Russell Banks: Books and Literary Awards

4 recorded books, 0 winning results and 5 shortlist or finalist results, spanning 1986–2012. This is an award-based reading guide, not a complete bibliography.

Awards and nominations by year

YearBook / recipientAwardResult
2012
Lost Memory of Skin
Russell Banks		PEN/Faulkner Award for FictionshortlistedSource
1999
Cloudsplitter
Russell Banks		PEN/Faulkner Award for FictionshortlistedSource
1999
Cloudsplitter
Russell Banks		Pulitzer Prize for FictionfinalistSource
1990
Affliction
Russell Banks		PEN/Faulkner Award for FictionshortlistedSource
1986
Continental Drift
Russell Banks		Pulitzer Prize for FictionfinalistSource

Authors recognised by the same prizes

Explore other writers in these prize histories; a shared award does not necessarily mean a similar writing style.

  • Philip Roth — PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
  • Alice McDermott — PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
  • Joyce Carol Oates — Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
  • Anne Tyler — Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
  • Barbara Kingsolver — Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction