Hawaii
Award for Literature
1974 |
O.A. Bushnell |
1975 |
Alfons Korn |
1976 |
Mary Pukui, Samuel
Elbert |
1977 |
Leon Edel |
1978 |
Aldyth Morris |
1979 |
A. Grove Day |
1980 |
Gavan Daws |
1981 |
Marjorie Sinclair
Edel |
1982 |
Maxine Hong Kingston |
1983 |
Katharine Luomala |
1984 |
John Unterecker |
1985 |
John Dominis
Holt |
1986 |
W.S. Merwin |
1987 |
Reuel Denney |
1988 |
Rubellite Kawena
Johnson |
1990 |
Yoshiko Matsuda |
1991 |
Milton Murayama |
1992 |
Ian MacMillan |
1993 |
Cathy Song |
1994 |
Victoria Nalani
Kneubuhl |
1995 |
Phyllis Hoge
Thompson |
1996 |
Eric Chock, Darrell
H.Y. Lum |
1997 |
Edward Sakamoto |
1998 |
Leialoha Apo
Perkins |
1999 |
Tom Coffman |
2000 |
Lois-Ann Yamanaka |
2001 |
Nell Altizer |
2002 |
Frank Stewart |
2003 |
Nora Okja Keller |
2004 |
Y York |
2005 |
Juliet Kono |
Tom Coffman, 1999
Hawaii Award for Literature Winner with Eunice DeMello, Chair
of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Henry Iwasa,
President of HLAC, Lois Coffman and Governor Benjamin Cayatano.
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The Hawaii Award for Literature
is presented annually by the Hawaii State Foundation
on Culture and the Arts and the Hawaii Literary Arts
Council to give public recognition to the outstanding writers
in Hawaii.
A Hawai‘i
Anthology: A Collection of Works by Recipients of the
Hawai‘i Award for Literature, 1974--1996,
edited by Joseph Stanton, published by the Hawai‘i
State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and the University
of Hawai‘i Press. |
Hawai‘i
Award for Literature recipients and State Foundation
on Culture and the Arts commissioners at the Office
of the Governor, 1986. Left to right: Franklin Odo (SFCA),
Leon Edel (1977), Katherine Luomola (1983), W.S. Merwin
(1986), Marjorie Sinclair Edel (1981), John Unterecker
(1984), Millicent Kim (SFCA), and John Dominis Holt
(1985). |
Hawai‘i
Award for Literature recipients with Governor Waihe‘e,
1986: John Unterecker (1984), John Dominis Holt (1985),
W.S. Merwin (1986), and Marjorie Sinclair Edel (1981). |
John Dominis
Holt receives the Hawai‘i Award for Literature
from Governor Waihe‘e, 1986. |
1988 Hawai‘i
Award for Literature recipient Rubellite Kawena Johnson
with HLAC Co-President Tony Quagliano. |
Poets Reuel
Denney, W.S. Merwin, Joseph Stanton and Tony Quagliano
in 1993. |
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