National Book Critics Circle Award

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National Book Critics Circle Award

HONOR

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Elizabeth Bishop Poet 8-Feb-1911 6-Oct-1979 North & South

Frederick Busch Novelist 1-Aug-1941 23-Feb-2006 Don't Tell Anyone

E. L. Doctorow Author 6-Jan-1931 The Book of Daniel

Stanley Elkin Novelist 11-May-1930 31-May-1995 The Living End

Susan Faludi Activist 18-Apr-1959 Backlash

Penelope Fitzgerald Novelist 17-Dec-1916 28-Apr-2000 The Blue Flower

Ernest J. Gaines Novelist 15-Jan-1933 A Lesson Before Dying

William H. Gass Novelist 30-Jul-1924 The Tunnel

Louise Glück Author 22-Apr-1943 The Wild Iris

Donald Hall Poet 20-Sep-1928 The One Day

Shirley Hazzard Novelist 30-Jan-1931 The Transit of Venus

James Merrill Poet 3-Mar-1926 6-Feb-1995 Nights and Days

Sharon Olds Poet 19-Nov-1942 The Dead and the Living

Reynolds Price Author 1-Feb-1933 A Long and Happy Life

Philip Roth Novelist 19-Mar-1933 Portnoy's Complaint

Ronald Steel Scholar 1931 Pax Americana

Shelby Steele Activist 1-Jan-1946 The Content of Our Character

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