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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2 Books Honored by the National Book Foundation in 1997
Finalist - Nonfiction
My Brother
by Jamaica Kincaid
Publication Date: Nov 09, 1998
List Price: $14.00
Format: Paperback, 208 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780374525620
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
Parent Company: Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
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Finalist - Poetry
The Fields of Praise: New and Selected Poems
by Marilyn Nelson
Publication Date: May 01, 1997
List Price: $21.95
Format: Paperback, 224 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9780807121757
Imprint: LSU Press
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Parent Company: Louisiana State University