List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1997. [1]
| Fellow | Category | Field of Study |
|---|---|---|
| André Aciman | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Jorge Enrique Adoum | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Guenter Ahlers | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| M. Jacquiline Alexander | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Millard Alexander | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Albert W. Alschuler | Social Sciences | Law |
| James E. Alt | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| Francisco Javier Alvarez-Leefmans | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience |
| Maryanne Amacher | Creative Arts | Video & Audio |
| Henning Andersen | Humanities | Linguistics |
| Eleanor Antin | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| George Arasimowicz | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Juan J. Armesto | Natural Sciences | Plant Sciences |
| Eduardo Arzt | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Kariamu Welsh Asante | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Mahzarin R. Banaji | Social Sciences | Psychology |
| Andrea Barrett | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Rick Bass | Fiction | |
| Carmen Berenguer | Fiction | |
| Mary Berridge | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Mario Biagioli | History of Science & Technology | |
| Peter W. M. Blayney | Bibliography | |
| Jeffrey Bluestone | Medicine & Health | |
| Paul Bochner | Fine Arts | |
| Luciano Boi | Philosophy | |
| Gregg Bordowitz | Creative Arts | Film |
| Sugata Bose | South Asian Studies | |
| Ricardo Brey | Fine Arts | |
| John L. Brooke | U.S. History | |
| Caroline A. Bruzelius | Architecture, Planning, & Design | |
| Norman Bryson | Fine Arts Research | |
| Louise M. Burkhart | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
| John D. Burt | Humanities | American Literature |
| Robert A. Burt | Law | |
| Jesse L. Byock | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Rafael Campo | Poetry | |
| Rimer Cardillo | Fine Arts | |
| Mario Carretero | Psychology | |
| Glenn R. Carroll | Sociology | |
| Paul Michael Chaikin | Physics | |
| Ivan V. Cherednik | Applied Mathematics | |
| Sallie W. Chisholm | Organismic Biology & Ecology | |
| Thomas Cogswell | British History | |
| Vincent Crawford | Economics | |
| Deborah Dancy | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Lydia Davis | Fiction | |
| Nicholas Dawidoff | Creative Arts | Biography |
| David G. De Long | Architecture, Planning, & Design | |
| Carolyn J. Dean | French History | |
| Olivier Debroise | Fine Arts Research | |
| Eduardo Del Valle | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Barbara B. Diefendorf | French History | |
| Nathaniel Dorsky | Creative Arts | Film |
| Persis S. Drell | Physics | |
| Thomas A. DuBois | Folklore & Popular Culture | |
| Maud Ellmann | Humanities | English Literature |
| Laura Engelstein | Humanities | Russian History |
| Arturo Escobar | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Abelardo José Estorino López | Creative Arts | Drama & Performance Art |
| Gordon L. Fain | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience |
| Jorge Fons | Creative Arts | Film |
| Donal Fox | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| María Cristina Fraire | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Jonathan Freedman | Humanities | Literary Criticism |
| Judith Freeman | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Alan Frieze | Natural Sciences | Computer Science |
| Harry L. Frisch | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Patricia Fumerton | Humanities | English Literature |
| Daniel E. Gómez | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Mirta Gómez Del Valle | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe | Fine Arts | |
| Karin Giusti | Fine Arts | |
| Luis Miguel Glave | Iberian & Latin American History | |
| James Goodman | U.S. History | |
| Elliott J. Gorn | Creative Arts | Biography |
| Elizabeth Graver | Fiction | |
| Slawomir Grünberg | Creative Arts | Film |
| John Hagan | Social Sciences | Sociology |
| Joanna Haigood | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Jeffrey F. Hamburger | Humanities | Medieval History |
| Michele Hannoosh | French Literature | |
| Miriam Bratu Hansen | Film, Video, & Radio Studies | |
| Anne Harris | Fine Arts | |
| Stephen Hartke | Music Composition | |
| Ross Hassig | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
| Douglas J. Henderson | Chemistry | |
| Jeffrey Henderson | Classics | |
| Gilbert Herdt | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
| George C. Herring | U.S. History | |
| Michael Hersch | Music Composition | |
| Jennifer Elaine Higdon | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Mary T. Hufford | Folklore & Popular Culture | |
| Melissa Hui | Music Composition | |
| Terence Irwin | Humanities | Philosophy |
