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==List of awards and nominations== {{columns-list|colwidth=35em| * 1961 [[Washington Newspaper Guild Award]] for Foreign News Reporting * 1961 Washington Newspaper Guild Award for Humor * 1970 [[American Society of Journalists and Authors|Society of Magazine Writers]] Award for Excellence * 1971 D.F.A., [[Minneapolis College of Art and Design]] * 1973 Frank Luther Mott Research Award * 1974 D.Litt., [[Washington and Lee University]] * 1977 Virginia Laureate for literature * 1979 National Book Critics Circle Finalist General Nonfiction Finalist for ''The Right Stuff'' <!--* 1980 [[American Book Award]] for ''The Right Stuff'' --><!-- National Book Awards were called "American" for several years from 1980, but must not be confused with [[American Book Awards]] --> * 1980 [[National Book Award for Nonfiction]] for ''The Right Stuff''<ref name=nba1980> [https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1980 "National Book Awards — 1980"]. [[National Book Foundation]]. Retrieved March 11, 2012.</ref><ref group=lower-alpha> This was the [[List of winners of the National Book Award#General Nonfiction|award for hardcover "General Nonfiction"]].<br />From 1980 to 1983 in [[National Book Award#History|National Book Award history]], there were dual awards for hardcover and paperback books in many categories, including [[National Book Award for Nonfiction|several nonfiction subcategories]]. Most of the paperback award-winners were reprints, including the 1980 General Nonfiction.</ref> * 1980 [[Columbia Journalism Award]] for ''The Right Stuff'' * 1980 [[Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award]] of the [[American Institute of Arts and Letters]] * 1980 Art History Citation from the [[National Sculpture Society]] * 1983 L.H.D., [[Virginia Commonwealth University]] * 1984 L.H.D., [[Stony Brook Southampton|Southampton College]] * 1984 [[Dos Passos Prize|John Dos Passos Prize]] * 1986 [[Gari Melchers Medal]] * 1986 Benjamin Pierce Cheney Medal from [[Eastern Washington University]] * 1986 Washington Irving Medal for Literary Excellence * 1987 National Book Critics Circle fiction Finalist for ''The Bonfire of the Vanities'' * 1987 D.F.A., [[School of Visual Arts]] * 1988 L.H.D., [[Randolph–Macon College]] * 1988 L.H.D., [[Manhattanville College]] * 1989 L.H.D., [[Longwood University|Longwood College]] * 1990 [[St. Louis Literary Award]] from [[Saint Louis University]] Library Associates<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slu.edu/libraries/associates/award.html|title=Saint Louis Literary Award|publisher=Saint Louis University|website=slu.edu|access-date=July 26, 2016|archive-date=August 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823003924/http://www.slu.edu/libraries/associates/award.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://lib.slu.edu/about/associates/literary-award |title=Recipients of the Saint Louis Literary Award |publisher=Saint Louis University Library Associates |website=slu.edu |access-date=July 25, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731082313/http://lib.slu.edu/about/associates/literary-award |archive-date=July 31, 2016 }}</ref> * 1990 D.Litt., [[St. Andrews University (North Carolina)|St. Andrews Presbyterian College]] * 1990 D.Litt., [[Johns Hopkins University]] * 1993 D.Litt., [[University of Richmond]] * 1998 [[National Book Award]] Finalist for ''[[A Man in Full]]''<ref name=nba1998>{{cite web| url= https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1998 |title= National Book Awards – 1998| publisher= National Book Foundation| website= nationalbook.org| access-date= March 11, 2012}}</ref> * 2001 [[National Humanities Medal]] * 2003 Chicago Tribune Literary Prize for Lifetime Achievement * 2004 [[Literary Review#Bad Sex in Fiction Award|Bad Sex in Fiction Award]] from [[Literary Review]] * 2005 Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]]<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#the-arts}}</ref> * 2006 [[Jefferson Lecture in Humanities]] * 2010 [[National Book Foundation]] [[National Book Award#Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters|Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters]]<ref name=medal>{{cite web| url= http://www.nationalbook.org/amerletters.html |title= Distinguished Contribution to American Letters| publisher= National Book Foundation| website= nationalbook.org| access-date= March 11, 2012| agency= Includes Wolfe's acceptance speech}}</ref> }}
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