Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction
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The Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction is awarded by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The $5,000 prize is given for the best published first novel or collection of short stories in the preceding year. It was established in 1979 in memory of author Sue Kaufman.
Past winners
- 1980 - Jayne Anne Phillips, Black Tickets[1]
- 1981 - Tom Lorenz, Guys Like Us
- 1982 - Ted Mooney, Easy Travel to Other Planets
- 1983 - Susanna Moore, My Old Sweetheart
- 1984 - Denis Johnson, Angels[2]
- 1985 - Louise Erdrich, Love Medicine
- 1986 - Cecile Pineda, Face
- 1987 - Jeannette Haien, The All of It
- 1988 - Kaye Gibbons, Ellen Foster[3]
- 1989 - Gary Krist, The Garden State
- 1990 - Allan Gurganus, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
- 1991 - Charles Palliser, The Quincunx
- 1992 - Alex Ullmann, Afghanistan
- 1993 - Francisco Goldman, The Long Night of White Chickens[4]
- 1994 - Emile Capouya, In the Sparrow Hills
- 1995 - Jim Grimsley, Winter Birds
- 1996 - Peter Landesman, The Raven
- 1997 - Brad Watson, Last Days of the Dog-Men
- 1998 - Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain
- 1999 - Michael Byers, The Coast of Good Intentions
- 2000 - Nathan Englander, For the Relief of Unbearable Urges<re>"Nathan Englander". American Academy in Berlin. Retrieved March 21, 2022.</ref>
- 2001 - Akhil Sharma, An Obedient Father
- 2002 - Don Lee, Yellow
- 2003 - Gabe Hudson, Dear Mr. President
- 2004 - Nell Freudenberger, Lucky Girls
- 2005 - John Dalton, Heaven Lake
- 2006 - Uzodinma Iweala, Beasts of No Nation
- 2007 - Tony D'Souza, Whiteman
- 2008 - Frances Hwang, Transparency
- 2009 - Charles Bock, Beautiful Children
- 2010 - Josh Weil, The New Valley
- 2011 - Brando Skyhorse, The Madonnas of Echo Park
- 2012 - Ismet Prcic, Shards
- 2013 - Kevin Powers, The Yellow Birds
- 2014 - Manuel Gonzales, The Miniature Wife
- 2015 - Michael Carroll, Little Reef and Other Stories
- 2016 - Kirstin Valdez Quade, Night at the Fiestas
- 2017 - Lee Clay Johnson, Nitro Mountain
- 2018 - Emily Fridlund, History of Wolves[5]
- 2019 - Jane Delury, The Balcony
- 2020 - Isabella Hammad, The Parisian[6]
- 2021 - Douglas Stuart, Shuggie Bain[7]
- 2022 - Jackie Polzin, Brood
References
- ^ Johnson, Sarah Anne (May 2002). "An Interview with Jayne Anne Phillips". Association of Writers & Writing Programs. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
- ^ "Letters Group Gives Prizes to 8 Writers". The New York Times. April 15, 1984. p. 50.
- ^ "Kaye Gibbons". Calvin Center for Faith & Writing. Calvin University. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
- ^ "Francisco Goldman". BBC. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
- ^ Hertzel, Laurie (March 20, 2018). "Minnesota authors Marlon James, Emily Fridlund win American Academy awards". Star Tribune. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
- ^ "American Academy of Arts & Letters Selects Valeria Luiselli & Isabella Hammad as the 2020 Literature Award Winners". RCW Literary Agency. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
- ^ "2021 Literature Award Winners". American Academy of Arts and Letters. Retrieved March 21, 2022.