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Literary Awards: 1936- 1942

This guide gives a listing of some of the literary award winners.

1942 Winners

There were no winners in the fiction and nonfiction categories in 1942.

1941 Winners

BEST FICTION

How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn; Ralph Cosham (Narrated by)
Call Number: Audiobook
ISBN: 9781441786142
Publication Date: 2012-01-20 (1940)

BEST NONFICTION

As i Remember Him, the Biography of R. S by Hans Zinsser
Call Number: Not available- Request via Interlibrary Loan
ISBN: 9781417984978
Publication Date: 2005-05-01 (1940)

1940 Winners

BEST FICTION

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Call Number: PS3537.T3234G8 2002
ISBN: 0142000663
Publication Date: 1939

BEST NONFICTION

Wind, Sand, and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Call Number: PQ2637.A274T43
Publication Date: 1939

1939 Winners

BEST FICTION

Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
Call Number: Not available- Request via Interlibrary Loan
ISBN: 9780380730407
Publication Date: 1938

BEST NONFICTION

Listen! The Wind by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Call Number: TL540.L49A27
Publication Date: 1938

1938 Winners

BEST FICTION

The Citadel by A.J. Cronin
Call Number: PR6005.R68C5 1937b
Publication Date: 1937

BEST NONFICTION

Madame Curie by Eve Curie
Call Number: QD22.C8C85 1937
Publication Date: 1937

1937 Winners

BEST FICTION

Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Call Number: PS3525.I972 G6 1936
Publication Date: 1936

BEST NONFICTION

The Flowering of New England: 1815- 1865 by Van Wyck Brooks
Call Number: PS243.B7
Publication Date: 1936

1936 Winners

BEST FICTION

Time Out of Mind by Rachel Field
Call Number: Not available- Request via Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1935

BEST NONFICTION

North to the Orient by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Call Number: TL540.L49A3
ISBN: 9780156671408
Publication Date: 1935