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N.D. (AP) – Gov. Jack Dalrymple has named author Louise Erdrich as the 39th recipient of the North Dakota Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award, the state’s top honor.

Dalrymple will present Erdrich with the award during a ceremony in Wahpeton April 19. A portrait of her eventually will hang in the state Capitol in Bismarck with the other recipients of the award.

Erdrich grew up in Wahpeton. Dalrymple says she has maintained her strong ties to the state while becoming a prominent figure in the field of literature. Erdrich’s book “The Plague of Doves” was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2009. Her latest novel, “The Round House,” won the National Book Award.

Erdrich was born in Minnesota and lives there now but says she’ll always consider North Dakota her home.