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Jett Williams accepts Hank Williams’ Pulitzer Citation at Columbia University

June 3, 2010 by ahankwilliamsjournal

On May 24th Jett Williams accepted Hank Williams’ Pulitzer Prize Citation from the President of Columbia University in New York. Jett Williams was quoted on the All Access website:

“Hank Williams has always been in a class all his own as the Shakespeare  of ‘the common man,’ whom he touched so deeply and for so long with his lyrical genius,” said Jett Williams. “To be so honored by the Pulitzer Prize Board puts my dad in the company of those who have grown to appreciate and now recognize his incredible influence and talent. To hear the strains of ‘Hey Good Lookin’ ringing throughout the rotunda at Columbia University as we exited the event would give anyone pause — it certainly did me.”

Here’s a widely circulated photo of the event distributed by Columbia University with Jett in the middle and Columbia University President  Lee Bollinger on the left and Carolyn Tate from Columbia on the right..

I have written SEVEN posts on Hank’s Pulitzer win. You can easily bring them all up by typing “Pulitzer” in the search box at the top of the blog.

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Columbia University, Hank Williams' Pulitzer Prize, Jett Williams, Pulitzer Prize | 3 Comments

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  1. on June 16, 2010 at 3:15 pm crystal

    Just an FYI: Carolyn Tate isn’t from Columbia U, she’s with the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. She accepted the Pulitzer on Hank Jr’s account and I understand the prize commendation will soon be on display at the museum.


  2. on June 17, 2010 at 1:08 pm ahankwilliamsjournal

    Crystal

    Thanks for the info on the Museum’s involvement.
    Sorry for the mix up.

    John


  3. on March 13, 2011 at 6:10 pm Joyce

    My husband and I met Jett and her husband at Prairyville Mi.
    and we was so impressed by their kindness and honesty, that
    if Jett allows this movie to be made, we’ll see it. She wouldn’t let anything degrade her daddy!



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