MARWAN IS MONTAIGNE MEDAL FINALIST

Hoffer Award Announces 2008 Montaigne Medal Finalists

The Eric Hoffer Book Award committee announces the 2008 Montaigne Medal finalists.

March 12, Trenton, NJ – The Eric Hoffer Book Award committee has released the Montaigne Medal short list of finalists for the 2008 award year.

Each year, the Montaigne Medal is given to the most thought‐provoking titles—books that either illuminate, progress, or redirect thought. The Montaigne Medal is given in honor of the great French philosopher Michel de Montaigne, who influenced people such as William Shakespeare, René Descartes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean‐Jacques Rousseau, and Eric Hoffer.

“The Montaigne Medal is an integral part of the annual Hoffer Award for books and prose,” said Christopher Klim, Chair of the Eric Hoffer Award. Klim is also the award‐winning author of several books.

Here is the current short list of award finalists in alphabetical order:

Long Shadows, David Giffey (editor), Atwood Publishing
Marwan, Aram Schefrin, AuthorHouse
The Aesthetics of Equity, Craig L. Wilkins, University of Minnesota
The Emotional Plague, Dr. Charles Konia, A.C.O. Press
The Thread of Ariadne, George Sopasakis, Llumina Press
Their Other Sides, Helen Barolini, Fordham University Press
To Be Self‐Evident, R.L.Hogan, Libertas Press, LLC.
You Will Die, Robert R. Arthur, Suburra Publishing