The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that
have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The winning titles are
selected from the previous year's publishing.
The
2007 Alex Awards are:
Connolly, John. The Book of Lost Things
Doig, Ivan. The Whistling Season
D'Orso, Michael. Eagle Blue: A Team, A Tribe, and A High School Basketball Season in
Arctic Alaska
Gruen, Sara. Water for Elephants
Joern, Pamela Carter. Floor of the Sky
Hamamura, John. Color of the Sea
Lewis, Michael. The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
Mitchell, David. Black Swan Green
Rash, Ron. The World Made Straight
Setterfield, Diane. The Thirteenth Tale
The
2006 Alex Awards are:
Bates, Judy Fong. Midnight at the Dragon Café
Buckhanon, Kalisha. Upstate
Gaiman, Neil. Anansi Boys
Galloway, Gregory. As Simple As Snow
Ishiguro, Kazuo. Never Let Me Go
Martinez, A. Lee. Gil’s All Fright Diner
Palwick, Susan. The
Necessary Beggar
Rawles, Nancy. My Jim
Scheeres, Julia. Jesus Land: A Memoir
Walls, Jeannette. The Glass Castle: A Memoir
The
2005 Alex Awards are:
Almond, Steve. Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America
Cox, Lynn. Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer
Halpin, Brendan. Donorboy
Kurson, Robert. Shadow Divers
Meyers, Kent. Work of Wolves
Patchett, Ann. Truth & Beauty: A Friendship
Picoult, Jodi. My Sister’s Keeper
Reed, Kit. Thinner Than Thou
Shepard, Jim. Project X
Sullivan, Robert. Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City’s Most
Unwanted Inhabitants
The
2004 Alex Awards are:
Davis, Amanda. Wonder
When You’ll Miss Me
Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of
the Dog in the Night-time
Hosseini, Khaled. The
Kite Runner
Niffenegger, Audrey. The
Time Traveler’s Wife
Packer, Z.Z. Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Roach, Mary. Stiff
Salzman, Mark. True
Notebooks
Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis
Winspear, Jacqueline. Maisie
Dobbs
Yates, Bart. Leave Myself Behind
The
2003 Alex Awards are:
Barry, Lynda. One Hundred Demons
Conroy, Pat. My Losing Season
Ferris, Timothy. Seeing in the Dark: How Backyard Stargazers Are Probing Deep Space and
Guarding Earth from Interplanetary Peril
Fforde, Jasper. The
Eyre Affair
Lawson, Mary. Crow Lake
Malloy, Brian. The
Year of Ice
Otsuka, Julie. When
the Emperor Was Divine
Packer, Ann. The Dive from Clausen’s Pier
Southgate, Martha. The Fall of Rome
Weisberg, Joseph. 10th
Grade
The
2002 Alex Awards are:
Year
of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague, by Geraldine Brooks
An
American Insurrection: The Battle of Oxford, Mississippi, by William
Doyle
Gabriel's
Story,
by David Anthony Durham
Nickel
and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in Boom-Time America, by Barbara
Ehrenreich
Peace
like a River, by Leif Enger
The
Wilderness Family: At Home with Africa's Wildlife, by Kobie
Kruger
Kit's
Law,
by Donna Morrissey
The
Rover,
by Mel Odom
Motherland, by Vineeta
Vijayaraghavan
Black,
White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self, by Rebecca
Walker
The
2001 Alex Awards are:
Chang
And Eng,
by Darin Strauss
Counting
Coup,
by Larry Colton
Daughter
Of The Forest, by Juliet Marillier
Diamond
Dogs,
by Alan Watt
Flags
Of Our Fathers, by James Bradley and Ron Powers
The
Girl With A Pearl Earring, by Tracy Chevalier
In
The Heart Of The Sea: The Tragedy Of The Whaleship Essex, by Nathaniel
Philbrick
The
Man Who Ate The 747, by Ben Sherwood
The
Sand Reckoner, by Gillian Bradshaw
Soldier:
A Poet's Childhood, by June Jordan
The
2000 Alex Awards are:
Breashears, David. High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places
Card, Orson Scott. Ender's Shadow
Clarke, Breena. River, Cross My Heart
Codell, Esmé Raji. Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year
Fuqua, Jonathon Scott. The Reappearance of Sam Webber
Gaiman, Neil. Stardust
Greenlaw, Linda. The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey
Hart, Elva Trevino. Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child
Haruf, Kent. Plainsong
Porter, Connie. Imani All Mine
The
1999 Alex Awards are:
Alexander, Caroline. The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary
Antarctic Expedition
Boylan, James Finney. Getting In
Dominick, Andie. Needles
Gilstrap, John. At All Costs
Kercheval, Jesse Lee. Space
Kluger, Steve. Last Days of Summer
Legends:
Stories by the Masters of Modern Fantasy. Ed. by Robert Silverberg
Robinson, Kim Stanley. Antarctica
Santiago, Esmeralda. Almost a Woman
Senna, Danzy. Caucasia
The
1998 Alex Awards are:
Bodanis, David. The Secret Family: Twenty-four Hours inside the Mysterious Worlds of
Our Minds and Bodies
Bragg, Rick. All Over but the Shoutin'
Carroll, Rebecca. Sugar in the Raw: Voices of Young Black Girls in America
