Author of the Year: 1994.
The most significant author who died in this year.
Ralph Ellison (1914-1994).
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Author of the Year: 1998.
The most significant author who died in this year.
William Gaddis (1922-1998)
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A Moveable Feast, by Ernest Hemingway, Bantam Books, 1965, 95 cents.
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Author of the Year: 1999
The most significant author who died in this year.
Joseph Heller (1923-1999)
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Travels with Charley, by John Steinbeck, Bantam Books, 1966, 75 cents.
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Author of the Year: 2000
The most significant author who died in this year.
William Maxwell (1908-2000)
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Author of the Year: 2001
The most significant author who died in this year.
Eudora Welty (1909-2001)
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Author of the Year: 2003
The most significant author who died in this year.
Leon Uris (1923-2003)
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Author of the Year: 2006
The most significant author who died in this year.
William Styron (1925-2006)
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Authors of the Year: 2007
The most significant authors who died in 2007.
Norman Mailer (1923-2007)
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007)
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Author of the Year: 2009
The most significant author who died in 2009.
John Updike (1932-2009)
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AuthorOftheYear: 2010
The most significant author who died in 2010.
J. D. Salinger (1919-2010)
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Author of the Year: 2011
The most significant author who died in 2011.
Russell Hoban (1925-2011)
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Authors of the Year: 2012
The most significant authors who died in 2012.
Gore Vidal (1925-2012)
Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)
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AuthorOftheYear: 2015
The most significant author who died in 2015.
E. L. Doctorow (1931-2015)
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Author of the Year: 2017
The most significant author who died in 2017.
Denis Johnson (1949-2017)
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Author of the Year:
The most significant author who died in 2023.
Cormac McCarthy (1933-2023)
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