List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1997.[1]
| Fellow | Category | Field of Study | |
|---|---|---|---|
| André Aciman | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction | |
| Jorge Enrique Adoum | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction | |
| Guenter Ahlers | Natural Sciences | Physics | |
| M. Jacquiline Alexander | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
| Millard Alexander | Natural Sciences | Chemistry | |
| Albert W. Alschuler | Social Sciences | Law | |
| James E. Alt | Social Sciences | Political Science | |
| Francisco Javier Alvarez-Leefmans | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience | |
| Maryanne Amacher | Creative Arts | Video & Audio | |
| Henning Andersen | Humanities | Linguistics | |
| Eleanor Antin | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| George Arasimowicz | Creative Arts | Music Composition | |
| Juan J. Armesto | Natural Sciences | Plant Sciences | |
| Eduardo Arzt | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Kariamu Welsh Asante | Creative Arts | Choreography | |
| Mahzarin R. Banaji | Social Sciences | Psychology | |
| Andrea Barrett | Creative Arts | Fiction | |
| Rick Bass | Fiction | ||
| Carmen Berenguer | Fiction | ||
| Mary Berridge | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| Mario Biagioli | History of Science & Technology | ||
| Peter W. M. Blayney | Bibliography | ||
| Jeffrey Bluestone | Medicine & Health | ||
| Paul Bochner | Fine Arts | ||
| Luciano Boi | Philosophy | ||
| Gregg Bordowitz | Creative Arts | Film | |
| Sugata Bose | South Asian Studies | ||
| Ricardo Brey | Fine Arts | ||
| John L. Brooke | U.S. History | ||
| Caroline A. Bruzelius | Architecture, Planning, & Design | ||
| Norman Bryson | Fine Arts Research | ||
| Louise M. Burkhart | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | ||
| John D. Burt | Humanities | American Literature | |
| Robert A. Burt | Law | ||
| Jesse L. Byock | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
| Rafael Campo | Poetry | ||
| Rimer Cardillo | Fine Arts | ||
| Mario Carretero | Psychology | ||
| Glenn R. Carroll | Sociology | ||
| Paul Michael Chaikin | Physics | ||
| Ivan V. Cherednik | Applied Mathematics | ||
| Sallie W. Chisholm | Organismic Biology & Ecology | ||
| Thomas Cogswell | British History | ||
| Vincent Crawford | Economics | ||
| Deborah Dancy | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Lydia Davis | Fiction | ||
| Nicholas Dawidoff | Creative Arts | Biography | |
| David G. De Long | Architecture, Planning, & Design | ||
| Carolyn J. Dean | French History | ||
| Olivier Debroise | Fine Arts Research | ||
| Eduardo Del Valle | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| Barbara B. Diefendorf | French History | ||
| Nathaniel Dorsky | Creative Arts | Film | |
| Persis S. Drell | Physics | ||
| Thomas A. DuBois | Folklore & Popular Culture | ||
| Maud Ellmann | Humanities | English Literature | |
| Laura Engelstein | Humanities | Russian History | |
| Arturo Escobar | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
| Abelardo José Estorino López | Creative Arts | Drama & Performance Art | |
| Gordon L. Fain | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience | |
| Jorge Fons | Creative Arts | Film | |
| Donal Fox | Creative Arts | Music Composition | |
| María Cristina Fraire | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| Jonathan Freedman | Humanities | Literary Criticism | |
| Judith Freeman | Creative Arts | Fiction | |
| Alan Frieze | Natural Sciences | Computer Science | |
| Harry L. Frisch | Natural Sciences | Chemistry | |
| Patricia Fumerton | Humanities | English Literature | |
| Daniel E. Gómez | Molecular & Cellular Biology | ||
| Mirta Gómez Del Valle | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe | Fine Arts | ||
| Karin Giusti | Fine Arts | ||
| Luis Miguel Glave | Iberian & Latin American History | ||
| James Goodman | U.S. History | ||
| Elliott J. Gorn | Creative Arts | Biography | |
| Elizabeth Graver | Fiction | ||
| Slawomir Grünberg | Creative Arts | Film | |
| John Hagan | Social Sciences | Sociology | |
| Joanna Haigood | Creative Arts | Choreography | |
| Jeffrey F. Hamburger | Humanities | Medieval History | |
| Michele Hannoosh | French Literature | ||
| Miriam Bratu Hansen | Film, Video, & Radio Studies | ||
| Anne Harris | Fine Arts | ||
| Stephen Hartke | Music Composition | ||
| Ross Hassig | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | ||
| Douglas J. Henderson | Chemistry | ||
| Jeffrey Henderson | Classics | ||
| Gilbert Herdt | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | ||
| George C. Herring | U.S. History | ||
| Michael Hersch | Music Composition | ||
| Jennifer Elaine Higdon | Creative Arts | Music Composition | |
| Mary T. Hufford | Folklore & Popular Culture | ||
| Melissa Hui | Music Composition | ||
| Terence Irwin | Humanities | Philosophy | |
| Allen F. Isaacman | Humanities | African Studies | |
