Established in 1950, the National Book Award is an American literary prize administered by the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization. A pantheon of such writers as William Faulkner, Marianne Moore, Ralph Ellison, John Cheever, Bernard Malamud, Philip Roth, Robert Lowell, Walker Percy, John Updike, Katherine Anne Porter, Norman Mailer, Lillian Hellman, Elizabeth Bishop, Saul Bellow, Donald Barthelme, Flannery O’Connor, Adrienne Rich, Thomas Pynchon, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Alice Walker, Charles Johnson, E. Annie Proulx, and Colum McCann have all won the Award.
The Longlist for Young People’s Literature will be revealed on newyorker.com on Monday, September 12th at 9 a.m. (EDT), followed by the Longlist for Poetry on Tuesday, September 13th at 9 a.m., the Longlist for Nonfiction on September 14th, and finally, the Longlist for Fiction on September 15th.
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National Book Award Winners
National Book Award Short List:
2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016
National Book Award Long List:
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
The Longlist for Young People’s Literature will be revealed on newyorker.com on Monday, September 12th at 9 a.m. (EDT), followed by the Longlist for Poetry on Tuesday, September 13th at 9 a.m., the Longlist for Nonfiction on September 14th, and finally, the Longlist for Fiction on September 15th.
Please do not add other books to the list. Feel free to vote for your favorites!
National Book Award Winners
National Book Award Short List:
2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016
National Book Award Long List:
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
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