Prize Winners for 1980 - 1991

Year

Author and Select Works

Biography

1980 

Graham Greene

    The Heart of the Matter (1948)

    The Honorary Consul (1973)

Graham Greene
1981  Gilbert Sorrentino

    Aberration of Starlight (1980)

     Crystal Vision (1981)

Gilbert Sorrentino
1982  Robert Stone

    Dog Soldiers (1974)

     A Flag for Sunrise (1981)

Robert Stone
1983  Dorris Betts

    Beasts of the Southern Wild (1973)

    Heading West (1981)

Dorris Betts
1984  Tom Wolfe

    The Right Stuff (1979)

    The Bonfire of the Vanities (1987)

Tom Wolfe
1985  Russell Banks

    Searching for Survivors (1975)

    Continental Drift (1985)

Russell Banks
1986  John Edgar Wideman

    Brothers and Keepers (1984)

    Sent for You Yesterday (1983)

John Edgar Wideman
1987  Lee Smith

    Oral History (1983)

    Fair and Tender Ladies (1988)

Lee Smith
1988     Shelby Foote

    Shiloh: A Novel (1952)

    The Civil War: A Narrative (1958-74)

Shelby Foote
1989  Paule Marshall

    Brown Girl, Brownstones (1959)

    Praisesong for the Widow (1983)

Paule Marshall
1990  Larry Woidode

    Poppa John (1981)

    The Neumiller Stories (1983)

Larry Woiwode
1991  Elizabeth Spencer

    The Light in the Piazza (1960)

    The Night Travellers (1991)

Elizabeth Spencer