William Saroyan International Prize for Writing
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The William Saroyan International Prize for Writing was first awarded in 2003 for 'newly published works of fiction including novels, short stories, dramas or memoirs'. It was established by Stanford University
Libraries and the William Saroyan
Foundation to 'encourage new or emerging writers rather than recognize established literary figures'; the prize being $12,500.
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
Libraries and the William Saroyan
William Saroyan
William Saroyan was an Armenian American dramatist and author. The setting of many of his stories and plays is the center of Armenian-American life in California in his native Fresno.-Early years:...
Foundation to 'encourage new or emerging writers rather than recognize established literary figures'; the prize being $12,500.
Past winners
- 2003 :
- Everything is IlluminatedEverything Is IlluminatedEverything Is Illuminated is the first novel by the American writer Jonathan Safran Foer, published in 2002. It was adapted into a film by the same name starring Elijah Wood and Eugene Hütz in 2005.-Plot summary:...
by Jonathan Safran FoerJonathan Safran FoerJonathan Safran Foer is an American author best known for his novels Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close...
(winner) - The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru
- Nocturne by Adam RappAdam RappAdam Rapp is a novelist, playwright, screenwriter, musician and film director. His play Red Light Winter was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2006.-Early life:...
- Everything is Illuminated
- 2005 Fiction:
- The Laments by George Hagen (winner)
- Bloodvine by Aris Janigian
- The CalligrapherThe CalligrapherThe Calligrapher is the debut novel of Edward Docx, published in 2003. Highly praised, it has been translated into eight languages. It was selected by Matt Thornas his Summer fiction choice in The Independent and by both San Francisco Chronicle and San Jose Mercury as a 'Best Book of the Year'...
by Edward Docx - How to Breathe Underwater by Julie OrringerJulie OrringerJulie Orringer , is an American writer and lecturer born in Miami, Florida. Her first book, How to Breathe Underwater, was published in September 2003 by Knopf Publishing Group...
- 2005 Non-fiction:
- The King of California by Mark Arax and Rick Wartzman (winner)
- Chasing the Sea by Tom BissellTom BissellTom Bissell is a journalist, critic, and fiction writer, originally from Escanaba, Michigan and currently based in Portland, Oregon.-Life:...
- The Children's Blizzard by David LaskinDavid LaskinDavid Laskin is an American writer of books about history, travel, weather, gardens and literary biography.-Biography:...
- 2008 Fiction:
- The History of LoveThe History of LoveThe History of Love: A Novel is the second novel by the American writer Nicole Krauss, published in 2005. The book was a 2006 finalist for the Orange Prize for Fiction.-Plot:...
by Nicole KraussNicole KraussNicole Krauss is an American author best known for her novels Man Walks Into a Room , The History of Love and, most recently, Great House...
(winner) - The Understory by Pamela Erens
- Dead Boys by Richard LangeRichard LangeRichard Lange is an American writer born in Oakland, CA. After receiving a degree in film from the University of Southern California, he traveled to Europe and taught English for Berlitz in Barcelona, Spain. Returning to Los Angeles, he was hired as a copy editor at Larry Flynt Publications and...
- The History of Love
- 2008 Non-fiction:
- Dandelion Through the Crack by Kiyo Sato (winner)
- Ticket to Exile: A Memoir by Adam David MillerAdam David MillerAdam David Miller is an African-American poet, writer, publisher, and radio programmer and producer. Born in Saint George, South Carolina, Miller published one of the first collections of modern African-American poetry, as well as four books of poetry and a memoir, Ticket to Exile about his life...
- Return of the Condor by John Moir