Cook, Karin. What Girls Learn
Hamill, Pete. Snow in August
Junger, Sebastian. The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men against the Sea
Krakauer, Jon. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Thomas, Velma Maia. Lest We Forget: The Passage from Africa to
Slavery and Emancipation
Trice, Dawn Turner. Only Twice I've Wished for Heaven
Willis, Connie. To Say Nothing of the Dog; or, How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at
Last
2007
The Gathering
by Anne Enright
2006
The Inheritance of Loss
by Kiran Desai
2005
The Sea
by John Banville
2004
The Line of Beauty
by Alan Hollinghurst
2003
Vernon God Little
by D B C Pierre
2002
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
2001
True History of the Kelly Gang
by Peter Carey
2000
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood
1999
Disgrace
by J. M. Coetzee
1998
Amsterdam
by Ian McEwan
1997
The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy
1996
Last Orders
by Graham Swift
1995
The Ghost Road
by Pat Barker
1994
How Late It Was, How Late
by James Kelman
1993
Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha
by Roddy Doyle
1992
Co-Winners!
The English Patient
by Michael Ondaatje
and
Sacred Hunger
by Barry Unsworth
1991
The Famished Road
by Ben Okri
1990
Possession
by A.S. Byatt
1989
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro
1988
Oscar and Lucinda
by Peter Carey
1987
Moon Tiger
by Penelope Lively
1986
The Old Devils
by Kingsley Amis
1985
The Bone People
by Keri Hulme
1984
Hotel du Lac
by
Anita Brookner
1983
Life and Times of Michael K.
by J. M. Coetzee
1982
Schindler's List
by Thomas Keneally
1981
Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie
1980
Rites of Passage
by William Golding
1979
Offshore
by Penelope Fitzgerald
1978
The Sea
by Iris Murdoch
1977
Staying On
by Paul Scott
1976
Saville
by David Storey
1975
Heat and Dust
by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
1974
Co-Winners!
The Conservationist
by Nadine Gordimer
and
Holiday
by Stanley Middleton
1973
The Siege of Krishnapur
by J.G. Farrell
1972
G.
by John Berger
1971
In a Free State
by V. S. Naipaul
1970
The Elected Member
by Bernice Rubens
1969
The Something to Answer
by P.H. Newby
The Nebula Awards are decided by
members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, which was
founded in 1965 by Damon Knight.
2006 Seeker
by Jack McDevitt
2005 Camoflage
by Joe Haldeman
2004 Paladin
of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
2003 The
Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
2002 American
Gods by Neil Gaiman
2001 The
Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro
2000 Darwin's
Radio by Greg Bear
1999 Parable
of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
1998 Forever
Peace by Joe Haldeman
1997 The
Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre
1996 Slow
River by Nicola Griffith
1995 The
Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer
1994 Moving
Mars by Greg Bear
1993 Red
Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
1992 Doomsday
Book by Connie Willis
1991 Stations
of the Tide by Michael Swanwick
1990 Tehanu
(The Last Book of Earthsea) by Ursula
K. Le Guin
1989 The
Healer's War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
1988 Falling
Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
1987 The
Falling Woman by Pat Murphy
1986 Speaker
for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
1985 Ender's
Game by Orson Scott Card
1984 Neuromancer
by William Gibson
1983 Startide
Rising by David Brin
1982 No
Enemy But Time by Michael Bishop
1981 The
Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe
1980 Timescape
by Gregory Benford
1979 The
Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
1978 Dreamsnake
by Vonda N. McIntyre
1977 Gateway
by Frederik Pohl
1976 Man
Plus by Frederik Pohl
1975 The
Forever War by Joe Haldeman
1974 The
Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
1973 Rendezvous
with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
1972 The
Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
1971 A Time
of Changes by Robert Silverberg
1970 Ringworld
by Larry Niven
1969 The
Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
1968 Rite
of Passage by Alexei Panshin
1967 The
Einstein Intersection by Samuel Delany
1966
(tie) Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
1966
(tie) Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delanys
1965 Dune
by Frank Herbert
The
Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded
to an author from any country who has produced "the most outstanding work
of an idealistic
tendency" and is based on an author's work as a whole, rather than on any
one piece of writing.
