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From 1989 to 1990 he hosted a two-hour nightly news show called HEAT with John Hockenberry. During his 15 years with NPR, he covered many areas of the world, including an assignment as a Middle East correspondent, reporting on the Persian Gulf War in 1991 and 1992. Beginning in November 1991 he served as the first host of NPR's Talk of the ...
National Book Festival 2019 National Book Festival 2009. The National Book Festival is an annual literary festival held in Washington, D.C. in the United States; it is organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, and was founded by Laura Bush and James H. Billington in 2001.
The National Book Award for Translation was introduced in 1967 and split between two books, [27] the first split. [25] Children's literature was first recognized as one of seven categories in 1969. [28] Two awards were split in 1973 for the first time. [25] Publishers dropped their support after 1974 and the National Book Committee was ...
The National Book Foundation awards winners in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature and young people’s literature. This year, publishers submitted a total of 1,917 books.
At the 75 th National Book Awards, hosted in Manhattan at Cipriani Downtown last night, members of the literary community gathered to celebrate some of the year’s best writing across Fiction ...
National Book Award for Nonfiction: History and (Auto)biography winners, 1964–1983 Year Category Author Title 1964 History and Biography William H. McNeill: The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community: 1965 History and Biography Louis Fischer: The Life of Lenin: 1966 History and Biography Arthur Schlesinger
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.
The 75th National Book Awards, presented at a ceremony and benefit dinner by the National Book Foundation, took place on November 20, 2024, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City [1]. During the gala, the National Book Foundation presented awards in 5 competitive categories and 2 special categories honoring books released between December 1 ...