| Allen F. Isaacman | Humanities | African Studies |
| Ivan Antonio Izquierdo | Natural Sciences | Medicine & Health |
| Yvonne Jacquette | Fine Arts | |
| Melinda James | Fine Arts | |
| Iain M. Johnstone | Statistics | |
| Nicole Jordan | German & East European History | |
| Lily E. Kay | History of Science & Technology | |
| Boaz Keysar | Psychology | |
| Charles B. Kimmel | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Lynn Marie Kirby | Creative Arts | Film |
| Mark Kirkpatrick | Organismic Biology & Ecology | |
| Sergiu Klainerman | Mathematics | |
| Daniel J. Klionsky | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Geoffrey Koziol | Medieval History | |
| Mark LaPore | Creative Arts | Film |
| James Lasdun | Poetry | |
| An-My Lê | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Barbara Lebow | Drama & Performance Art | |
| Thomas M. Liggett | Statistics | |
| Judith Linhares | Fine Arts | |
| Lydia H. Liu | East Asian Studies | |
| Margot Livesey | Fiction | |
| Charles Long | Fine Arts | |
| Marvin W. Makinen | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Jacqui Malone | Folklore & Popular Culture | |
| Carlos Eugênio Marcondes de Moura | Sociology | |
| Charles R. Marshall | Earth Science | |
| Anthony W. Marx | Political Science | |
| Khaled Mattawa | Poetry | |
| Mercedes Matter | Fine Arts | |
| Donald McDonagh | Dance Studies | |
| Sheila McTighe | Fine Arts Research | |
| Jean Meyer | Iberian & Latin American History | |
| Helena Michie | English Literature | |
| James Miller | General Nonfiction | |
| Michael B. Miller | Economic History | |
| Carlos Monsiváis | General Nonfiction | |
| Susan Morgan | Creative Arts | Biography |
| Eduardo J. Muñoz-Ordoqui | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Robert E. Norton | German & Scandinavian Literature | |
| Naomi Shihab Nye | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe | Humanities | Medieval Literature |
| Kira Obolensky | Creative Arts | Drama & Performance Art |
| Jacob K. Olupona | Humanities | Religion |
| Jacqueline Osherow | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Nadín Ospina | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Paulo Antonio Paranaguá | Film, Video, & Radio Studies | |
| Luis Raul Pericchi | Mathematics | |
| Cara Perlman | Fine Arts | |
| Carl Phillips | Poetry | |
| Andrew Pickering | Intellectual & Cultural History | |
| Robert Polito | General Nonfiction | |
| David Politzer | Physics | |
| Paras N. Prasad | Engineering | |
| Pedro Prieto | Physics | |
| Rafael Quintero López | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| Larry Racioppo | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Ronald Radano | Folklore & Popular Culture | |
| Debraj Ray | Economics | |
| Angeles B. Ribera | Neuroscience | |
| Alan Richardson | English Literature | |
| Douglas Richstone | Astronomy—Astrophysics | |
| Dagmar Ringe | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| J. Edgardo Rivera Martínez | Fiction | |
| Russell L. Roberts | Fine Arts | |
| Guillermo Orlando Rojas Feliz | Creative Arts | Film |
| Peter J. Rossky | Chemistry | |
| Joan Shelley Rubin | U.S. History | |
| Allen Ruppersberg | Fine Arts | |
| Michael J. Ryan | Organismic Biology & Ecology | |
| Federico J. Sabina | Mathematics | |
| Peter Sacks | Poetry | |
| Eric Maurice Saks | Creative Arts | Film |
| Barbara A. Schaal | Plant Sciences | |
| Raymond W. Schmitt | Earth Science | |
| Michael Sells | Near Eastern Studies | |
| Adrian Shubert | Iberian & Latin American History | |
| Pierre Sikivie | Astronomy—Astrophysics | |
| Laurie Simmons | Fine Arts | |
| Pamela H. Smith | Intellectual & Cultural History | |
| Rolf Sternglanz | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Susan Straight | Fiction | |
| Arthur Sze | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Denyse Thomasos | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Michael Tomasello | Social Sciences | Psychology |
| Muriel Topaz | Humanities | Dance Studies |
| Trimpin | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Ernesto Vila | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Alicia Villarreal | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Kari Vilonen | Natural Sciences | Mathematics |
| Paul S. Weiss | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Dan Welcher | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks | Humanities | Renaissance History |
| David R. Williams | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience |
| Terry Tempest Williams | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Jennifer Wolch | Social Sciences | Geography & Environmental Studies |
| Cynthia Griffin Wolff | Humanities | American Literature |
| Bill Young | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Lai-Sang Young | Natural Sciences | Applied Mathematics |
| Caveh Zahedi | Creative Arts | Film |
| Jorge Zanelli Iglesias | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| James E. G. Zetzel | Humanities | Classics |