Norman Mailer Prize Explained

The Norman Mailer Prize or Mailer Prize was an American literary award established in 2009 by the Norman Mailer Center and The Norman Mailer Writers Colony to celebrate writers and their works.^[1] Norman Mailer was a 20th-century American author. Prizes were given in the years 2009–2015, after which the Norman Mailer Center ceased its activities.

Honorees

2009^[2]

• Lifetime Achievement: Toni Morrison
• Distinguished Journalism: David Halberstam

2010^[3]

• Lifetime Achievement: Orhan Pamuk
• Lifetime Achievement in Magazine Publishing: Jann Wenner
• Distinguished Journalism and Humanitarianism: Ruth Gruber

2011^{[4] [5] [6]}

• Lifetime Achievement: Elie Wiesel
• Distinguished Writing: Arundhati Roy
• Distinguished Journalism: Gay Talese
• Biography: Keith Richards, Life

2012^[7]

• Lifetime Achievement: Joyce Carol Oates
• Distinguished Publishing: Barnet Lee Rosset, Jr.
• Biography: Robert A. Caro

2013^[8]

• Lifetime Achievement: Maya Angelou
• Distinguished Writing: Junot Diaz
• Distinguished Journalism: Michael Hastings

2014^[9]

• Lifetime Achievement: Don DeLillo
• Distinguished Magazine Publishing: Katrina vanden Heuvel
• Distinguished Poetry: Billy Collins

2015^[10]

• Lifetime Achievement: Salman Rushdie

External links

• The Mailer Prize, official website.

Notes and References

1. http://www.nmwcolony.org/contents/cms/5/56 The Mailer Prize
2. Web site: Literary Lights Fête Mailer . The Daily Beast . . October 21, 2009 . April 30, 2013.
3. Web site: Mailer's Night . The Daily Beast . Molly . Young . October 20, 2010 . April 30, 2013.
4. Web site: Yarrow . Allison . Keith Richards Wins Mailer Award . The Daily Beast . November 4, 2011 . 2024-04-01 .
5. News: Arundhati Roy Awarded 2011 Norman Mailer Prize . India – West . December 2, 2011 . A31 . Newspaper Source Plus / EBSCOhost .
6. News: Clinton Upstaged by Keith . New York Post . November 10, 2011 .
7. Web site: Joyce Carol Oates Salutes Norman Mailer . The Daily Beast . Joyce Carol . Oates . October 4, 2012 . April 30, 2013.
8. Web site: Maya Angelou accepts Mailer Center lifetime award . Associated Press . Hillel . Italie . October 17, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131018051603/http://omg.yahoo.com/news/maya-angelou-accepts-mailer-center-lifetime-award-024933616.html . October 18, 2013 . December 3, 2013.
9. Web site: 2014 Norman Mailer Prize recipients.
10. Web site: Norman Mailer Center to Honor Salman Rushdie in Brooklyn at Pratt . WWD . Rosemary . Feitelberg . November 20, 2015 . December 2, 2015.