National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters

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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.


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

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