Awards and Honors

• 1937 – National Book Award nomination for The Sea of Grass
• 1942 – Gold Medal for Literature from Society of Libraries of New York University, for The Sea of Grass and The Trees
• 1947 – Ohioana Library Medal
• 1951 – Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Town
• 1959 – National Institute of Arts and Letters grant in literature
• 1959 – Maggie Award for The Lady
• 1961 – National Book Award for The Waters of Kronos
• 1944 – Litt.D., Susquehanna University
• 1958 – Litt.D., University of New Mexico
• 1966 – Litt.D., Lafayette College
• 1966 – LL.D., Temple University
• 1966 – L.H.D., Lebanon Valley College
• 1967 – Florence R. Head Memorial Award from the Martha Kinney Cooper Ohioana Association

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