The President, The Board of Governors, and The Literary Committee of the National Arts Club present 

Medal of Honor for Achievement in Literature

Colm Tóibín 

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

6:00 PM Cocktails | 7:30 PM Dinner

Colm Tóibín is the author of eleven novels, including Long Island, a sequel to Brooklyn forthcoming from Scribner in 2024; The Magician, winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize; The Master, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; Brooklyn, winner of the Costa Book Award; The Testament of Mary; and Nora Webster; as well as two story collections and several books of criticism. 

He is the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University and has been named as the Laureate for Irish Fiction for 2022–2024 by the Arts Council of Ireland. Three times shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Tóibín lives in Dublin and New York.

All-inclusive. Black tie.

$150 NAC Members.

$250 Guests of Members.

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