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