{"id":39153,"date":"2019-05-23T15:07:02","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T20:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=39153"},"modified":"2019-05-23T15:10:16","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T20:10:16","slug":"press-release-miles-mow-literary-award-2019-kenneth-w-norton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2019\/05\/23\/press-release-miles-mow-literary-award-2019-kenneth-w-norton\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release: Miles-Mow Literary Award 2019 – Kenneth W. Norton"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Press Release: Miles-Mow Literary Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

KENNETH W. NORTON WINS INAUGURAL DOROTHY MILES-<\/strong>
\nSHANNY MOW LITERARY AWARD<\/strong><\/p>\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n

Austin, Texas, May 12, 2019—Deaf Television Foundation (DTF) is pleased to announce that Kenneth W. Norton of Fremont, California, was awarded the inaugural Dorothy Miles-Shanny Mow Literary Award in Austin, Texas on May 3, 2019.<\/p>\n

It was Norton\u2019s latest book entitled \u201cMy Life with Audree\u201d that garnered the attention of the DTF board when his biography with over 180 authentic photos was published at his age of 90. The book also substantiates DTF\u2019s goal of recognizing living Deaf authors during the current decade who wrote about Deaf theatre or Deaf sports. Norton\u2019s wife of 63 years, late Audree (nee Bennett) Norton, a talented college professor, who passed in 2015, was a nationally known Deaf actress who was one of the 24 founding members of National Theatre of the Deaf (NTD) and starred on TV and in commercials. Norton\u2019s touching story is his fourth published book, including \u201cThe Eagle Soared to Enlightenment,\u201d a history book about the California School for the Deaf at Berkeley and Fremont, his \u201chome\u201d for nearly three-fourth of a century as a student, teacher, coach and administrator.<\/p>\n

The literary award honors the legacy of two famous modern-day Deaf writers, \u201cDot\u201d Miles (1938-1993) and Shanny Mow (1938-2017), both graduated together in 1961 as star writers from Gallaudet University. Miles, a native of Wales, is historically recognized as the first Deaf playwright in America and her original 1973 stage play, \u201cA Play of Our Own,\u201d which premiered in Hartford, Connecticut, under the auspices of the defunct Hartford Thespians. Miles was also a director, actress, poetess, wardrobe mistress, educator, TV performer and a recognized pioneer of British Sign Language poetry in England from 1977 until her untimely death 25 years ago. Mow wrote over 27 produced plays, including 10 for the NTD and its educational byproduct, the Little Theatre of the Deaf. Like Miles, he was an actor and award-winning artistic director as well as the director of NTD\u2019s erstwhile Deaf Playwrights Conference. In their lifetime, Miles and Mow were never truly honored or recognized for their prolific writing endeavors. Consequently, they established the literary standard for contemporary Deaf writers who will be honored by DTF in the years to come.<\/p>\n

This literary award encompasses one of the four primary parameters, including television programs, long distance running and Deaf theatre. For more information about DTF and its new literary award, email Dr. Steve C. Baldwin at dfsmithtx@aol.com or call him at 512-410-0415.<\/p>\n

Download DTF PR – May 14 – Miles_Mow Award (PDF format)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Press Release: Miles-Mow Literary Award<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Press Release: Miles-Mow Literary Award KENNETH W. NORTON WINS INAUGURAL DOROTHY MILES- SHANNY MOW LITERARY AWARD FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Austin, Texas, May 12, 2019—Deaf Television Foundation (DTF) is pleased to announce that Kenneth W. Norton of Fremont, California, was awarded…<\/p>\n

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