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The Spur Award
Spur Awards are literary prizes awarded annually by the Western Writers of America (WWA). The purpose of the Spur Awards is to honor writers for distinguished writing about the American West. The Spur awards began in 1953, the same year the WWA was founded. An author need not be a member of the WWA to receive a Spur Award. Among previous Spur Award winners are Larry McMurtry for '' Lonesome Dove'', Michael Blake for '' Dances with Wolves'', Glendon Swarthout for '' The Shootist'', and Tony Hillerman for '' Skinwalkers''. The Owen Wister Award for lifetime achievement in Western literature Western literature, also known as European literature, is the literature written in the context of Western culture in the languages of Europe, as well as several geographically or historically related languages such as Basque and Hungarian, an ..., first awarded in 1961, is also a Western Writers of America award, distinct from the Spur awards. Spur awards were first awarded in five c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Writers Of America
Western Writers of America (WWA), founded 1953, promotes literature, both fictional and nonfictional, pertaining to the American West. Although its founders wrote traditional Western fiction, the more than 600 current members also include historians and other nonfiction writers, as well as authors from other genres. WWA was founded by six authors, including D. B. Newton. Awards The WWA presents the Spur Awards annually for distinguished writing in several categories, and an annual Owen Wister Award ''Owen Wister Award'' is an annual award from the Western Writers of America given to lifelong contributions to the field of Western literature. Named for writer Owen Wister ('' The Virginian''; 1902), it is given for "Outstanding Contributions to ... for lifelong contributions to the field of Western literature. References External links * * American writers' organizations Western (genre) writers Organizations based in Wyoming Arts organizations established in 1953 1953 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Wister Award
''Owen Wister Award'' is an annual award from the Western Writers of America given to lifelong contributions to the field of Western literature. Named for writer Owen Wister ('' The Virginian''; 1902), it is given for "Outstanding Contributions to the American West".Owen Wister Award - Western Writers of America. - Retrieved: 2008-07-05 Originally given for "best book of the year", it was expanded in 1967 to include anyone advancing Western literature. From 1961 to 1990 it was called the ''Saddleman Award'' (sculptor Spero Anargyros; polished bronze statuette of a cowboy in Levi’s, saddle slung over his right shoulder, branding iron in his left hand ) and sponsored by Levi Strauss & Co. After Levi Strauss drop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Literary Awards
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Spur Award For Best Drama Script
Spur Awards are literary prizes awarded annually by the Western Writers of America (WWA). The purpose of the Spur Awards is to honor writers for distinguished writing about the American West. The Spur awards began in 1953, the same year the WWA was founded. An author need not be a member of the WWA to receive a Spur Award. Among previous Spur Award winners are Larry McMurtry for ''Lonesome Dove'', Michael Blake for ''Dances with Wolves'', Glendon Swarthout for ''The Shootist'', and Tony Hillerman for '' Skinwalkers''. The Owen Wister Award for lifetime achievement in Western literature, first awarded in 1961, is also a Western Writers of America award, distinct from the Spur awards. Spur awards were first awarded in five categories: western novel, historical novel, juvenile, short story, and reviewer. The categories have expanded and changed (or been renamed) over the years. There is no guarantee an award will be made in each category every year. The 2015 Spur Awards have the fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spur Award For Best Short Fiction
This is a list of the works of fiction which have won the Spur Award for Best Short Fiction: * 1953 - Short Story: "Gun Job" by Thomas Thompson * 1954 - Short Story: "Blood on the Sun" by Thomas Thompson * 1955 - Short Story: "Bad Company" by S. Omar Barker * 1956 - Short Story: "Lost Sister" by Dorothy M. Johnson * 1957 - Short Story: "The Brushoff' by Peggy Simson Curry * 1958 - Short Story: "Thief in Camp" by Bill Gulick * 1959 - Short Story: "Grandfather Out of the Past" by Noel Loomis * 1960 - Short Story: "The Shaming of Broken Horn" by Bill Gulick * 1961 - Short Story: `A Town Named Hate" by John Prebble * 1962 - Short Story: "Isley's Stranger" by Will Henry * 1963 - Short Story: "Comanche Woman" by Fred Grove * 1964 - Short Story: "Log Studio of C.M. Russell" by Lola Shelton * 1965 - Short Material: "Tallest Indian in Toltepec" by Will Henry * 1966 - Short Material: "Empty Saddles at Christmas" by S. Omar Barker * 1967 - Short Material: "The Guns of William Longley" by Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spur Award For Best Novel Of The West
This is a list of the works of fiction which have won the Spur Award for Best Novel of the West: * 1953 - Best Historical Novel: "The Wheel and the Hearth" by Lucia Moore * 1954 - Best Historical Novel: "Journey by the River" by John Prescott * 1955 - No Award given * 1956 - Best Historical Novel: "Generations of Men" by John Clinton Hunt * 1957 - Best Historical Novel: "Silver Mountain" by Dan Cushman * 1958 - Best Historical Novel: "The Fancher Train" by Amelia Bean * 1959 - Best Historical Novel: "The Buffalo Soldier" by John Prebble * 1960 - Best Historical Novel: "From Where the Sun Now Stands" by Will Henry * 1961 - Best Historical Novel: "The Winter War" by William Wister Haines * 1962 - Best Historical Novel: "Moontrap" by Don Berry * 1963 - Best Historical Novel: "Gates of the Mountains" by Will Henry (2) * 1964 - Best Historical Novel: "Indian Fighter" by F.F. Halloran * 1965 - Best Historical Novel: (tied) "Gold in California" by Todhunter Ballard & "Mountain Man" by Var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spur Award For Best Western Novel
