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The banquet begins at 7 p.m. in the East and West Faculty Lounges, Purdue Memorial Union. The event is open to the public, and tickets may be purchased beginning March 24 in Room 324, Heavilon Hall, for $15.50; $10.50 for students.
Banks will give a reading from his work at 7:30 p.m. April 10 in the East Faculty Lounge, Memorial Union. That session is free and open to the public.
Banks, a professor of creative writing at Princeton University, is the author of 11 novels and collections of stories. He has won numerous awards, including a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, the S. Lawrence Award for Short Fiction and the Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His novel "Continental Drift" was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1986.
During the banquet, winners of Purdue's annual Literary Awards Competition will be announced. The awards are given to students who submit works in creative writing and expository prose categories. The banquet and competition are sponsored by the Department of English and School of Liberal Arts.
Contest entries will be accepted through Wednesday (3/19). For contest or ticket information, contact the English department office at (765) 494-3740.
CONTACT: Michael Quinn, literary awards chairman, (765) 494-3744.
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