Other editions of book THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY. With an introduction by Granville Hicks. Illustrated with lithographs in color by Jean Charlot.

On May 4, 1965, Thornton Wilder became the first recipient of the Nation Book Committee's National Medal for Literature in a ceremony held in the East Room of the White House. Mr. Wilder's two best-known works, Our Town and The Bridge of San Luis Rey, have both been awarded Pulitzer Prizes. In addition, he has been accorded an Honorary M.B.E. from England; the French Legion of Honor; the Peach Prize from the publishers of West Germany; a Metal of Honor from Austria; the Gold Metal for fiction of the American Academy of Arts and Letters; and, in 1963, the Presidential Medal for Freedom.