National Book Awards

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The National Book Awards are prestigious annual U.S. literary prizes recognizing outstanding works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young people’s literature.

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instanceOf annual award
literary award
awardFor outstanding literary work
awardIncludes cash prize
medal
country United States
eligibility authors of any nationality
books published in the United States
field literature
firstOrganizer American Book Publishers Council
American Booksellers Association
Book Manufacturers Institute
formerCategory National Book Award for Arts and Letters
National Book Award for Children’s Literature
National Book Award for Mystery
National Book Award for Philosophy and Religion
National Book Award for Science
frequency annual
genre fiction
nonfiction
poetry
translated literature
young people’s literature
hasAwardCategory National Book Award for Fiction
National Book Award for Nonfiction
National Book Award for Poetry
National Book Award for Translated Literature
National Book Award for Young People’s Literature
hasMotto celebrating the best literature in America
inception 1950
languageOfWorks English
locationCountry United States
notableWinner Colson Whitehead
Don DeLillo
John Updike
Joyce Carol Oates
Philip Roth
Ralph Ellison
Saul Bellow
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Toni Morrison
William Faulkner
organizer National Book Foundation
presentedBy National Book Foundation
reputation one of the most prestigious U.S. literary prizes
selectionProcess judged by booksellers
judged by librarians
judged by panels of writers
sponsor National Book Foundation
website https://www.nationalbook.org

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