1983 National Book Award Winners

Awards List

Children's Book: Fiction (paperback)

A Place Apart

A Place Apart (Winner)
Paula Fox

Oct-1982
/ General Fiction

Marked By Fire

Marked By Fire (Winner)
Joyce Carol Thomas

1983
/ General Fiction

Fiction (Hardcover)

The Color Purple

The Color Purple (Winner)
Alice Walker

Jun-1982
/ General Fiction

Fiction (Paperback)

The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty

The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty (Winner)
Eudora Welty

Nov-1980
/ General Fiction

First Novel

The Women of Brewster Place

The Women of Brewster Place (Winner)
Gloria Naylor

Jul-1983
/ General Fiction

Original Paperback

The Red Magician

The Red Magician (Winner)
Lisa Goldstein

Dec-1983
/ Science Fiction

Pict. Bk. (Hardcover)

Doctor De Soto

Doctor De Soto (Winner)
William Steig

Nov-1982
/ General Fiction

Miss Rumphius

Miss Rumphius (Winner)
Barbara Cooney

Dec-1982
/ General Fiction

Award Categories

Children's Book: Fiction (hardcover)

Children's Book: Fiction (paperback)

Fiction (Hardcover)

Fiction (Paperback)

Mystery (hardcover)

Mystery (paperback)

Original Paperback

Picture Book (Hardcover)

Science Fiction (hardcover)

Science Fiction (paperback)

Young People's Literature

Award Years