Taran Family Memorial Award
In addition to the Georgia Author of the Year Awards, The Taran Family Memorial Award is presented to a recipient chosen by Geri Taran for special literary achievement in a spiritual, humanitarian or environmental endeavor related to and expressed in writing.
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Famous quotes containing the words family, memorial and/or award:
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the house, the dog, the ladders, the jewels,
the soul, the family tree, the mailbox.
Then I can sleep.
Maybe.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“When I received this [coronation] ring I solemnly bound myself in marriage to the realm; and it will be quite sufficient for the memorial of my name and for my glory, if, when I die, an inscription be engraved on a marble tomb, saying, “Here lieth Elizabeth, which reigned a virgin, and died a virgin.””
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)
“The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.”
—Robert Graves (1895–1985)