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For a distinguished book by an American which is not eligible for consideration in any other existing category, One thousand dollars ($1,000).

The Denial of Death , by Ernest Becker (Free Press/Macmillan )

The Jury

William McPherson(Chair)*

Book Critic, The Washington Post

P. Albert Duhamel

Professor of English, Boston College

Robert Sorensen

Book Editor, Minneapolis Tribune

Winners in General Nonfiction

1974 Prize Winners