2007 DORIS LESSING that epicist of the female
experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a
divided civilisation to scrutiny.
2006 ORHAN PAMUK who in the quest for the
melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash
and interlacing of cultures.
2005 HAROLD PINTER who in his plays uncovers the
precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed
rooms.
2004 ELFRIEDE JELINEK for her musical flow of
voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that with extraordinary
linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of society's clich s and their subjugating
power
2003 JOHN MAXWELL COETZEE who in innumerable
guises portrays the surprising involvement of the outsider
2002 IMRE KERTÉSZ for writing that upholds the
fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of
history
2001 V. S. NAIPAUL for having united perceptive
narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the
presence of suppressed histories.
2000 GAO XINGJIAN for an oeuvre of universal
validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths
for the Chinese novel and drama.
1999 GUNTER GRASS whose frolicsome black fables
portray the forgotten face of history.
1998 JOSE SARAMAGO who with parables sustained by
imagination, compassion and irony continually enables us once again to
apprehend an elusory reality.
1997 DARIO FO who emulates the jesters of the
Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the
downtrodden.
1996 WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA for poetry that with
ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light
in fragments of human reality.
1995 SEAMUS HEANEY for works of lyrical beauty
and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past.
1994 KENZABURO OE who with poetic force creates
an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture
of the human predicament today.
1993 TONI MORRISON who in novels characterized by
visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of
American reality.
1992 DEREK WALCOTT for a poetic oeuvre of great
luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural
commitment.
1991 NADINE GORDIMER who through her magnificent
epic writing has - in the words of Alfred Nobel - been of very great benefit to
humanity.
1990 OCTAVIO PAZ for impassioned writing with
wide horizons, characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity.
1989 CAMILO JOSÉ CELA for a rich and intensive
prose, which with restrained compassion forms a challenging vision of man's
vulnerability.
1988 NAGUIB MAHFOUZ who, through works rich in
nuance-now clearsightedly realistic, now evocatively ambigous-has formed an
Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind.
1987 JOSEPH BRODSKY for an all-embracing
authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity.
1986 WOLE SOYINKA who in a wide cultural
perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence.
1985 CLAUDE SIMON who in his novel combines the
poet's and the painter's creativeness with a deepened awareness of time in the
depiction of the human condition.
1984 JAROSLAV SEIFERT for his poetry which
endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich inventiveness provides a liberating
image of the indomitable spirit and versatility of man.
1983 SIR WILLIAM GOLDING for his novels which, with
the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality
of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today.
1982 GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ for his novels and
short stories, in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a
richly composed world of imagination, reflecting a continent's life and
conflicts.
1981 ELIAS CANETTI for writings marked by a broad
outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power.
1980 CZESLAW MILOSZ who with uncompromising
clear-sightedness voices man's exposed condition in a world of severe
conflicts.
1979 ODYSSEUS ELYTIS (pen-name of ODYSSEUS
ALEPOUDHELIS ), for his poetry, which, against the background of Greek
tradition, depicts with sensuous strength and intellectual clear-sightedness
modern man's struggle for freedom and creativeness.
1978 ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER for his impassioned
narrative art which, with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition, brings
universal human conditions to life.
1977 VICENTE ALEIXANDRE for a creative poetic
writing which illuminates man's condition in the cosmos and in present-day
society, at the same time representing the great renewal of the traditions of
Spanish poetry beween the wars.
1976 SAUL BELLOW for the human understanding and
subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work.
1975 EUGENIO MONTALE for his distinctive poetry
which, with great artistic sensitivity, has interpreted human values under the
sign of an outlook on life with no illusions.
1974 The prize was divided equally between:
EYVIND JOHNSON for a narrative art, farseeing in lands and ages, in the service
of freedom.
HARRY MARTINSON for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos.
1973 PATRICK WHITE for an epic and psychological
narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature.
