National Book Award Honors
Winner
Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories, Houghton Mifflin, 1959. Read his acceptance speech. View the other Finalists that year.
Sabbath's Theater, Houghton Mifflin, 1995 View the other Finalists that year.
Finalist
The Ghost Writer, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979. View the other Finalists that year.
The Anatomy Lesson, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1983. View the other Finalists that year.
The Counterlife, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986. View the other Finalists that year.
Distinguished Contribution to American Letters
Honored at the 2002 National Book Awards.
Read Steve Martin's Introduction.
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