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23rd Gerard Manley Hopkins Festival
July 24 - 30, 2010

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The Gerard Manley Hopkins Festival -

last week of July since 198


The O'Connor Literary Award

Called after the O'Connor family, in whose honour it was originally sponsored by Professor Michael Allsopp, the Award is now promoted and sponsored by Newbridge Silverware and its CEO, William Doyle. The Trophy is perpetual but the handsome replica comes with the compliments of Newbridge Silverware, Ireland's oldest family-run silverware business.

The Gerard Manley Hopkins Summer School award is for outstanding contribution to the School and to Hopkins Scholarship The O'Connor Award was presented by the distinguished Hopkins scholar, Michael Allsopp.

This Award has become one of the highlights of the Gerard Manley Hopkins Festival

Each year, the Committee select, by ballot, a leading scholar or artist who has also made a SIGNIFICANT contribution to The Gerard Manley Hopkins Literary Festival for this Award. The criteria for this award therefore are:

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that the recipient be a distinguished writer / artist / Hopkins scholar
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that the recipient has made an enriching contribution to the The Gerard Manley Hopkins Summer School.

Past recipients of the O'Connor Award Since 1987

1996 Hugh Kenner, critic, scholar Canada / USA
1997 James McKenna, sculptor Ireland
1998 Joseph Feeney, SJ, scholar USA
1999 Russell Murphy, scholar USA
2000 William Langdon, scholar USA
2001 Brian Arkins, scholar Ireland
2002 Giuseppe Serpillo, scholar Italy
2003 Alexandra Kedzierska, scholar Poland
2004 Bruno Gaurier, Translator France
2005 Peter Milward SJ, scholar UK / Japan
2006 John Hunter artist USA
2007 Hikaru Kitabayashi, scholar Japan
2008 Sakiko Tagagi, scholar Japan
2009 Robert Welch, scholar N . Ireland

And, who will be the next recipient of the Hopkins Award?
Just watch this space - we will soon announce the Winner.. .

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