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 2011
Winner - Fiction
Salvage the Bones
by Jesmyn Ward
Publication Date: Apr 24, 2012
List Price: $17.00
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781608196265
Imprint: Bloomsbury USA
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Parent Company: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Winner - Poetry
Head Off & Split: Poems
by Nikky Finney
Publication Date: Jan 27, 2011
List Price: $16.95
Format: Paperback, 116 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9780810152168
Imprint: TriQuarterly Books
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Parent Company: Northwestern University
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Finalist - Nonfiction
Malcolm X: A Life Of Reinvention
by Manning Marable
Publication Date: Apr 04, 2011
List Price: $30.00
Format: Hardcover, 608 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780670022205
Imprint: Knopf
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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Finalist - Poetry
The Chameleon Couch: Poems
by Yusef Komunyakaa
Publication Date: Mar 15, 2011
List Price: $24.00
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9780374120382
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
Parent Company: Holtzbrinck Publishing Group