Barbara Kingsolver shakes hands with President Bill Clinton after receiving the National Humanities Medal. The award honors individuals or groups whose work has deepened the nation's understanding of the humanities, broadened our citizens' engagement with the humanities, or helped preserve and expand Americans' access to important resources in the humanities.
National Humanities Medal
Pulitzer Prize finalist
American Booksellers Book of the Year
American Library Association Award
Orange Prize Shortlist & Orange Prize Winner
PEN / Faulkner Award
Poets & Writers "Writers for Writers" Award
100 Best Writers of the 20th Century, Writers Digest
Oprah's Book Club selection
Oprah's one of "the ten books that have mattered the most to her in the past decade"
United Nations National Council of Women citation of accomplishment
National Book Prize of South Africa
Edward Abbey EcoFiction Award
James Beard Award
Patterson Fiction Prize, The Poetry Center
Los Angeles Times Book Prize
John P. McGovern Award for the Family
Physicians for Social Responsibility National Award
Frank Waters Award
National Writers Union, Andrea Egan Award
Arizona Civil Liberties Union Award
Audiofile Best Audiobook
Time Magazine Top 10 commencement speaker
Washington Post A List
Book Sense 2007 bestseller
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>> To see a list of books by Barbara Kingsolver visit www.kingsolver.com. Biographical information on Kingsolver courtesy of www.kingsolver.com.
