And the winner is...
Awards and honors received by Louise Erdrich
Academy of
American Poets Prize, 1975
Best First
Fiction Award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts& Letters
Nelson Algren
Fiction Award for "The World's Greatest Fishermen," 1982
National Endowment
for the Arts Fellowship, 1982
Pushcart Prize
for "Indian Boarding School," 1983
National Magazine
Award for Fiction, 1983
National Book
Critics Circle Award for Best Work of Fiction, 1984
Sue Kaufman
Prize for Best First Fiction from The American Academy and Institute of
Arts and Letters, 1984
Virginia McCormick
Scully Award for Best Book, 1984
John Simon
Guggenheim Award, 1985
Los Angeles
Times Award for Fiction, 1985
American Book
Award from the Before Columbus Foundation, 1985
Great Lakes
Colleges Association Award for Best First Work of fiction for Love
Medicine, 1985
O. Henry Prize
and National Magazine Award for "Fleur," 1987
Western Literary
Association Award, 1992
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