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Hawai‘i 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 Hawai‘i Award for Literature is presented annually by the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and the Hawai‘i Literary Arts Council to give public recognition to the outstanding writers in Hawai‘i.

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.