Haiti-born
writer Edwidge Danticat has won the prestigious MacArthur
Foundation fellowship, which comes with $500,000.
Miami writer Edwidge Danticat was holding her 9-month-old
daughter, Leila, while trying to read the computer screen
when the phone rang.
``Are
you sitting down?'' the caller asked.
``Yes.
I am holding my baby,'' she said.
``Put
the baby down.''
An
award-winning author who was born in Haiti, Danticat, 40,
learned she had just won the biggest honor of her career:
the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation `Genius
Award,' which carries a $500,000 ``no strings attached''
prize. Read
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