1995 in literature

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In 1995, many literary awards were given out, below are some notable awards:

• Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry: Maxine Kumin
• American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Fiction, William Maxwell
• Booker Prize: Pat Barker, The Ghost Road
• Carnegie Medal: Philip Pullman, Northern Lights
• Hugo Award: Neal Stephenson, The Diamond Age, or A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
• Nebula Award: Robert Sawyer, The Terminal Experiment
• Newbery Medal for children's literature: Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons
• New Zealand Book Award for Poetry: Michelle Leggot, Dia
• Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Horton Foote, The Young Man From Atlanta
• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Philip Levine, The Simple Truth

Source: Wikipedia: 1995 in Literature

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