National Book Award: Winners, Finalists, and Longlisted Titles
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The mission of the National Book Foundation is to celebrate the best of American literature, to expand its audience, and to enhance the cultural value of great writing in America. National Book Awards are given in five categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature.
Here we highlight the winners of African descent. The first African-American writer to win a National Book Award was Ralph Ellison, in 1953, for Invisible Man.
One Book Honored by the National Book Foundation in 1992
Finalist – Fiction
Lost in the City: Stories
List Price: $19.00
William Morrow (Jun 01, 1992)
Fiction, Hardcover, 250 pages
ISBN: 9780688115265Publisher: HarperCollins
Book Description:
Set in the nation s capital, a collection of stories about black Americans living in Washington, D.C., introduces characters who struggle daily with loss of family, of friends, of memories, and of themselves. 15,000 first printing.
Set in the nation s capital, a collection of stories about black Americans living in Washington, D.C., introduces characters who struggle daily with loss of family, of friends, of memories, and of themselves. 15,000 first printing.
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