of Thoreau’s writing, “Healing Our Relationship with Nature.”

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Details

Date:
October 29, 2021
Time:
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Website:
https://www.concordfestivalofauthors.org/events

Venue

Concord, MA 01742 United States + Google Map