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National Book Awards


Last night, Wednesday, November 18, the National Book Awards
were presented at a black-tie dinner at Cipriani Wall Street in Manhattan. Read more...
The winners:
* Fiction: Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann (Find this book in our catalog)
* Nonfiction: The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T. J. Stiles (Find this book in our catalog)
* Young people's literature: Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose (Find this book in our catalog)
* Poetry: Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy by Keith Waldrop
Gore Vidal was awarded the medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
Dave Eggers accepted the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community.

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posted by Elizabeth on 11/19/2009

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