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Monique truong on behalf of yoko tawada and margaret mitsutani accept the 2018 national book award for translated literature. We believe every one of us deserves equal access to factbased news and analysis. Among the most prestigious literary honors in the united states, the awards are given for books published in the previous year. One of the 10 finalists for the national book awards poetry prize is. Nov 15, 2012 louise erdrich won the fiction award for her novel the round house, while other awards were given for nonfiction, poetry, young peoples literature and american letters. The finalists in fiction are junot diaz for this is how you lose her riverhead books, dave eggers for a hologram for the king mcsweeneys. I have to agree that the book is clever and bitingly witty it tells the story of twin sisters, dorcus and abigail mather, and of abigails disastrous marriage which led. National book award judges announced, submissions open today. Here are the books in the national book award category. Lauren groff, hanya yanagihara and tanehisi coates are among the finalists for this years national book awards a total of 20 finalists were. Jan 28, 20 during the the national book awards ceremony and dinner which is held each year in november, the chair from each panel announces the runnersup and winners. Finalists for national book awards announced the new york. The awards are sponsored by the national book foundation, which is.
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