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The Literary World

Winners of the National Book Award for Fiction

This prize has been awarded annually since 1950 by the Association of American Publishers.

  • E. Annie Proulx (born 1935)

    American novelist.

    • 1993 National Book Award winner for Fiction, for The Shipping News
  • Flannery O'Connor (born 1925, died 1964)

    American short-story writer and novelist.

    • 1972 National Book Award winner for Fiction, for The Complete Stories
  • Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938)

    American novelist and short-story writer.

    • 1970 National Book Award winner for fiction, for Them
  • Mary Lee Settle (born 1918)

    American novelist.

    • 1978 National Book Award winner for Fiction, for Blood Ties
  • Alice Walker (born 1944)

    American novelist, essayist and poet.

    • 1983 National Book Award winner for Fiction, for The Color Purple
  • Ellen Gilchrist (born 1935)

    American novelist and short story writer.

    • 1984 National Book Award winner for Fiction, for Victory Over Japan
  • Susan Sontag (born 1933)

    American novelist, essayist and critic.

    • 2000 National Book Award winner for In America
  • Katherine Anne Porter (born 1890, died 1980)

    American novelist and short-story writer.

    • 1966 National Book Award winner for Fiction, for The Collected Stories
  • Andrea Barrett

    American author.

    • 1996 National Book Award winner for Fiction, for Ship Fever and Other Stories
  • Alice McDermott

    American author

    • 1998 National Book Award winner for Charming Billy

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