Dos Passos Prize

The John Dos Passos Prize is awarded annually to the best currently under-recognized American writer in the middle of their career.

The Prize was founded at Longwood University in 1980 and is meant to honor John Dos Passos by recognizing other writers in his name.[1] The prize is administered by a committee from the Department of English and Modern Languages; the chair of the committee also serves as the chair of the prize jury. Other members on the committee include the immediate past recipient and a distinguished critic, editor, or scholar.

Recipients of the prize receive $2,000 and a bronze medal engraved with their name.

Recipients

1980Graham Greene (Awarded before the prize was limited to strictly American authors.)
1981Gilbert Sorrentino
1982Robert Stone
1983Doris Betts
1984Tom Wolfe
1985Russell Banks
1986John Edgar Wideman
1987Lee Smith
1988Shelby Foote
1989Paule Marshall
1990Larry Woiwode
1991Elizabeth Spencer[2]
1992William Hoffman
1993Ernest J. Gaines
1994James Welch
1995Helena Maria Viramontes
1997E. Annie Proulx
1998Maxine Hong Kingston
1999Eric Kraft
2000Jill McCorkle
2001Madison Smartt Bell
2002Randall Kenan[3]
2003Richard Powers
2004Maureen Howard
2005Tim Gautreaux
2006Kent Haruf
2008Allen Wier
2009Robert Bausch
2010Percival Everett
2011Mat Johnson
2012Colson Whitehead
2013Sherman Alexie
2014Ruth Ozeki

References

  1. ↑ http://www.longwood.edu/staff/taylored/DosPassosPrize.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.longwood.edu/staff/taylored/recipients1.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.longwood.edu/staff/taylored/recipients2.htm

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