Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominees and Winning Books
The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award™ honors the best in Black literature. Introduced in 2001, the Legacy Award was the first national award presented to Black writers by a national organization of Black writers. Fiction, debut fiction, nonfiction, and poetry honorees are selected in a juried competition. Each October, the award winners are celebrated during the Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards that draws hundreds of literary stars, readers, representatives of the publishing industry, the arts, media, politics, and academia. Learn more at the Hurston/Wright Foundation’s website
3 Books Honored by the Hurston/Wright Foundation in 2004
Winner - Debut Fiction
Purple Hibiscus: A Novel
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
8-time National Bestseller, Adult Fiction (Paperback)
- A 2024 National Bestselling Book – Adult Fiction (Paperback)
- A 2023 National Bestselling Book - Adult Fiction (Paperback)
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- Hurston/Wright Honored Book (2004)
Algonquin Books (Apr 17, 2012)
Fiction, Paperback, 336 pages
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Winner - Fiction
Hunting in Harlem
by Mat Johnson
Bloomsbury USA (May 14, 2003)Fiction, Hardcover, 300 pages
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Winner - Nonfiction
In Black And White: The Life Of Sammy Davis, Jr
by Wil Haygood
List Price: $354.94Aurum Press Ltd (Jul 29, 2005)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 518 pages
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