SR 83 — Commending Barbara Kingsolver.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 24104161DSENATE IRESOLUTION SENAOfferedNO. February 20, 2024 N Commending Barbara Kingsolver.

––––––––––83 TE Patrons––Pillion,Commending Boysko and Deeds R –––––––––– O WHEREAS, Barbara Kingsolver,Kingsolver. an acclaimed author and longtime resident of Washington County, received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2023 for her latest novel, Demon Copperhead;

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andandnty, L WHEREAS, after growing up in rural Kentucky, earning degrees in biology from DePauw University L and the University of Arizona, and living in Tucson for two decades, Barbara Kingsolver settled with herWHEREAS, Barbara Kingsolver began her career as a freelance writer and author in 1985 and CE published her first novel, The Bean Trees, in 1988 to wide acclaim;

she has since published sevEralseveral D bestselling novels, including Pigs in Heaven in 1993, The Poisonwood Bible in 1998, and The Lacuna in 2009;

and D 2007, Barbara Kingsolver detailed a year of her life growing vegetables and raising animals on her Washington County farm;

and WHEREAS, Barbara Kingsolver's Demon Copperhead, which artfully transposes aspects of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield onto the story of a boy from modern-day Appalachia, also received Britain's prestigious Women's Prize for Fiction, making her the first author to receive the award twice, havinghavings R also won it in 2010 for The Lacuna;

and 3 WHEREAS, Barbara Kingsolver has garnered a number of prestigious honors in recognition of her R accomplishments as a writer, including the National Humanities Medal in 2000 and the Dayton Literary PeacePeaWHEREAS, PrizeBarbara Kingsolver's contributions to both the American and world literary canons are evidenced by her works' inclusion in 2011;many high school and college curriculums around the country and translated into more than 30 languages;

and 3 WHEREAS, Barbara Kingsolver's contributions to both the AmericanPEN/Bellwether andPrize worldfor literarySocially canonsEngaged areFiction, evidencedwhich byhas hersince works'helped inclusionto inlaunch many high school and college curriculums around the countrycareers andof translatedseveral intonew morewriters; than 30 languages;

and WHEREAS, inBarbara 1998,Kingsolver's Barbaraefforts Kingsolveras establishedan author, as an active and engaged member of her Washington County community, and as a voice for Appalachia, have made an impact on countless lives andRESOLVED by the BellwetherSenate Prizeof Virginia, That Barbara Kingsolver hereby be commended for Fiction,receiving nowthe known2023 asPulitzer severalPrize newfor writers;Fiction;

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now, therefore, be it 34 RESOLVED by the Senate of Virginia, That Barbara Kingsolver hereby be commended for receiving 35 the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction;

and, be it 37 presentation to Barbara Kingsolver as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's admiration for her 38 achievements.