St. Louis Literary Award

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The St. Louis Literary Award is a prestigious American literary honor presented annually to distinguished writers for their outstanding contributions to literature.

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St. Louis Literary Award canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American literary award
literary award
awardFor outstanding contributions to literature
city St. Louis, Missouri, United States
surface form: St. Louis
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
field literature
frequency annual
genre drama
fiction
nonfiction
poetry
hasComponent award ceremony
public lecture
hasHonor medal
monetary prize
hasRecipientType authors
distinguished writers
hasWebsite https://lib.slu.edu/st-louis-literary-award
inception 1967
languageOfAward English
location St. Louis, Missouri, United States
surface form: St. Louis, Missouri
namedAfter St. Louis, Missouri, United States
surface form: city of St. Louis
notableRecipient David McCullough
Don DeLillo
Eudora Welty
Joyce Carol Oates
Kazuo Ishiguro
Margaret Atwood
Salman Rushdie
Saul Bellow
Seamus Heaney
T. S. Eliot
Tom Wolfe
Toni Morrison
Umberto Eco
organizer Saint Louis University Libraries
presentedBy Saint Louis University
Saint Louis University Libraries
relatedEvent St. Louis Literary Award author events
relatedInstitution Saint Louis University Libraries
surface form: Saint Louis University Pius XII Memorial Library
selectionCriteria distinguished body of work
lifetime achievement in literature
significance one of the major American lifetime literary achievement awards
sponsor Saint Louis University
state Missouri

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James Michener awardReceived St. Louis Literary Award
subject surface form: James A. Michener
Chinua Achebe awardReceived St. Louis Literary Award