National Book Award Ya Winners

The five national book awards winners were chosen out of 1 692 submitted books and 25 finalists nearly a third of those finalists are author debuts.

National book award ya winners. Author of the poet x elizabeth acevedo accepts the 2018 national book award for young people s literature. For updates on our programs the national book awards and more. Arthur sze accepts the 2019 national book award for poetry for sight lines.

Edmund white receives the 2019 medal for distinguished contribution to american letters. Pantheon books penguin. The national book awards went off without a hitch again last night which was pretty amazing considering the entire ceremony was held virtually because of the pandemic.

The finalists announced for the 2018 national book awards. Sandler accepts the 2019 national book award for young people s literature. For updates on our programs the national book awards and more.

A guide to the must read 2020 national book award finalists and winners. Fiction nonfiction poetry young people s literature. Both awards were sometimes given to a novel.

Interior chinatown charles yu. Monique truong on behalf of yoko tawada and margaret mitsutani accept the 2018 national book award for translated literature. Farrar straus giroux more about this book finalists.

Discover honored books by category. Using livestreams of the judges the winners nba members and the charismatic host jason reynolds plus some help from celebrity voices such as rosie perez and natasha lyonne. Charles yu wins national book award for interior chinatown.