• Source: Owen Wister Award

Owen Wister Award is an annual award from the Western Writers of America given to lifelong contributions to the field of Western literature. Named for writer Owen Wister (The Virginian; 1902), it is given for "Outstanding Contributions to the American West".
Originally given for "best book of the year", it was expanded in 1967 to include anyone advancing Western literature.
From 1961 to 1990 it was called the Saddleman Award (sculptor Spero Anargyros; polished bronze statuette of a cowboy in Levi’s, saddle slung over his right shoulder, branding iron in his left hand ) and sponsored by Levi Strauss & Co. After Levi Strauss dropped its sponsorship, the award was retitled the Owen Wister Award for "Lifetime Achievement" in Western history and literature. From 1991 to 1994 recipients received an engraved bronze figure of a cowboy, since 1994 winners have received a bronze buffalo design on wood base from sculptor Robert H. Duffie.




Winners


List of recipients of the Saddleman and Owen Wister.




= Saddleman

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Saddleman honorees are:
1961: Will Henry
1962: Jeanne Williams
1963: Fred Grove
1964: Mari Sandoz
1965: Benjamin Capps
1966: Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.
1967: S. Omar Barker
1968: Nelson C. Nye
1969: Frederick D. Glidden
1970: John Wayne
1971: Thomas Thompson
1972: John Ford
1973: Glenn Vernam
1974: W. Foster-Harris
1975: Nellie Snyder Yost
1976: Dorothy M. Johnson
1977: Elmer Kelton
1978: A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
1979: Lewis B. Patten
1980: C. L. Sonnichsen
1981: Louis L'Amour
1982: Eve Ball
1983: Bill Gulick
1984: Dee Brown
1985: Leon Claire Metz
1986: Jack Warner Schaefer
1987: Clint Eastwood
1988: Don Worcester
1989: Wayne D. Overholser
1990: Max Evans




= Owen Wister

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Owen Wister honorees are:
1991: Glendon Swarthout
1992: Tom Lea
1993: Douglas C. Jones
1994: Robert M. Utley
1995: Gordon D. Shirreffs
1996: David Lavender
1997: José Cisneros
No award was given in 1998.
1999: Norman Zollinger
2000: Dale L. Walker
2001: Richard S. Wheeler
2002: David Dary
2003: Don Coldsmith
2004: Matt Braun
2005: Judy Alter
2006: Andrew J. Fenady
2007: John Jakes
2008: Tony Hillerman
2009: Elmore Leonard
2010: N. Scott Momaday
2011: James A. Crutchfield
2012: Loren D. Estleman
2013: Jory Sherman
2014: Robert J. Conley
2015: Winfred Blevins
2016: Lucia St. Clair Robson
2017: Louise Erdrich
2018: Rudolfo Anaya
2019: Will Bagley
2020: Johnny D. Boggs




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Clint Eastwood
• John Wayne
• John Ford
• Owen Wister Award
• Richard S. Wheeler
• Elmer Kelton
• Spur Award
• Kathleen O'Neal Gear
• Glendon Swarthout
• Matt Braun
• Tony Hillerman
• Western Writers of America
• Winfred Blevins