Pritzker Military Library Literature Award Announced

The 2010 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing will be awarded in October to military historian and journalist Rick Atkinson, author of An Army at Dawn, The Long Gray Line, Crusade and many others. The $100,000 honorarium will be presented at the annual Pritzker’s Liberty Gala in Chicago on October 22. "The Pritzker Award recognizes: [A] living author for a body of work that has profoundly enriched the public understanding of American military history." A national panel of writers and historians -- including previous recipients James M. McPherson, Allan R. Millett, and Gerhard L. Weinberg -- reviewed nominations and definitive works submitted by publishers, agents, booksellers, and other professional literary organizations.