1960 Carr P. Collins Award for Best Book of Nonfiction ($1,000): Aristotle and the American Indian (Henry Regnery, 1959) by Lewis Hanke. Jesse H. Jones Award (Houston Endowment) for Best Book of Fiction ($1,000): The Poison Tree (Houghton Mifflin, 1959), by Walter Clemons. McMurray Bookshop Award for Best Texas First…
Years indicate when annual TIL meetings took place. Until 1955, eligible books were published betweenAugust 1 of the meeting year and the previous August 1. No awards were given in 1954, and beginning in 1955, eligible entries had to be published in the calendar year preceding the annual meeting. 1950 …
The list of TEXAS INSTITUTE OF LETTERS MEMBERS from 1936 to 1966 was compiled from lists included in William Vann’s History of the Texas Institute of Letters: 1936 to 1966. However, Betty Wiesepape found that Vann’s list of inactive members in 1966 was probably not a complete listing. The list…
2020-2021 Officers President—Sergio Troncoso, El PasoVice President—Diana López, Corpus ChristiSecretary—William Jack Sibley, San AntonioTreasurer—W.K. (Kip) Stratton, Round RockRecording Secretary—Kurt Heinzelman, Austin Councilor Members David Bowles, Rio Grande ValleyCary Clack, San AntonioMarcia Hatfield Daudistel, El PasoBen Fountain, DallasCliff Hudder, The WoodlandsKathryn Jones, Walnut Springs Mary Beth Rogers, DallasCeleste Bedford Walker, Houston…
Click on the links below to see the TIL officers and council members for each decade. 1939-1949 1950-1959 1960-1969 1970-1979 1980-1989 1990-1999 2000-2009 2010-2019 2020-present
2010-2011 President: Darwin Payne, DallasVice President: Fritz Lanham, HoustonSecretary: W. K. (Kip) Stratton, Round RockTreasurer: James Hoggard, Wichita FallsRecording Secretary: Betty Wiesepape, Richardson Councilors:T. Lindsay Baker, Rio VistaTy Cashion, HuntsvilleRobert Compton, GarlandSteve Davis, San MarcosKate Lehrer, Washington, D.C.Frances Neidhardt, ShermanCarmen Tafolla, San AntonioAndrés Tijerina, Austin 2011-2012 President: Darwin Payne, DallasVice…
Years indicate when annual TIL meetings took place. Until 1955, eligible books were published between August 1 of the meeting year and the previous August 1. 1939 Book of the Year (Nonfiction): Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver (Little, Brown, 1939), by J. Frank Dobie. 1940 Book of the Year (Nonfiction): Captain Lee…
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1970 Carr P. Collins Award for Best Nonfiction Book ($1,000): No Quittin’ Sense (University of Texas Press, 1969) by C. C. White, as told to Ada Morehead Holland. Jesse H. Jones Award for Best Fiction Book ($1,000): Beachhead in Bohemia: Short Stories (LSU Press, 1969) by Willard Marsh. Friends of the Dallas Public…
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