Dos Passos Prize

The John Dos Passos Prize is an annual literary award given to American writers.

John Dos Passos Prize
Awarded for	A substantial body of published work that displays an intense and original exploration of specifically American themes, an experimental approach to form, and an interest in a wide range of human experience.
Country	United States
Presented by	Longwood University
First awarded	1980
Website	www.longwood.edu/english/dos-passos-prize/

The Prize was founded at Longwood University in 1980 and is meant to honor John Dos Passos by recognizing other writers in his name.^[1] The prize is administered by a committee from the Department of English and Modern Languages; the chair of the committee also serves as the chair of the prize jury. Other members on the committee include the immediate past recipient and a distinguished critic, editor, or scholar.

Recipients of the prize receive $5,000 and a bronze medal engraved with their name.

Recipients

Year	Winner	Ref.
1980	Graham Greene[a]
1981	Gilbert Sorrentino
1982	Robert Stone
1983	Doris Betts
1984	Tom Wolfe
1985	Russell Banks
1986	John Edgar Wideman
1987	Lee Smith
1988	Shelby Foote
1989	Paule Marshall
1990	Larry Woiwode
1991	Elizabeth Spencer	[2]
1992	William Hoffman
1993	Ernest J. Gaines
1994	James Welch
1995	Helena Maria Viramontes	[3]
1997	E. Annie Proulx
1998	Maxine Hong Kingston
1999	Eric Kraft
2000	Jill McCorkle
2001	Madison Smartt Bell
2002	Randall Kenan	[4]
2003	Richard Powers
2004	Maureen Howard
2005	Tim Gautreaux
2006	Kent Haruf
2008	Allen Wier
2009	Robert Bausch
2010	Percival Everett
2011	Mat Johnson
2012	Colson Whitehead
2013	Sherman Alexie
2014	Ruth Ozeki
2015	Paul Beatty
2016	Danzy Senna
2017	Chang-Rae Lee
2018	Karen Tei Yamashita
2019	Rabih Alameddine	[5]
2020	Aleksandar Hemon	[6][7][8]
2021	Monique Truong	[9][10]
2022	Carolina De Robertis	[11][12][13]
2023	Patricia Engel	[14]

Notes

1. Awarded before the prize was limited to strictly American authors

References

1. "The John Dos Passos Prize for Literature". Archived from the original on 2006-06-15. Retrieved 2006-06-12.
2. "Prize Winners for 1980 - 1991". Longwood University. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
3. Goetz, Jill (1996-08-08). "Viramontes is awarded the John Dos Passos literature prize for 1995 | Cornell Chronicle". Cornell University. Archived from the original on 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
4. "Prize Winners for 1992 - 2002". Longwood University. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
5. "Rabih Alameddine named 2019 Dos Passos Prize winner". Longwood University. 2019-09-10. Archived from the original on 2023-04-01. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
6. "Aleksandar Hemon named 2020 Dos Passos Prize winner". Longwood University. Archived from the original on 2020-10-20. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
7. Saka, Rasheeda (2020-10-13). "Aleksandar Hemon has been awarded the 2020 John Dos Passos Prize for Literature". Literary Hub. Archived from the original on 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
8. Winik, Marion (2020-10-13). "Aleksandar Hemon Wins Dos Passos Prize". Kirkus Reviews. Archived from the original on 2022-05-24. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
9. "Past Recipients and Select Works". Longwood University. Archived from the original on 2020-10-23. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
10. Schaub, Michael (2021-11-15). "Monique Truong Wins John Dos Passos Prize". Kirkus Reviews. Archived from the original on 2021-11-16. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
11. University, Longwood. "Carolina De Robertis named 41st John Dos Passos Prize winner". www.longwood.edu. Archived from the original on 2023-01-26. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
12. Temple, Emily (2023-01-26). "Carolina De Robertis has won the 2022 John Dos Passos Prize". Literary Hub. Archived from the original on 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
13. Schaub, Michael (2023-01-25). "Carolina De Robertis Wins the Dos Passos Prize". Kirkus Reviews. Archived from the original on 2023-03-26. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
14. Schaub, Michael (2023-12-04). "Patricia Engel Wins John Dos Passos Prize". Kirkus Reviews. Archived from the original on 2023-12-04. Retrieved 2023-12-06.

External links

• Dos Passos Prize, official website