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Henry Award</a> 1931 for "A Farewell to Cuba"<br> <a href="/honors/008/000111672/">O. Henry Award</a> 1936 for "Total Stranger"<br> <a href="/honors/278/000073059/">Pulitzer Prize for Fiction</a> 1949 for <i>Guard of Honor</i><br> <a href="/honors/994/000048850/">William Dean Howells Medal</a> 1960 for <i>By Love Possessed</i><br><p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>Confusion</i> (<tt>1924</tt>, novel)<br><i>Cockpit</i> (<tt>1928</tt>, novella)<br><i>The Son of Perdition</i> (<tt>1929</tt>, novella)<br><i>S.S. San Pedro</i> (<tt>1931</tt>, novella)<br><i>The Last Adam</i> (<tt>1933</tt>, novel)<br><i>Castaway</i> (<tt>1934</tt>, novel)<br><i>Men and Brethren</i> (<tt>1936</tt>, novel)<br><i>Ask Me Tomorrow</i> (<tt>1940</tt>, novel)<br><i>The Just and the Unjust</i> (<tt>1942</tt>, novel)<br><i>Guard of Honor</i> (<tt>1948</tt>, novel)<br><i>By Love Possessed</i> (<tt>1957</tt>, novel)<br><i>Children and Others</i> (<tt>1964</tt>, short stories)<br><i>Morning, Noon and Night</i> (<tt>1968</tt>, novel)<br><p> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=115057" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>