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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4 Books Honored by the National Book Foundation in 1972
Finalist - Children’s Books
The Planet Of Junior Brown (2006)
by Virginia Hamilton
Publication Date: May 01, 2006
List Price: $8.99
Format: Paperback, 224 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Young Adult
ISBN13: 9781416914105
Imprint: Aladdin
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: KKR & Co. Inc.
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Finalist - Children’s Books
His Own Where
by June Jordan
Publication Date: May 01, 2010
List Price: $11.95
Format: Paperback, 112 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
ISBN13: 9781558616585
Imprint: The Feminist Press
Publisher: The Feminist Press
Parent Company: The Feminist Press
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Finalist - Nonfiction
Harlem Renaissance
by Nathan Huggins
Publication Date: May 02, 2007
List Price: $19.95
Format: Paperback, 390 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780195063363
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Parent Company: University of Oxford
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Finalist - Poetry
Words in the Mourning Time: Poems
by Robert Hayden
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Publication Date: Jun 28, 1970
List Price: Unavailable
Format: Hardcover
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9780807901618
Imprint: October House
Publisher: October House
Parent Company: October House