2018 St. Louis Literary Award

Join the Saint Louis University Library Associates for the presentation of the 2018 St. Louis Literary Award. This year's recipient is one of the most eminent lyricists and composers of the modern era, Stephen Sondheim.

He is the first musical lyricist to win the award since its inception in 1967. In a remarkable career spanning 70 years, Sondheim has written the lyrics, music —or both, for some of the most iconic and long running plays in the history of American theater, including Into The Woods, West Side Story, Sunday in the Park with George, Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, Gypsy, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Sondheim has won numerous Tony and Grammy Awards, and he won an Academy Award for the song “Sooner or Later” from the film Dick Tracy starring Madonna and Warren Beatty. The award will be presented on Thursday, October 4, 2018, at Sheldon Concert Hall at 7:00 p.m.
 
The response to this event has been overwhelming. All of the seats in the concert hall and simulcast viewing room have been reserved.