Over the past month, we asked Denver Post readers and our staff to help us come up with a list of people in Colorado who should be recognized for their extraordinary accomplishments or ideas that either occurred or came to fruition in 2013.
Click for the complete list of this year’s winners.
Books
WINNER:
Kent Haruf of Salida published his most recent novel, “Benediction,” in 2013. Haruf, , “is surely the best fiction writer that we have in Colorado.” His novels — which include “Plainsong” and “Eventide” — present slices of life in the fictional town of Holt, on Colorado’s Eastern Plains. Last week, “Benediction” was short-listed for the prestigious .
HONORABLE MENTION:
of Boulder teaches in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Denver. His novel “Kind One,” about the life of young slaves in 19th century Kentucky, won the .
