National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters

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lifetime achievement award literary award

The National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters is a prestigious lifetime achievement honor recognizing an individual's exceptional impact on American literature and the literary community.

Aliases (1)

National Book Foundation Literarian Award ×1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	lifetime achievement award → literary award →
associatedWith	National Book Awards →
awardIncludes	citation → medal →
awardType	lifetime achievement honor →
country	United States →
eligibility	individuals who have made significant contributions to American literature → writers →
field	American literature →
frequency	annual →
genreScope	all literary genres →
inception	1988 →
language	English →
notableRecipient	Adrienne Rich → Annie Proulx → Don DeLillo → Edwidge Danticat → Elmore Leonard → Eudora Welty → Gore Vidal → Isabel Allende → Joan Didion → John Ashbery → John Updike → Louise Erdrich → Marilynne Robinson → Maxine Hong Kingston → Norman Mailer → Philip Roth → Robert A. Caro → Saul Bellow → Stephen King → Toni Morrison →
presentedBy	National Book Foundation →
purpose	to honor distinguished contribution to American letters → to recognize an individual’s exceptional impact on American literature →
selectionCriteria	body of work → impact on American literary culture →
status	ongoing award →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Lawrence Ferlinghetti ("National Book Foundation Literarian Award") → Stephen King →	awardReceived