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Literary Prizes and Honors
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| Academy Awards in Literature Bestowed by the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. | August Kleinzahler For poetry Paul Muldoon For poetry |
| American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters New Members | Louise Gluck, Kenneth Koch, John Russell, Oliver Sacks, Edmund White, Elie Wiesel |
| James Tait Black Memorial Book Prize Scotland's oldest book award, bestowed by the University of Edinburgh; two prizes of £3000 each awarded annually. | Alan Hollinghurst In fiction, for The Folding Star Doris Lessing In biography, for Under My Skin |
| Booker Prize for Fiction Britain's major literary prize for fiction, established in 1968; £20,000 awarded annually. | Graham Smith For Last Orders |
| Georg Buchner Prize Established in 1923; 60,000 German marks awarded annually. | Sarah Kirsch |
| Witter Bynner Foundation Prize for Poetry Established in 1979 and bestowed by the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters; $2500 awarded annually. | Lucie Brock-Broido For The Master Letters |
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