- A70 -

Hawthornden Foundation is a private charitable foundation supporting contemporary writers and the literary arts. Established by Drue Heinz the noted philanthropist and patron of the arts the Foundation is named after Hawthornden Castle in Midlothian Scotland where an international residential residency program provides monthlong retreats for creative writers from all disciplines to work in peaceful surroundings. Hawthornden also supports a residential program at Casa Ecco on Lake Como in Italy the site of Conversazioni private conferences attended by many celebrated writers and others in the arts and a retreat for invited authors to complete a literary work in progress. In 2024 Hawthornden Foundation opened a new nonresidential retreat Hawthornden Brooklyn in New York.