National Book Award: Winners, Finalists and Longlisted Titles
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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3 Books Honored by the National Book Foundation in 2013
Finalist - Poetry
The Big Smoke (Poets, Penguin)
by Adrian Matejka
Penguin Books (May 28, 2013)
Poetry, Paperback, 128 pages
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Longlist - Poetry
Bury My Clothes
by Roger Bonair-Agard
Haymarket Books (May 07, 2013)
Poetry, Paperback, 120 pages
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Longlist - Young People’s Literature
The Summer Prince
by Alaya Dawn Johnson
Arthur A. Levine Books (Jul 29, 2014)
Fiction, Paperback, 289 pages
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
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