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National Book Award

United States literary award in five categories

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Memorial Pages

100 memorial pages

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Tracy Kidder

11/12/1945 – 03/24/2026

80 years

American writer

Boston

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Robert Jay Lifton

05/16/1926 – 09/04/2025

99 years

American psychiatrist and author

Truro

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Edmund White

01/13/1940 – 06/03/2025

85 years

American novelist and LGBT essayist

New York City

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Martin E. Marty

02/05/1928 – 02/25/2025

97 years

Minneapolis

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Ellen Gilchrist

02/20/1935 – 01/30/2024

88 years

Ocean Springs

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Keith Waldrop

12/11/1932 – 07/27/2023

90 years

Providence

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Ronald Steel

03/25/1931 – 05/07/2023

92 years

Washington, D.C.

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John E. Woods

08/16/1942 – 02/15/2023

80 years

Berlin

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Gerald Stern

02/22/1925 – 10/27/2022

97 years

New York City

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David McCullough

07/07/1933 – 08/07/2022

89 years

American historian and author

Hingham

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Ann Arensberg

02/21/1937 – 01/14/2022

84 years

Sharon

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Family Tree

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Robert Bly

12/23/1926 – 11/21/2021

94 years

American poet, author, and activist

Minneapolis

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Leon Litwack

12/02/1929 – 08/05/2021

91 years

Berkeley

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Robert Wohl

02/13/1936 – 06/03/2021

85 years

United States

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Beverly Cleary

04/12/1916 – 03/25/2021

104 years

American writer of children's books

Carmel-by-the-Sea

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Barry Lopez

01/06/1945 – 12/25/2020

75 years

Eugene

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Robb Forman Dew

10/26/1946 – 05/22/2020

73 years

United States

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Lisel Mueller

02/08/1924 – 02/21/2020

96 years

Chicago

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Reuben Hersh

12/09/1927 – 01/03/2020

92 years

United States

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Family Tree

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David Brion Davis

02/16/1927 – 04/14/2019

92 years

Guilford

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Mary Oliver

09/10/1935 – 01/17/2019

83 years

American poet

Hobe Sound

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Tom Wolfe

03/02/1930 – 05/14/2018

88 years

American author and journalist

New York City

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Philip Davis

01/02/1923 – 03/13/2018

95 years

United States

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Richard Wilbur

03/01/1921 – 10/14/2017

96 years

American poet

Belmont

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