has significance for American Jews. The first awardee, in 1963, was Norman Fruchter. Subsequent awardees have included Hugh Nissenson, Chaim Potok, Leo E. Litwak, Cynthia Ozick, Arthur A. Cohen, Susan Fromberg Schaeffer, Anne Bernays, Curt Leviant, Francine Prose, Jay Neugeborn, Daphne Merkin, Steve Stern, Melvin Jules Bukiet, Gerald Shapiro, Rebecca Goldstein, Thane Rosenbaum, Harvey Grossinger, Allegra Goodman, Judy Budnitz, Myla Goldberg, Dara Horn, Jonathan Rosen, Nicole Krauss, Ehud Havazelet, Eileen Pollack, Sara Houghteling, Julie Orringer, Edith Pearlman, Kenneth Bonert, David Bezmogis, Rebecca Dinerstein, Ayelet Tsabari, and Margot Singer, among others. Novels The Human Season (1960) The Pawnbroker (1961) The Tenants of Moonbloom (1963) The Children at the Gate (1964) Awards 1961: National Jewish Book Award for The Human Season References External links Official site of the Edward Lewis Wallant Awards Dave Eggers hails Edward Lewis Wallant | Books | The Guardian Edward Lewis Wallant Papers. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. 1926 births 1962 deaths Jewish American writers American male novelists 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American male writers Writers from New Haven, Connecticut Novelists from Connecticut United States Navy personnel of World War II University of Connecticut alumni Pratt Institute alumni The New School alumni United States Navy sailors 20th-century American Jews