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| Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | ||||
| This award of $10,000 is given annually to single out recent prose that merits recognition for the quality of its style. Franklin H. Kissner endowed the award in honor of the former vice-president and managing editor of Farrar, Strauss & Giroux. | ||||
| Name | Award | Year | ||
| Christopher Benfey | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 2013 | ||
| Peter Carey | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 2012 | ||
| Thomas Mallon | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 2011 | ||
| Peter Schjeldahl | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 2010 | ||
| Sharon Cameron | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 2009 | ||
| Maxine Swann | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 2008 | ||
| Amy Hempel | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 2007 | ||
| Peter Pouncey | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 2006 | ||
| Ann Patchett | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 2005 | ||
| Judith Thurman | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 2004 | ||
| Thom Jones | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 2003 | ||
| Freeman House | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 2002 | ||
| Anne Hollander | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 2001 | ||
| Richard Powers | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 2000 | ||
| Dava Sobel | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 1999 | ||
| Howard Bahr | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 1998 | ||
| Elizabeth McCracken | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 1997 | ||
| A. J. Verdelle | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 1996 | ||
| Jeffrey Eugenides | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 1995 | ||
| Darryl Pinckney | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 1994 | ||
| T. Coraghessan Boyle | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 1993 | ||
| Angus Fletcher | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 1992 | ||
| Ursula Le Guin | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 1991 | ||
| Peter Brown | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 1990 | ||
| Oliver Sacks | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 1989 | ||
| Jonathan Evan Maslow | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 1988 | ||
| Stephen Jay Gould | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 1987 | ||
| Gretel Ehrlich | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 1986 | ||
| Harriet Doerr | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 1985 | ||
| W.M. Spackman | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 1984 | ||
| Jonathan D. Spence | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 1983 | ||
| Eleanor Perenyi | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 1982 | ||
| Edward Hoagland | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 1981 | ||
| Tom Wolfe | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 1980 | ||
| Wallace Fowlie | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | 1979 | ||
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