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New York, April 7, 2006 -- The American Academy of Arts and Letters announced today the names of 17 writers who will receive its 2006 awards in literature. The awards will be presented in New York on May 17th at the Academy's annual Ceremonial. The literature prizes, totaling nearly $125,000, honor both established and emerging writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. The Academy's 250 members nominate candidates, and a rotating committee of writers selects winners. The members of the 2006 committee were Edward Hoagland, John Hollander, Romulus Linney, Janet Malcom, Grace Paley, Reynolds Price, and William Jay Smith.
Academy Awards in LiteratureEight awards of $7,500 each honor writers of exceptional accomplishment in any genre.
Michael Braude Award for Light VerseA biennial award of $5,000, given for light verse in the English language regardless of the country of origin of the writer. John Fuller
E.M. Forster Award$15,000 to a young writer from England, Ireland, Scotland, or Wales for a stay in the United States. Award jury: Margaret Drabble, Frank Kermode, Alison Lurie. Geoff Dyer
Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction$5,000 for the best work of first fiction (novel or short stories) published in 2005. Uzodinma Iweala for Beasts of No Nation
Katherine Anne Porter AwardA biennial award of $20,000, given to a writer of prose. Arturo Vivante
Rome Fellowships in LiteratureA one-year residency (2006-2007) at the American Academy in Rome for two writers. Tom Bissell and Dave King
Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award$5,000 to a young novelist of considerable literary talent for a work published in 2005. Nick Arvin for Articles of War
Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award$10,000 to a writer whose work merits recognition for the quality of its prose style. Peter Pouncey for Rules for Old Men Waiting
Morton Dauwen Zabel Award$10,000 to a progressive, original, and experimental writer. Jean Valentine
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