National Book Award for Fiction 1983

Nominations

WinnerThe Color PurpleAlice Walker
WinnerThe Collected Stories of Eudora WeltyEudora Welty
Shiloh and Other StoriesBobbie Ann Mason
The Mosquito CoastPaul Theroux
Dinner at the Homesick RestaurantAnne Tyler
A Flag for SunriseRobert Stone
The Chaneysville IncidentDavid Bradley
The Company of WomenMary Gordon
HousekeepingMarilynne Robinson
A Mother and Two DaughtersGail Godwin