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For distinguished fiction published in book form during the year by an American author, preferably dealing with American life, Five hundred dollars ($500).

The Old Man and the Sea , by Ernest Hemingway (Scribner )

The Jury

Roy W. Cowden

Eric P. Kelly

Winners in Fiction

1953 Prize Winners

No author named

For the section of its Sunday newspaper edited by Lester Markel and headed, "Review of the Week," which for seventeen years has brought enlightenment and intelligent commentary to its readers.