2012/03/19 RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF HARNETT COUNTY'S NATIVE SON PAUL GREENHarnett
COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
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Resolution
Celebrating the Life of Harnett County's Native Son Paul Green
WHEREAS, Paul Green was bom on a family farm near Lillington on March 17, 1894; and,
WHEREAS, Paul Green received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1927 for his play, In Abraham's Bosom;
and,
WHEREAS, Paul Green was the author of numerous plays, essays, novels, cinema scripts, and books of
North Carolina folklore; and,
WHEREAS, Paul Green created a new art form — the symphonic drama — when he wrote The Lost Colony
in 1937, the first outdoor drama; and,
WHEREAS, Paul Green's The Lost Colony is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2012; and,
WHEREAS, Paul Green was also the recipient of two Guggenheim Fellowships, the National Theatre
Conference Award, and nine honorary degrees and was posthumously inducted into the Theatre Hall of
Fame in New York City in 1993, and the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame in 1996; and,
WHEREAS, Paul Green was one of the founders of the North Carolina Symphony and was an active
participant in the cultural life of North Carolina and promoted the arts his entire life; and,
WHEREAS, Paul Green traveled around the world as a representative of the United Nations Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), lecturing on the drama and human rights; and,
WHEREAS, the Harnett County Public Library, the Friends of the Harnett County Library, Campbell
University, and the Paul Green Foundation are sponsoring "Harnett County Reads" to encourage the
community to read Paul Green's This Body the Earth; and,
NOW, THEREFORE, we, the Commissioners of the County of Harnett, do hereby recognize the life and
works of Paul Green and his contributions to the arts and human rights and we support and encourage the
community to participate in the events of the Paul Green Festival to be held April 20 and 21, 2012.
Adopted this 19`n day of March 2012
fIARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF
Chairman
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Dan B. Andrews
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