Library Associates Literary Award
Recipients of the Saint Louis Literary Award
The highlight of each year for the Associates, at least since 1967, has been the selection of the recipient and the presentation of the St. Louis Literary Award to a distinguished figure in literature. From 1967 until 1981, the award was known as the Messing Award in honor of Roswell and Wilma Messing, Jr., who provided the initial funding for the prize.
2015 David Grossman
2014 Jeanette Winterson
2012 Tony Kushner
2011 Mario Vargas Llosa
2010 Don Delillo
2009 Salman Rushdie
2008 E. L. Doctorow2007 William H. Gass
2006 Michael Frayn
2005 Richard Ford2004 Garry Wills
2003 Margaret Drabble
2002 Joan Didion
2001 Simon Schama
2000 N. Scott Momaday
1999 Chinua Achebe
1998 Seamus Heaney
1997 Stephen E. Ambrose
1996 Antonia Fraser1
1995 Edward Albee
1994 Stephen Jay Gould
1993 David McCullough
1992 Shelby Foote
1991 August Wilson
2014 Jeanette Winterson
2012 Tony Kushner
2011 Mario Vargas Llosa
2010 Don Delillo
2009 Salman Rushdie
2008 E. L. Doctorow2007 William H. Gass
2006 Michael Frayn
2005 Richard Ford2004 Garry Wills
2003 Margaret Drabble
2002 Joan Didion
2001 Simon Schama
2000 N. Scott Momaday
1999 Chinua Achebe
1998 Seamus Heaney
1997 Stephen E. Ambrose
1996 Antonia Fraser1
1995 Edward Albee
1994 Stephen Jay Gould
1993 David McCullough
1992 Shelby Foote
1991 August Wilson
1990 Tom Wolfe
1989 Richard Purdy Wilbur
1988 Joyce Carol Oates
1987 John Updike
1986 Saul Bellow
1985 Walker Percy
1984 No Recipient
1983 Eudora Welty
1982 William Styron
1981 James A. Michener
1980 Arthur Miller
1979 Howard Nemerov
1978 Mortimer J. Adler
1977 Robert Penn Warren
1976 R. Buckminster Fuller
1975 John Hope Franklin
1974 Tennessee Williams
1973 James T. Farrell
1972 Francis Warner
1971 Barbara Tuchman
1970 W. H. Auden
1969 George Plimpton
1968 Jacques Barzun
1967 Henry Steele Commager
1989 Richard Purdy Wilbur
1988 Joyce Carol Oates
1987 John Updike
1986 Saul Bellow
1985 Walker Percy
1984 No Recipient
1983 Eudora Welty
1982 William Styron
1981 James A. Michener
1980 Arthur Miller
1979 Howard Nemerov
1978 Mortimer J. Adler
1977 Robert Penn Warren
1976 R. Buckminster Fuller
1975 John Hope Franklin
1974 Tennessee Williams
1973 James T. Farrell
1972 Francis Warner
1971 Barbara Tuchman
1970 W. H. Auden
1969 George Plimpton
1968 Jacques Barzun
1967 Henry Steele Commager
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