Year In Review
Novelist who focuses on race and identity receives Dos Passos Prize
September 2011
American novelist Mat Johnson was awarded the 2011 John Dos Passos Prize for Literature on Sept. 22.
Johnson, a member of the University of Houston’s creative writing program, is the author of seven books of fiction and nonfiction, including two graphic novels. His work explores issues of race and identity in historical and contemporary America. He read from his most recent novel, Pym, published in March 2011, during the award ceremony.
The Dos Passos Prize, founded at Longwood in 1980, is administered by a committee from the Department of English and Modern Languages. Past recipients include Tom Wolfe, Shelby Foote, Annie Proulx and Graham Greene.
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