1972 HEINRICH BÖLL for his writing which through
its combination of a broad perspective on his time and a sensitive skill in
characterization has contributed to a renewal of German literature.
1971 PABLO NERUDA for a poetry that with the
action of an elemental force brings alive a continent's destiny and dreams.
1970 ALEKSANDR ISAEVICH SOLZHENITSYN for the
ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian
literature.
1969 SAMUEL BECKETT for his writing, which - in
new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern man acquires
its elevation.
1968 YASUNARI KAWABATA for his narrative mastery,
which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind.
1967 MIGUEL ANGEL ASTURIAS for his vivid literary
achievement, deep-rooted in the national traits and traditions of Indian
peoples of Latin America.
1966 The prize was divided equally between:
SHMUEL YOSEF AGNON for his profoundly characteristic narrative art with motifs
from the life of the Jewish people.
NELLY SACHS for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets
Israel's destiny with touching strength.
1965 MICHAIL ALEKSANDROVICH SHOLOKHOV for the
artistic power and integrity with which, in his epic of the Don, he has given
expression to a historic phase in the life of the Russian people.
1964 JEAN-PAUL SARTRE for his work which, rich in
ideas and filled with the spirit of freedom and the quest for truth, has exerted
a far reaching influence on our age. (Declined the prize.)
1963 GIORGOS SEFERIS (pen-name of GIORGOS
SEFERIADIS ), for his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for
the Hellenic world of culture.
1962 JOHN STEINBECK for his realistic and
imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social
perception.
1961 IVO ANDRI´C for the epic force with which he
has traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from the history of his
country.
1960 SAINT-JOHN PERSE (pen-name of ALEXIS LÉGER
), for the soaring flight and the evocative imagery of his poetry which in a
visionary fashion reflects the conditions of our time.
1959 SALVATORE QUASIMODO for his lyrical poetry,
which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own
times.
1958 BORIS LEONIDOVICH PASTERNAK for his
important achievement both in contemporary lyrical poetry and in the field of
the great Russian epic tradition. (Accepted first, later caused by the
authorities of his country to decline the prize.)
1957 ALBERT CAMUS for his important literary
production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of
the human conscience in our times.
1956 JUAN RAMÓN JIMÉNEZ for his lyrical poetry,
which in Spanish language constitutes an example of high spirit and artistical
purity.
1955 HALLDÓR KILJAN LAXNESS for his vivid epic
power which has renewed the great narrative art of Iceland.
1954 ERNEST MILLER HEMINGWAY for his mastery of
the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea,
and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style.
1953 SIR WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER CHURCHILL for
his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant
oratory in defending exalted human values.
1952 FRANÇOIS MAURIAC for the deep spiritual
insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated
the drama of human life.
1951 PÄR FABIAN LAGERKVIST for the artistic
vigour and true independence of mind with which he endeavours in his poetry to
find answers to the eternal questions confronting mankind.
1950 EARL BERTRAND ARTHUR WILLIAM RUSSELL in
recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions
humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought.
1949 WILLIAM FAULKNER for his powerful and
artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel.
1948 THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT for his outstanding,
pioneer contribution to present-day poetry.
1947 ANDRÉ PAUL GUILLAUME GIDE for his comprehensive
and artistically significant writings, in which human problems and conditions
have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological
insight.
1946 HERMANN HESSE for his inspired writings
which, while growing in boldness and penetration, exemplify the classical
humanitarian ideals and high qualities of style.
1945 GABRIELA MISTRAL (pen-name of LUCILA GODOY Y
ALCA-YAGA ), for her lyric poetry which, inspired by powerful emotions, has
made her name a symbol of the idealistic aspirations of the entire Latin
American world.
1944 JOHANNES VILHELM JENSEN for the rare
strength and fertility of his poetic imagination with which is combined an
intellectual curiosity of wide scope and a bold, freshly creative style.
1943-1940 The prize money was allocated to the Main
Fund (1/3) and to the Special Fund (2/3) of this prize section.
1939 FRANS EEMIL SILLANPÄÄ for his deep
understanding of his country's peasantry and the exquisite art with which he
has portrayed their way of life and their relationship with Nature.
1938 PEARL BUCK (pen-name of PEARL WALSH née
SYDENSTRICKER ), for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in
China and for her biographical masterpieces.
1937 ROGER MARTIN DU GARD for the artistic power
and truth with which he has depicted human conflict as well as some fundamental
aspects of contemporary life in his novelcycle Les Thibault.
