John McPhee - Awards and Honors

Awards and Honors

  • Pulitzer Prize (1999) for Annals of the Former World
  • Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1977)
  • finalist, National Book Award (science) for The Curve of Binding Energy
  • nominated, National Book Award (science) for Encounters with the Archdruid
  • Wallace Stegner Award (2011) for "sustained contribution to the cultural identity of the West through literature, art, history, lore, or an understanding of the West."

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