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National book awards american literary award britannica. The national book awards are awarded each fall by the national book foundation. Each year, getabstract assesses more than 10,000 english and german nonfiction books. A national committee of members with passion for and expertise in childrens literature and social justice is responsible for making the choices each. The national book foundation winnowed the list of contenders for its literary prize to just 20 or five finalists each in four categories. A fifth category, the national book award for translated literature, was added in 2018, recognizing works in translation for the first time since 1983. Oct 15, 2014 get to know the finalists for the 2014 national book award on tuesday night, finalists for the national book awards read from their nominated works at the new school in new york city. Round house, forevers win national book awards npr. Get to know the finalists for the 2014 national book award. Among them are jesmyn ward, min jin lee and frank bidart.
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