National Book Award: Winners, Finalists and Longlisted Titles
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 2000
Winner - Poetry
Blessing The Boats: New And Selected Poems 1988-2000 (American Poets Continuum)
by Lucille Clifton
List Price: $20.00BOA Editions (Apr 01, 2000)
Poetry, Paperback, 145 pages
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Finalist - Nonfiction
W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century 1919-1963
by David Levering Lewis
List Price: $35.00Henry Holt & Company (Oct 17, 2000)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 608 pages
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