| Ivan Antonio Izquierdo | Natural Sciences | Medicine & Health | |
| Yvonne Jacquette | Fine Arts | ||
| Melinda James | Fine Arts | ||
| Iain M. Johnstone | Statistics | ||
| Nicole Jordan | German & East European History | ||
| Lily E. Kay | History of Science & Technology | ||
| Boaz Keysar | Psychology | ||
| Charles B. Kimmel | Molecular & Cellular Biology | ||
| Lynn Marie Kirby | Creative Arts | Film | |
| Mark Kirkpatrick | Organismic Biology & Ecology | ||
| Sergiu Klainerman | Mathematics | ||
| Daniel J. Klionsky | Molecular & Cellular Biology | ||
| Geoffrey Koziol | Medieval History | ||
| Mark LaPore | Creative Arts | Film | |
| James Lasdun | Poetry | ||
| An-My Lê | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| Barbara Lebow | Drama & Performance Art | ||
| Thomas M. Liggett | Statistics | ||
| Judith Linhares | Fine Arts | ||
| Lydia H. Liu | East Asian Studies | ||
| Margot Livesey | Fiction | ||
| Charles Long | Fine Arts | ||
| Marvin W. Makinen | Molecular & Cellular Biology | ||
| Jacqui Malone | Folklore & Popular Culture | ||
| Carlos Eugênio Marcondes de Moura | Sociology | ||
| Charles R. Marshall | Earth Science | ||
| Anthony W. Marx | Political Science | ||
| Khaled Mattawa | Poetry | ||
| Mercedes Matter | Fine Arts | ||
| Donald McDonagh | Dance Studies | ||
| Sheila McTighe | Fine Arts Research | ||
| Jean Meyer | Iberian & Latin American History | ||
| Helena Michie | English Literature | ||
| James Miller | General Nonfiction | ||
| Michael B. Miller | Economic History | ||
| Carlos Monsiváis | General Nonfiction | ||
| Susan Morgan | Creative Arts | Biography | |
| Eduardo J. Muñoz-Ordoqui | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| Robert E. Norton | German & Scandinavian Literature | ||
| Naomi Shihab Nye | Creative Arts | Poetry | |
| Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe | Humanities | Medieval Literature | |
| Kira Obolensky | Creative Arts | Drama & Performance Art | |
| Jacob K. Olupona | Humanities | Religion | |
| Jacqueline Osherow | Creative Arts | Poetry | |
| Nadín Ospina | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Paulo Antonio Paranaguá | Film, Video, & Radio Studies | ||
| Luis Raul Pericchi | Mathematics | ||
| Cara Perlman | Fine Arts | ||
| Carl Phillips | Poetry | ||
| Andrew Pickering | Intellectual & Cultural History | ||
| Robert Polito | General Nonfiction | ||
| David Politzer | Physics | ||
| Paras N. Prasad | Engineering | ||
| Pedro Prieto | Physics | ||
| Rafael Quintero López | Social Sciences | Political Science | |
| Larry Racioppo | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| Ronald Radano | Folklore & Popular Culture | ||
| Debraj Ray | Economics | ||
| Angeles B. Ribera | Neuroscience | ||
| Alan Richardson | English Literature | ||
| Douglas Richstone | Astronomy—Astrophysics | ||
| Dagmar Ringe | Molecular & Cellular Biology | ||
| J. Edgardo Rivera Martínez | Fiction | ||
| Russell L. Roberts | Fine Arts | ||
| Guillermo Orlando Rojas Feliz | Creative Arts | Film | |
| Peter J. Rossky | Chemistry | ||
| Joan Shelley Rubin | U.S. History | ||
| Allen Ruppersberg | Fine Arts | ||
| Michael J. Ryan | Organismic Biology & Ecology | ||
| Federico J. Sabina | Mathematics | ||
| Peter Sacks | Poetry | ||
| Eric Maurice Saks | Creative Arts | Film | |
| Barbara A. Schaal | Plant Sciences | ||
| Raymond W. Schmitt | Earth Science | ||
| Michael Sells | Near Eastern Studies | ||
| Adrian Shubert | Iberian & Latin American History | ||
| Pierre Sikivie | Astronomy—Astrophysics | ||
| Laurie Simmons | Fine Arts | ||
| Pamela H. Smith | Intellectual & Cultural History | ||
| Rolf Sternglanz | Molecular & Cellular Biology | ||
| Susan Straight | Fiction | ||
| Arthur Sze | Creative Arts | Poetry | |
| Denyse Thomasos | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Michael Tomasello | Social Sciences | Psychology | |
| Muriel Topaz | Humanities | Dance Studies | |
| Trimpin | Creative Arts | Music Composition | |
| Ernesto Vila | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Alicia Villarreal | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Kari Vilonen | Natural Sciences | Mathematics | |
| Paul S. Weiss | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Dan Welcher | Creative Arts | Music Composition | |
| Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks | Humanities | Renaissance History | |
| David R. Williams | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience | |
| Terry Tempest Williams | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction | |
| Jennifer Wolch | Social Sciences | Geography & Environmental Studies | |
| Cynthia Griffin Wolff | Humanities | American Literature | |
| Bill Young | Creative Arts | Choreography | |
| Lai-Sang Young | Natural Sciences | Applied Mathematics | |
| Caveh Zahedi | Creative Arts | Film | |
| Jorge Zanelli Iglesias | Natural Sciences | Physics | |
| James E. G. Zetzel | Humanities | Classics |