<Li> 1993: Toni Morrison (novelist) </Li> <Li> 2016: Bob Dylan (songwriter) </Li> <Ul> <Li> American Academy of Arts and Letters </Li> <Li> Pulitzer Prize (Fiction, Drama and Poetry, as well as various non-fiction and journalist categories) </Li> <Li> National Book Award (Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry and Young - Adult Fiction) </Li> <Li> American Book Awards </Li> <Li> PEN literary awards (multiple awards) </Li> <Li> United States Poet Laureate </Li> <Li> Bollingen Prize </Li> <Li> Pushcart Prize </Li> <Li> O. Henry Award </Li> </Ul> <Li> American Academy of Arts and Letters </Li>

The first golden age of literature centered on which of these