The Western Literature Association Distinguished Achievement Award

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	award
gptkbp:awardedBy	gptkb:Western_Literature_Association
gptkbp:category	literary award
gptkbp:criteria	distinguished_achievement_in_the_field_of_Western_literature
gptkbp:firstAwarded	1980
gptkbp:frequency	annual
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The Western Literature Association Distinguished Achievement Award
gptkbp:notable_recipients	various authors and scholars
gptkbp:notableFeature	gptkb:Michael_Ondaatje gptkb:Natalie_Diaz gptkb:Alice_Walker gptkb:Kaveh_Akbar gptkb:Maggie_Smith gptkb:Sherman_Alexie gptkb:Terry_Tempest_Williams gptkb:Joyce_Carol_Oates gptkb:Sandra_Cisneros gptkb:William_Kittredge gptkb:Linda_Hogan gptkb:Maxine_Hong_Kingston gptkb:Ada_Limón gptkb:Kathy_Jetnil-Kijiner gptkb:Robert_Bly gptkb:Cormac_McCarthy gptkb:N._Scott_Momaday gptkb:Rebecca_Solnit gptkb:E._Ethelbert_Miller gptkb:Samantha_Hunt gptkb:David_Treuer gptkb:Claudia_Rankine gptkb:Luis_Alberto_Urrea gptkb:Anne_Carson gptkb:James_Welch gptkb:W._S._Merwin gptkb:Philip_Levine gptkb:Aimee_Nezhukumatathil gptkb:Richard_Rodriguez gptkb:Joyce_A._Ladner gptkb:Ruth_Ozeki gptkb:Nina_Marie_Martinez gptkb:Tiana_Clark gptkb:Diane_Glancy gptkb:Sally_Keith Toni Morrison Barbara Kingsolver Ocean Vuong Rupi Kaur Joy Harjo Yiyun Li Kaitlyn Greenidge Cherríe Moraga
gptkbp:recognizes	significant contributions to Western literature