1929 in Literature - Awards

Awards

• James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: J. B. Priestley, The Good Companions
• James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: Lord David Cecil, The Stricken Deer: or The Life of Cowper
• Newbery Medal for children's literature: Eric P. Kelly, The Trumpeter of Krakow
• Newdigate prize: Phyllis Hartnoll
• Nobel Prize in literature: Thomas Mann
• O. Henry Award: Dorothy Parker for Big Blonde (short story)
• Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Elmer L. Rice, Street Scene
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Stephen Vincent Benét: John Brown's Body
• Pulitzer Prize for the Novel: Julia Peterkin - Scarlet Sister Mary