Books Honored by the National Book Foundation
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 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.
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One Book Honored by the National Book Foundation in 1953
Winner - Fiction
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
- Voted #8 of the Top 100 Books of the 20th Century
- 1 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
Publication Date: Mar 14, 1995
List Price: $16.00
Format: Paperback, 581 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780679732761
Imprint: Vintage Books
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann