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 1993
Finalist - Nonfiction
W. E. B. Du Bois, 1868-1919: Biography of a Race
by David Levering Lewis
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Publication Date: Dec 15, 1994
List Price: Unavailable
Format: Paperback, 752 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780805035681
Imprint: Holt Paperbacks
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
Parent Company: Holtzbrinck Publishing Group