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The American Book Award is an American literary award that annually recognizes a set of books and people for "outstanding literary achievement". According to the 2010 awards press release, it is "a writers' award given by other writers" and "there are no categories, no nominees, and therefore no losers."
General fiction for adult readers is a National Book Award category that has been continuous since 1950, with multiple awards for a few years beginning 1980. From 1935 to 1941, there were six annual awards for novels or general fiction and the "Bookseller Discovery", the "Most Original Book"; both awards were sometimes given to a novel.
Silver Medal – Peter Baker and Susan Glasser for The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III; Bronze Medal – Robert Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett for The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again; 2022. Gold Medal – Carter Malkasian for The American War in Afghanistan: A History
Host LeVar Burton and special guest Oprah Winfrey gave barn-burning speeches about the freedom to read, while a group of writers took the stage to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
C. Nash Candelaria; Fritjof Capra; Nancy Carnevale; Daniel Cassidy; Thomas Centolella; Lorna Dee Cervantes; Daniel Chacón (writer) May-lee Chai; Myriam J. A. Chancy
The National Book Award for Fiction is one of five annual National Book Awards, which recognize outstanding literary work by United States citizens. Since 1987, the awards have been administered and presented by the National Book Foundation , but they are awards "by writers to writers."
The fifth category, the National Book Award for Translated Literature, was added in 2018, recognizing works in translation for the first time since 1983. [12] At the National Book Awards Ceremony and Dinner held in New York City each November, the chair of each judging panel announces the winners of the year's National Book Awards.
“Anora” director Sean Baker has won the DGA Award for Theatrical Feature, gaining significant Oscar momentum ahead of final voting. With its surprising best picture win at the Critics Choice ...