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Professor Murphy wins Mythopoeic Award

August 2007:

G. Ronald Murphy, S.J., won the Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Myth and Fantasy Studies for his book Gemstone of Paradise: The Holy Grail in Wolfram’s Parzival (Oxford University Press, 2006).

From the press release:

"The Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Myth and Fantasy Studies is given to scholarly books on other specific authors in the Inklings tradition, or to more general works on the genres of myth and fantasy."

"The winners of this year’s awards were announced at Mythcon XXXVIII in Berkeley, California, on August 5, 2007. A complete list of Mythopoeic Award winners is available on the Society website."

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