Lannan Literary Awards
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The Lannan Literary Awards are a series of awards and literary fellowships given out in various fields.
The foundation's awards are some of the most lucrative in the world. The 2006 awards for poetry, fiction and nonfiction each came with $150,000.
Established in 1989, the awards are meant "to honor both established and emerging writers whose work is of exceptional quality", according to the foundation.[1]
The awards reflect the often left-wing philosophy governing the Lannan Foundation, a family foundation that describes itself as "dedicated to cultural freedom, diversity and creativity through projects which support exceptional contemporary artists and writers, as well as inspired Native activists in rural indigenous communities."[2]
Awards have gone both to literary stars, such as W.S. Merwin, and also to those more known more for their politics than their literary talents, such as Barbara Ehrenreich, Edward Said. The foundation also gives out a "Cultural Freedom Prize" for the stated purpose of recognizing "people whose extraordinary and courageous work celebrates the human right to freedom of imagination, inquiry, and expression."[3] The prize recently went to Robert Fisk, Helen Caldicott, Arundhati Roy, and Cornell West.
The foundation does not accept applications for awards or fellowships. Candidates are suggested anonymously "by a network of writers, literary scholars, publishers, and editors", with the foundation's literary committee making the final determination.[1]
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[edit] Lannan Literary Award for Poetry
- 2006: Bruce Weigl
- 2005: Pattiann Rogers
- 2004: Peter Reading
- 2002: Alan Dugan
- 2002: Peter Dale Scott
- 2000: Herbert Morris
- 2000: Jay Wright
[edit] Lanaan Literary Award for Fiction
- 2006: Kathryn Davis
- 2004: Rikki Ducorne
- 2003: Edward P. Jones
- 2003: John McGahern
- 2000: Robert Coover
- 2000: David Malouf
- 2000: Cynthia Ozick
- 2000: Leslie Marmon Silko
[edit] Lanaan Literary Award for Nonfiction
- 2006: Tim Flannery
- 2005: Adam Hochschild
- 2005: David G. Campbell
- 2004: Luís Alberto Urrea
- 2003: Rebecca Solnit
- 2002: Wade Davis
- 2000: Bill McKibben
- 2000: Carl Safina
[edit] 2005 Lannan Literary Award for An Especially Notable Book
- 2005: The New American Militarism: How Americans are Seduced by War, by Andrew J. Bacevich
[edit] Lannan Literary Fellowship
- 2005: Frank X Walker
- 2005: Nadeem Aslam
- 2005: Judy Budnitz
- 2006: Freeman House
- 2004: Edwidge Danticat
- 2004: Thomas Frank
- 2004: Mavis Gallant
- 2004: Micheline Aharonian Marcom
- 2003: Chris Abani
- 2003: Deborah Eisenberg
- 2003: George Evans
- 2003: Linda Gregg
- 2003: Chris Offutt
- 2003: Mary Rakow
- 2002: Ann Cummins
- 2002: James Galvin
- 2002: James Alan McPherson
- 2002: Naomi Shihab Nye
- 2002: Ahdaf Souei
- 2002: David James Duncan
- 2002: Lewis Hyde
- 2002: Ruben Martinez
- 2001: Barbara Ehrenreich
- 2001: Deborah Levy
- 2001: David Wong Louie
- 2001: Lorrie Moore
- 2001: George Saunders
[edit] Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2006: Gilbert Sorrentino
- 2004: W.S. Merwin
- 2002: John Berger
- 2002: Peter Matthiessen
- 2001: Robert Creeley
- 2006: Edward Said
- 2000: Evan S. Connell
[edit] See also
- American literature
- American poetry
- List of poetry awards
- List of literature awards
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b [1] Lannan Foundation Web site, Web page titled "Literary Awards and Fellowships", accessed November 8, 2006
- ^ [2] Lannan Foundation Web site, Web page titled "Welcome to Lannan Online", accessed November 8, 2006
- ^ [3] Lannan Foundation Web site, Web page titled "Cultural Freedom Prize", accessed November 8, 2006
[edit] External links
- [4] Lannan Foundation Web site
