| Volume 96, No. 2: June 2017
English major Hannah Fung-Wiener ’16 has won the John Gregory Unrue ’84 Memorial Award for an outstanding thesis in the division of literature and languages.
The award committee hailed Hannah’s “exceptional” thesis, which is titled Sounding Lines.
Her advisor, Prof. Lisa Steinman [English], said: “Hannah is a young writer whose work I expect to see in print in the years to come, since the thesis demonstrates the talent, work ethic, and seriousness of someone who will continue to write and grow as a poet.”
The Unrue award recognizes outstanding work in the Division of Literature and Languages and comes with a prize of $2,500. It was created with a gift from John and Darlene Unrue in memory of their son , who died in 2008.
Hannah won the for her poem “Pact.”
General lit major also won the Unrue Award this year.
Tags: awards, English, brilliant students,
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