1936 EUGENE GLADSTONE O'NEILL for the power,
honesty and deep-felt emotions of his dramatic works, which embody an original
concept of tragedy.
1935 The prize money was allocated to the Main
Fund (1/3) and to the Special Fund (2/3) of this prize section.
1934 LUIGI PIRANDELLO for his bold and ingenious
revival of dramatic and scenic art.
1933 IVAN ALEKSEYEVICH BUNIN for the strict
artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose
writing.
1932 JOHN GALSWORTHY for his distinguished art of
narration which takes its highest form in The Forsythe Saga.
1931 ERIK AXEL KARLFELDT The poetry of Erik Axel
Karlfeldt.
1930 SINCLAIR LEWIS for his vigorous and graphic
art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of
characters.
1929 THOMAS MANN principally for his great novel,
Buddenbrooks, which has won steadily increased recognition as one of the
classic works of contemporary literature.
1928 SIGRID UNDSET principally for her powerful
descriptions of Northern life during the Middle Ages.
1927 HENRI BERGSON in recognition of his rich and
vitalizing ideas and the brilliant skill with which they have been presented.
1926 GRAZIA DELEDDA (pen-name of GRAZIA MADESANI
née DELEDDA) , for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic
clarity picture the life on her native island and with depth and sympathy deal
with human problems in general.
1925 GEORGE BERNARD SHAW for his work which is
marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being
infused with a singular poetic beauty.
1924 WLADYSLAW STANISLAW REYMONT (pen-name of
REYMENT ), for his great national epic, The Peasants.
1923 WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS for his always inspired
poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a
whole nation.
1922 JACINTO BENAVENTE for the happy manner in
which he has continued the illustrious traditions of the Spanish drama.
1921 ANATOLE FRANCE (pen-name of JACQUES ANATOLE
THIBAULT ), in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements,
characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy,
grace, and a true Gallic temperament.
1920 KNUT PEDERSEN HAMSUN for his monumental
work, Growth of the Soil.
1919 CARL FRIEDRICH GEORG SPITTELER in special
appreciation of his epic, Olympian Spring.
1918 The prize money for 1918 was allocated to
the Special Fund of this prize section.
1917 The prize was divided equally between:
KARL ADOLPH GJELLERUP for his varied and rich poetry, which is inspired by
lofty ideals.
HENRIK PONTOPPIDAN for his authentic descriptions of present-day life in
Denmark.
1916 CARL GUSTAF VERNER VON HEIDENSTAM in
recognition of his significance as the leading representative of a new era in
our literature.
1915 ROMAIN ROLLAND as a tribute to the lofty
idealism of his literary production and to the sympathy and love of truth with
which he has described different types of human beings.
1914 The prize money for 1914 was allocated to
the Special Fund of this prize section.
1913 RABINDRANATH TAGORE because of his
profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill,
he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of
the literature of the West.
1912 GERHART JOHANN ROBERT HAUPTMANN primarily in
recognition of his fruitful, varied and outstanding production in the realm of
dramatic art.
1911 COUNT MAURICE (MOORIS) POLIDORE MARIE
BERNHARD MAETERLINCK , in appreciation of his many sided literary activities,
and especially of his dramatic works, which are distinguished by a wealth of
imagination and by a poetic fancy, which reveals, sometimes in the guise of a
fairy tale, a deep inspiration, while in a mysterious way they appeal to the
readers' own feelings and stimulate their imaginations.
1910 PAUL JOHANN LUDWIG HEYSE as a tribute to the
consummate artistry, permeated with idealism, which he has demonstrated during
his long productive career as a lyric poet, dramatist, novelist and writer of
world-renowned short stories.
1909 SELMA OTTILIA LOVISA LAGERLÖF in
appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception
that characterize her writings.
1908 RUDOLF CHRISTOPH EUCKEN in recognition of
his earnest search for truth, his penetrating power of thought, his wide range
of vision, and the warmth and strength in presentation with which in his
numerous works he has vindicated and developed an idealistic philosophy of
life.
1907 RUDYARD KIPLING in consideration of the
power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and
remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous
author.
1906 GIOSUÈ CARDUCCI not only in consideration of
his deep learning and critical research, but above all as a tribute to the
creative energy, freshness of style, and lyrical force which characterize his
poetic masterpieces.
1905 HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ because of his
outstanding merits as an epic writer.
1904 The prize was divided equally between:
FRÉDÉRIC MISTRAL in recognition of the fresh originality and true inspiration
of his poetic production, which faithfully reflects the natural scenery and
native spirit of his people, and, in addition, his significant work as a
Provençal philologist.
