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Mueenuddin's Book Provides Backstory Of Pakistan...their characters. Morning Edition is asking three acclaimed writers for the backstory of world events. All were finalists for this year's National Book Award. First up is Pakistani author Daniyal Mueenuddin, who set his book in Pakistan. He... In this article: Pakistan, National Book Award, and NPR |
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The Salt Lake Tribune | 6 days ago
Vanderbilt bio, New York novel win $10,000 National Book Awards
This Site Tribtowns.com: Enter your Zip code to find news and events in your area Vanderbilt bio, New York novel win $10,000 National Book Awards ''The First Tycoon'' by T.J. Stiles. The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius...
In this article: Cornelius Vanderbilt, New York, Dave Eggers, Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin, and Andy Borowitz
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The Daily Barometer | 7 days ago
National Book Award nominee visits OSU
...OSU Visiting Writers series as he will read from his latest novel On Friday night, the department of English welcomes a finalist for the National Book Award, Jess Walter, to campus as a continuation of their OSU Visiting Writers Series.
In this article: Jess Walter, IP Address, and World Trade Center
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Gawker | 7 days ago
It's the 2009 National Book Awards and These People Feel Fine [Gawker Party Crash]
By Foster Kamer, 4:54 PM on Thu Nov 19 2009, 645 views (Edit, to draft, Slurp) Copy this whole post to another site 2009's National Book Awards went down last night. In delightful twists of irony, they were a) sponsored by Google, b)...
In this article: National Book Awards, James Franco, Google, Wall Street, Gore Vidal, and Andy Borowitz
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San Diego Union-Tribune | 7 days ago
Maine author wins National Book Award
...Associated Press Writer Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 1:12 p.m. PORTLAND, Maine Maine author Phillip Hoose said winning a National Book Award for his chronicle of a young civil rights pioneer was all the more moving because she took...
In this article: Claudette Colvin, Maine, Don Larsen, Rosa Parks, Portland, New York, Plaintiff, and Ivory-billed Woodpecker
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CBS News | 7 days ago
Providence Poet Wins National Book Award
...Recognized for "Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy"; McCann, Stiles and Vanderbilt Also Recognized Keith Waldrop, winner of the 2009 National Book Award for Poetry, accepts his award at the National Book Awards Wednesday Nov. 18, 2009, in...
In this article: Keith Waldrop, Providence, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and New York
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USATODAY.com | 7 days ago
'Let the Great World Spin' rolls to the National Book Award
Irish writer Colum McCann, shown here arriving at the Deauville American film festival in France in September, won the National Book Award for fiction for Let the Great World Spin, a portrait of New York City in decay circa 1974. NEW YORK...
In this article: New York City, Academy Award, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Complete Stories, USA Today, and Colum McCann
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NPR | November 19, 2009
McCann, Stiles Win National Book Awards
The 60th annual National Book Awards were handed out Wednesday night in New York. Colum McCann's Let the Great World Spin, a novel about daring, luck and mortality in 1970s New York, won the fiction prize. T.J. Stiles' biography of...
In this article: National Book Awards, New York, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and NPR
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washingtonpost.com | November 18, 2009
Vanderbilt biography wins National Book Award
NEW YORK -- "The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt," by T.J. Stiles, won the $10,000 National Book Award for Nonfiction on Wednesday night at a dinner at a restaurant on Wall Street. Stiles, who worked in publishing...
In this article: Colum McCann, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Dave Eggers, Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin, Andy Borowitz, and NEW YORK
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New York Times | November 18, 2009
Colum McCann, T.J. Stiles Win National Book Awards
Colum McCann won the National Book Award for fiction on Wednesday night for "Let the Great World Spin," a novel featuring a sprawling cast of characters in 1970s New York City whose lives are ineluctably touched by the mysterious tightrope...
In this article: Colum McCann, New York City, Capitalism, Hunter College, Alfred A. Knopf, Random House, and Cornelius Vanderbilt
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Library Journal News | November 18, 2009
"Strange Voices" and Good: McCann, Stiles Take National Book Awards
...work with young readers, who, he says, are passionate about books. Take that, Andy Borowitz. Borowitz opened his gig as host of the National Book Awards ceremony by wisecracking that the hard work done by publishers "comes to nothing." In...
In this article: National Book Awards, Dave Eggers, Claudette Colvin, Andy Borowitz, Dog, and National Book Foundation
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The National Book Awards are among the most eminent literary prizes in the United States. Started in 1950, the awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the prior year, as well as lifetime achievement awards including the "Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters" and the "Literarian Award". The purpose of the awards is "to celebrate the best of American literature, to expand its audience, and to enhance the cultural value of good writing in America." In 1988 the National Book Foundation was established which now oversees and manages the National Book Awards.
Awards are given in each of four categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young people's literature. Awards have been given in various other categories, which have since been retired or subsumed into the remaining categories.
The winners are selected in each category by an independent, expert and volunteer five-member judging panel. Panels typically look at and read hundreds of books in each category. A chair from each panel announces the runners-up and winner during the "The National Book Awards Ceremony and Dinner" held each year in November. The winners each receive a $10,000 cash prize and a bronze sculpture; finalists each receive $1,000, a medal, and a citation from the panel jury.
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