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 |