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 2007
Finalist - Nonfiction
Brother, I’m Dying
by Edwidge Danticat
- 4 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Hurston/Wright Honored Book (2008)
- Honored by a 2008 Essence Award
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2007
Knopf (Sep 04, 2007)
Fiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
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Finalist - Young People’s Literature
Touching Snow
by M. Sindy Felin
List Price: $11.99Atheneum Books for Young Readers (Mar 22, 2011)
Fiction, Paperback, 240 pages
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
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