This is a list of the works of fiction which have won the Spur Award for Best Western Novel: * 1953 - Novel: "Lawman" by Wayne D. Overholser using the pseudonym Lee Leighton * 1954 - Novel: "The Violent Land" by Wayne D. Overholser (2) * 1955 - Novel: "Somewhere They Die" by L.P. Holmes * 1956 - Novel: "High Gun" by Leslie Ernenwein * 1957 - Novel: "Buffalo Wagons" by Elmer Kelton * 1958 - Novel: "Short Cut to Red River" by Noel Loomis * 1959 - Novel: "Long Run" by Nelson C. Nye * 1960 - Novel: "The Nameless Breed by Will C. Brown * 1961 - Novel: "The Honyocker by Giles A. Lutz * 1962 - Novel: "Comanche Captives" by Fred Grove * 1963 - Novel: "Follow the Free Wind" by Leigh Brackett * 1964 - Novel: "The Trail to Ogallala'' by Benjamin Capps * 1965 - Novel: "Sam Chance" by Benjamin Capps (2) * 1966 - Novel: "My Brother John" by Herbert R. Purdum * 1967 - Novel: "The Valdez Horses" by Lee Hoffman * 1968 - Novel: "Down the Long Hills" by Louis L'Amour * 1969 - Novel: "Tragg's Choice" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Fiction
Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West frontier and typically set from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century. Well-known writers of Western fiction include Zane Grey from the early 20th century and Louis L'Amour from the mid-20th century. The genre peaked around the early 1960s, largely due to the popularity of televised Westerns such as '' Bonanza''. Readership began to drop off in the mid- to late 1970s and reached a new low in the 2000s. Most bookstores, outside a few west American states, only carry a small number of Western fiction books. History Pre-1850s The predecessor of the western in American literature emerged early with tales of the frontier. The most famous of the early 19th-century frontier novels were James Fenimore Cooper's five novels comprising the '' Leatherstocking Tales''. Cooper's novels were largely set in what was at the time the American frontier: the Appalachian Mountains and areas west of there. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skinwalkers (novel)
''Skinwalkers'' is the seventh crime-fiction novel in the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series by author Tony Hillerman published in 1986. The film version, '' Skinwalkers'', was adapted for television for the PBS ''Mystery!'' series in 2002. Plot summary Murders are happening all over the huge reservation, and Lt. Leaphorn can see no pattern. Then, someone makes an attempt on Jim Chee's life, and the two work together for the first time to solve these crimes. The novel won two awards, the 1988 Anthony Award for Best Novel and the 1987 Spur Award for Best Western Novel. Reviews at the time of publication praised it highly: "Hillerman brings together his two series characters--middle-aged, cynical Lieut. Joe Leaphorn and young, mystical Officer Jim Chee--without in any way diminishing the stark power and somber integrity that have distinguished previous exploits of the Navajo Tribal Police." The writing is "lively and extremely descriptive" and author Hillerman wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry McMurtry
Larry Jeff McMurtry (June 3, 1936March 25, 2021) was an American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the Old West or contemporary Texas.Hugh Rawson "Screenings," ''American Heritage'', April/May 2006. His novels included '''' (1962), '''' (1966), and '''' (1975), which were adapted into films. Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Hillerman
Anthony Grove Hillerman (May 27, 1925 – October 26, 2008) was an American author of detective novels and nonfiction works, best known for his mystery novels featuring Navajo Nation Police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. Several of his works have been adapted as theatrical and television movies. Biography Tony Hillerman was born in Sacred Heart, Oklahoma, to August Alfred Hillerman, a farmer and shopkeeper, and his wife, Lucy Grove. He was the youngest of their three children, and the second son. His paternal grandparents were born in Germany, and his maternal grandparents were born in England. He grew up in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, attending elementary and high school with Potawatomi children. Jeffrey Herlihy argues that this background made possible "a significantly different portrayal of Native Americans in his writing", in comparison to other authors of his time. "Growing up Indian," Hillerman said of his childhood, "you did not have an 'us and them.'" He was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shootist
''The Shootist'' is a 1976 American Western film directed by Don Siegel and based on Glendon Swarthout's 1975 novel of the same name.Swarthout, Glendon (1975). ''The Shootist'', New York, New York: Doubleday. It is John Wayne's final film role, before his death in 1979. The screenplay was written by Miles Hood Swarthout (the son of the author) and Scott Hale. The supporting cast includes Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart, Richard Boone, Hugh O'Brian, Harry Morgan, John Carradine, Sheree North, Scatman Crothers, and Rick Lenz. In 1977, ''The Shootist'' received an Oscar nomination for Best Art Direction (Robert F. Boyle, Arthur Jeph Parker), a BAFTA Film Award nomination for Best Actress (Lauren Bacall), and a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor (Ron Howard), as well as the National Board of Review Award as one of the Top Ten Films of 1976. The film received widespread critical acclaim, garnering an 83% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Plo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
