Author record · 2008 to 2025
Kwame Dawes: Awards and Best-of Lists
Kwame Dawes has won 1 award, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (2008) for She’s Gone, with 2 shortlist or finalist places, 1 longlist or nominee place, and 1 year-end list pick in our archive.
Also credited with Chris Abani
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Toward a Living Archive of African Poetry: Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani on the New-Generation African Poets Chapbook Series | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Poetry | |
| 2024 | Sturge Town | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Poetry | |
| 2018 | City of Bones | Hurston/Wright Legacy Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Poetry | |
| 2014 | Duppy Conqueror | PEN America Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · PEN Open Book Award | |
| 2008 | She’s Gone | Hurston/Wright Legacy Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Debut Fiction |
Books
- City of Bones1 source · 2018
- Duppy Conqueror1 source · 2014
- She’s Gone1 source · 2008
- Sturge Town1 source · 2024
- Toward a Living Archive of African Poetry: Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani on the New-Generation African Poets Chapbook Series1 source · 2025