HONOR

• National Book Award for Fiction (1950-)
• National Book Award for Nonfiction (1950-)
• National Book Award for Poetry (1950-)
• National Book Award for Arts and Letters (1964-76)
• National Book Award for Science, Philosophy, Religion (1964-68)
• National Book Award for History and Biography (1964-76)
• National Book Award for The Sciences (1969-75)

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Lauren Bacall	Actor	16-Sep-1924		Key Largo
Donald Barthelme	Author	7-Apr-1931	23-Jul-1989	Come Back, Dr. Caligari
Julia Child	Chef	15-Aug-1912	13-Aug-2004	Haute cuisine with a unique voice
Ursula K. Le Guin	Novelist	21-Oct-1929		The Left Hand of Darkness
Alex Haley	Novelist	11-Aug-1921	10-Feb-1992	Roots
Irving Howe	Critic	11-Jun-1920	5-May-1993	Editor of Dissent
Audre Lorde	Author	18-Feb-1934	17-Nov-1992	A Burst of Light
David McCullough	Historian	7-Jul-1933		The American Experience
Elaine Pagels	Historian	13-Feb-1943		The Gnostic Gospels
Isaac Bashevis Singer	Author	14-Jul-1904	24-Jul-1991	Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy

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