American Book Award winners

Novelist, poet, critic, translator, academic (1928–2009)

Ukrainian American anthropologist

American avant-garde jazz poet (1934–2012)

American writer

American playwright (born 1931)

American writer

American singer and author

American composer, performer, and music scholar

American economist, academic, and author (born 1948)

American poet (born 1939)

American jazz musician, author, and activist

American novelist, short story writer (1937–2017)

American music critic

American writer

American activist (1898-1987)

American author (born 1971)

American writer and filmmaker

American novelist, poet, playwright, professor, literary critic

American music critic, author, screenwriter, media critic, and cultural-political consultant

American novelist (1923–2023)

American poet (1947–2010)

American poet

American writer, Gwich'in people

American novelist

American poet and educator

American historian (1942-2021)

American artist and writer (1912-2001)

American writer

American writer (1929–1999)

American poet (1934-2002)

Canadian poet and novelist

Filipino activist and writer

American comics artist (born 1958)

American historian (born 1938)

American artist (1928-2003)

American anthropologist (1941- )

American writer (born 1934)

Mexican-American poet

American journalist

Canadian writer

Scottish poet and photographer (1909-1993)

American film critic

Lakota author and indigenous rights activist (1954–2013)

poet

American writer

Japanese-American writer

American artist

American playwright, novelist. short story writer

Chicano artist (born 1955)

American academic (1928–2018)

American journalist

American film director (born 1946)

American writer

American anthropologist

American writer

American writer and literary theorist (1932–2004)

American director and writer

American musician

American journalist

American author and historian (1940–2019)