Books Honored by the National Book Foundation

National Book Award Medals

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 1962

Finalist - Nonfiction

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Nobody Knows My Name
by James Baldwin

    Publication Date: Dec 01, 1992
    List Price: $14.00
    Format: Paperback, 256 pages
    Classification: Fiction
    ISBN13: 9780679744733
    Imprint: Vintage Books
    Publisher: Penguin Random House
    Parent Company: Bertelsmann

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