American Book Award

Famous quotes containing the words american, book and/or award:

    “Somebody said that I am the last American living the tragedy of Europe.”
    —Ezra Pound (1885–1972)

    “A good book is the plectrum with which our else silent lyres are struck.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.”
    —Robert Graves (1895–1985)