Openly gay playwright Tony Kushner—best known for Angels in America—has been named the recipient of the 2009 Chicago Tribune Literary Prize for lifetime achievement.
Kushner will receive the award Sunday, Nov. 8, at 10 a.m. at the Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan. (The event will be part of the Chicago Humanities Festival.) Tickets are $15 each, and go on sale Sept. 8 for festival members and Sept. 21 to the general public. See www.chfestival.org or call 312-494-9509.