Steven Hayward, English professor at John Carroll University, was in Turin, Italy, recently to accept the Premio Grinzane Cavour prize for best debut novel for "The Secret Mitzvah of Lucio Burke."
The prize, awarded to promising young writers, is among the most famous Italian literature awards. Past recipients include Jose Saramago, Gunter Grass, Nadine Gordimer and J.M. Coetzee.
I went to John Carroll before Steven started there, but I've heard nothing but nice things about him. (And I did make it to a couple of the Canadian writers readings he set up this spring.)
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