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Show AUTHOR GIVEN AWARD FOR CREATIVE WORK Mrs. Virginia Eggertsen Soren-son, Soren-son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Eggertsen of this city and author au-thor of "A Little Lower Than the Angels," has been awarded one of the 132 John Simon Guggenheim Guggen-heim Memorial Fellowships, according ac-cording to word received here. The Fellowships, which this year totaled $360,000, are awarded to scholars and creative workers in the arts to assist them to carry on their work. Mrs. Sorenson, whose husband! Professor Frederick Sorenson, is an instructor in the English department de-partment of the Denver University, Univer-sity, is the author of many pub-lihed pub-lihed poems and articles. Her latest book, "On This Star," will be published about May 15. Mrs. Sorenson has been in Denver Den-ver since last September. She is a former student of the Missouri University, the B. Y. U., and Stanford Stan-ford University. |