William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
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The William Dean Howells Medal is awarded by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Established in 1925, it is given once every five years, generally in recognition of the most distinguished American novel published during that period, although some awards have been made to novelists for their general body of work. The recipient of the award is chosen, by a committee drawn from the membership of the Academy, from among those candidates nominated by a member of the Academy.
[edit] Past winners
| Author | Book |
|---|---|
| 1925 Mary E. Wilkins Freeman | |
| 1930 Willa Cather | Death Comes for the Archbishop |
| 1935 Pearl S. Buck | The Good Earth |
| 1940 Ellen Glasgow | |
| 1945 Booth Tarkington | |
| 1950 William Faulkner | |
| 1955 Eudora Welty | The Ponder Heart |
| 1960 James Gould Cozzens | By Love Possessed |
| 1965 John Cheever | The Wapshot Scandal |
| 1970 William Styron | The Confessions of Nat Turner |
| 1975 Thomas Pynchon (Declined the award) | Gravity's Rainbow |
| 1980 William Maxwell | So Long, See You Tomorrow |
| 1985 No award | |
| 1990 E. L. Doctorow | Billy Bathgate |
| 1995 John Updike | Rabbit at Rest |
| 2000 Don DeLillo | Underworld |
| 2005 Shirley Hazzard | The Great Fire |
| 2010 Peter Matthiessen | Shadow Country |
