Howe MLA Prize

Congratulations to English professor and novelist LeAnne Howe, who will receive the Modern Language Association of America Prize for Studies in Native American Literatures, Cultures and Languages this weekend:

Howe will receive the honor for her book, "Choctalking on Other Realities," at a ceremony at the MLA annual convention Jan. 10 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

An international lecturer and scholar, Howe is an enrolled citizen of the Choctaw nation of Oklahoma. She is the Eidson Distinguished Professor of American Literature in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences department of English and is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas, was a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar to Jordan and was named a United States Artists Ford Fellow. In addition to her scholarly output, she writes fiction, poetry, plays and creative non-fiction that deal with American Indian and Native American experiences.

"As a writer and scholar, the 2014 MLA Prize for Studies in Native American Literatures, Cultures and Languages is one of the most significant awards I've ever received," Howe said.

This is the first time this prize has ever been awarded the Franklin College is especially proud of Howe and this major career accomplishment. Further kudos to Howe for continuing to educate us on the Choctaw language and Native American cultural criticism. There is indeed so much to learn.