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St. Louis Literary Award

せんとるいすぶんがくしょう

Saint Louis University Library Associates' prestigious award given annually to distinguished literary figures since 1967.

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Established
1967
Organizer
Saint Louis University Library Associates
Category
General Fiction and Popular Fiction
Selection Method
Recommendation
Target
Professional
Frequency
1 per year
Status
Active

Description

The St. Louis Literary Award was established in 1967 and is an honorary award presented annually by Saint Louis University's Library Associates to individuals who have shown outstanding achievements in literature. Rather than through public application, winners are determined by the organizers' selection and recommendation, and announced via the university's official announcements or press releases.

Selection

Selection Process

Selection
Judges Saint Louis University Library Associates (Selection Committee)
Announcement Winners are announced on the official websites or press releases of Saint Louis University and Library Associates

Criteria

  • Literary achievements and contributions
  • International influence
  • Long-term outstanding writing activities

Application Tips

Dos

  • 本賞は招待・推薦により授与されるため、個別応募は不要。長期的に質の高い作品・業績を積み上げることが重要。
  • 大学や学術団体、国際的な出版・翻訳活動などで継続的な評価を得ることを目指す。

Don''ts

  • 公募書類を送付して応募しようとする(招待制のため無効)。
  • 一時的な話題作のみに頼り、継続的な活動がないまま受賞を期待する。

From Judges

  • 本賞は長年にわたる文学的貢献と影響力を重視する。
  • 作品の質、批評的評価、国際的な反響など総合的な業績が選考の中心となることが多い。

Official Resources

https://www.slu.edu/library/library-associates/literary-award/index.php

Past Winners

Colson Whitehead こるそん ほわいとへっど Winner
Jamaica Kincaid じゃまいか きんけいど Winner
Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman にーる げいまん Winner
Arundhati Roy あるんだーてぃ ろい Winner
Zadie Smith ぜいでぃ すみす Winner
Michael Chabon まいける ちゃぼん Winner
Edwidge Danticat えどうぃっじ だんてぃか Winner
Stephen Sondheim すてぃーゔん そんどはいむ Winner
Margaret Atwood まーがれっと あとうっど Winner
Michael Ondaatje まいける・おんだーちぇ Winner
David Grossman でいゔぃっど・ぐろすまん Winner
Jeanette Winterson じーねっと・うぃんたーそん Winner
No winner
Tony Kushner とにー・くしゅなー Winner
Mario Vargas Llosa まりお・ばるがす=りょさ Winner
Don DeLillo どん・でりーろ Winner
Salman Rushdie さるまん・らしゅでぃ Winner
E. L. Doctorow いー・える・どくとろう Winner
William H. Gass うぃりあむ・えいち・ぎゃす Winner
Michael Frayn まいける ふれいん Winner
Richard Ford りちゃーど ふぉーど Winner
Garry Wills ぎゃりー うぃるず Winner
Margaret Drabble まーがれっと どれいぶる Winner
Joan Didion じょーん でぃでぃおん Winner
Simon Schama さいもん しゃま Winner
N. Scott Momaday えぬ すこっと もまでい Winner
Chinua Achebe ちぬあ あちぇべ Winner
Seamus Heaney しーもす ひーにー Winner
Stephen E. Ambrose すてぃーゔん いー あんぶろーず Winner
Antonia Fraser あんとにあ ふれいざー Winner
Edward Franklin Albee III えどわーど あるびー Winner
Stephen Jay Gould すてぃーゔん じぇい ぐーるど Winner
David McCullough でいゔぃっど まっかろう Winner
Shelby Foote しぇるびー ふーと Winner
August Wilson おーがすと うぃるそん Winner
Tom Wolfe とむ うるふ Winner
Richard Purdy Wilbur りちゃーど うぃるばー Winner
Joyce Carol Oates じょいす きゃろる おーつ Winner
John Updike じょん あっぷだいく Winner
Saul Bellow そーる・べろー Winner
Walker Percy うぉーかー・ぱーしー Winner
No winner
Eudora Alice Welty ゆーどら・うぇるてぃ Winner
William Clark Styron Jr. うぃりあむ・すたいろん Winner
James A. Michener じぇーむず・えー・みっちぇなー Winner
Arthur Miller あーさー・みらー Winner
Howard Nemerov はわーど・ねめろふ Winner
Mortimer Jerome Adler もーてぃまー・じぇい・あどらー Winner
Robert Penn Warren ろばーと・ぺん・わーれん Winner
Richard Buckminster Fuller あーる ばっくみんすたー ふらー Winner
John Hope Franklin じょん ほーぷ ふらんくりん Winner
Tennessee Williams てねしー うぃりあむず Winner
James T. Farrell じぇいむず てぃー ふぁれる Winner
Francis Robert Le Plastrier Warner ふらんしす わーなー Winner
Barbara W. Tuchman ばーばら たっくまん Winner
W. H. Auden だぶりゅー えいち おーでん Winner
George Ames Plimpton じょーじ ぷりんぷとん Winner
Jacques Martin Barzun じゃっく ばーざん Winner
Henry Steele Commager へんりー すてぃーる こみゃがー Winner