Awards and Honors
![William Gaddis's acceptance speech for the National Book Award in Fiction for <em>JR</em> William Gaddis's acceptance speech for the National Book Award in Fiction for <em>JR</em>](http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/files/square_thumbnails/8b8d2df585c9a432922a54a7812db8b7.jpg)
Press release containing William Gaddis's acceptance speech for the National Book Award in Fiction for JR, April 21, 1976.
![Harvard Lampoon Centennial Anniversary medallion Harvard Lampoon Centennial Anniversary medallion](http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/files/square_thumbnails/b52160632f467df58c9fd9ef85310092.jpg)
Harvard Lampoon Centennial Anniversary medallion, 1976. While a student at Harvard, William Gaddis served as president of The Harvard Lampoon for two years (1943-1945).
![The 1986 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction The 1986 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction](http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/files/square_thumbnails/dbe9febce36c77eff367a16957d07484.jpg)
Program for the 1986 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction sponsored by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation, May 10, 1986. William Gaddis was nominated for Carpenter's Gothic.
![MacArthur Fellow award for William Gaddis MacArthur Fellow award for William Gaddis](http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/files/square_thumbnails/3e6a11b17ac07bf2416924ddaca6b21f.jpg)
William Gaddis's MacArthur Fellow award for the period of 1982-1987 sponsored by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, November 5, 1987.
!["Albert Newgarden, too, congratulated William Gaddis on receiving the 1993 Lannan Literary Award for Lifetime Achievement" "Albert Newgarden, too, congratulated William Gaddis on receiving the 1993 Lannan Literary Award for Lifetime Achievement"](http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/files/square_thumbnails/373c47a09ed3b701c39b92b0dec654bf.jpg)
Broadside of "Albert Newgarden, too, congratulated William Gaddis on receiving the 1993 Lannan Literary Award for Lifetime Achievement."
![The National Book Award in Fiction for<em> A Frolic of His Own</em> by William Gaddis The National Book Award in Fiction for<em> A Frolic of His Own</em> by William Gaddis](http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/files/square_thumbnails/1de03ed8d660edc902581ff53ec1a88a.jpg)
Program for the 1994 National Book Award ceremony on November 16, 1994. William Gaddis was awarded the prize in fiction for his novel, A Frolic of His Own.