Author Edwidge Danticat was selected to receive the Langston Hughes Medal from the City College of New York. The award is given to African-American writers who entertain readers and inspire social change. She will receive the honor at the Langston Hughes Festival at CCNY on Friday November 18.
Danticat, is a native of Haiti, but came to the United States at the age of 12. She is the author of Brother, I’m Dying, a work that won the 2007 National Book Critics Award. Her highly regarded collection of short stories, Krik? Krak!, was a finalist for the National Book Award.
Danticat is a graduate of Barnard College and holds a master of fine arts degree in creative writing from Brown University. She has taught creative writing at New York University and the University of Miami.