JOSÉ ECHEGARAY Y EIZAGUIRRE in recognition of the numerous and brilliant
compositions which, in an individual and original manner, have revived the great
traditions of the Spanish drama.
1903 BJØRNSTJERNE MARTINUS BJØRNSON as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit.
1902 CHRISTIAN MATTHIAS THEODOR MOMMSEN the
greatest living master of the art of historical writing, with special reference
to his monumental work, A history of Rome.
1901 SULLY PRUDHOMME (pen-name of RENÉ FRANÇOIS
ARMAND ), in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives
evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a rare combination of the
qualities of both heart and intellect.
2007
Winner: Gene Luen Yang - American Born Chinese
2006
Winner: John Green - Looking for Alaska
2005
Winner: Meg Rosoff - how i live now
2004
Winner: Angela Johnson - The First Part Last
2003
Winner: Aidan Chambers - Postcards from No Man's Land
2002
Winner: An Na - A Step from Heaven
2001
Winner: David Almond - Kit's Wilderness
2000
Winner: Walter Dean Myers - Monster
2007 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
2006 March by Geraldine Brooks
2005 Gilead: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson
2004 The Known World by Edward P. Jones
2003 Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
2002 Empire Falls by Richard Russo
2001 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier &
Clay by Michael Chabon
2000 Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
1999 The Hours by Michael Cunningham
1998 American Pastoral by Philip Roth
1997 Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American
Dreamer by Steven Millhauser
1996 Independence Day by Richard Ford
1995 The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
1994 The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
1993 A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by
Robert Olen Butler
1992 A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
1991 Rabbit At Rest by John Updike
1990 The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by
Oscar Hijuelos
1989 Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
1988 Beloved by Toni Morrison
1987 A Summons to Memphis by Peter Taylor
1986 Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
1985 Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie
1984 Ironweed by William Kennedy
1983 The Color Purple by Alice Walker
1982 Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike, the
latest novel in a memorable sequence
1981 A Confederacy of Dunces by the late John
Kennedy Toole (a posthumous publication)
1980 The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer
1979 The Stories of John Cheever by John
Cheever
1978 Elbow Room by James Alan McPherson
1977 (No
Award)
1976 Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow
1975 The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
1974 (No
Award)
1973 The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty
1972 Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
1971 (No
Award)
1970 Collected Stories by Jean Stafford
1969 House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday
1968 The Confessions of Nat Turner by William
Styron
1967 The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
1966 Collected Stories by Katherine Anne
Porter
1965 The Keepers Of The House by Shirley Ann
Grau
1964 (No
Award)
1963 The Reivers by William Faulkner
1962 The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O'Connor
1961 To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
1960 Advise and Consent by Allen Drury
1959 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters by
Robert Lewis Taylor
1958 A Death In The Family by the late James
Agee (a posthumous publication)
1957 (No
Award)
1956 Andersonville by MacKinlay Kantor
1955 A Fable by William Faulkner
1954 (No
Award)
1953 The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest
Hemingway
1952 The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
1951 The Town by Conrad Richter
1950 The Way West by A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
1949 Guard of Honor by James Gould Cozzens
1948 Tales of the South Pacific by James A.
Michener
(From 1917-1948, the award was given as
the Pulitzer Prize for Novel)
1947 All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
1946
(No Award)
1945 A Bell for Adano by John Hersey
1944 Journey in the Dark by Martin Flavin
1943 Dragon's Teeth by Upton Sinclair
1942 In This Our Life by Ellen Glasgow
1941 (No
Award)
1940 The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
1939 The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
1938 The Late George Apley by John Phillips
Marquand
1937 Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
1936 Honey in the Horn by Harold L. Davis
1935 Now in November by Josephine Winslow
Johnson
1934 Lamb in His Bosom by Caroline Miller
1933 The Store by T. S. Stribling
1932 The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
1931 Years of Grace by Margaret Ayer Barnes
1930 Laughing Boy by Oliver Lafarge
1929 Scarlet Sister Mary by Julia Peterkin
1928 The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton
Wilder
1927 Early Autumn by Louis Bromfield
1926 Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis
1925 So Big by Edna Ferber
1924 The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson
1923 One of Ours by Willa Cather
1922 Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington
1921 The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
1920 (No
Award)
1919 The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth
Tarkington
1918 His Family by Ernest Poole
1917
(No Award)