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The full list of 2020 national book award winners and finalists. Colson whitehead leads national book awards fiction shortlist. Fiction, general nonfiction, biographyautobiography, poetry, and criticism. Recognizing a literary prodigy, the library of congress immediately solicited his papers. Oct 06, 2016 colson whiteheads the underground railroad led the 2016 national book award shortlist on thursday morning as expected. Categories include fiction, nonfiction, poetry, young peoples literature, translated literature, and the medal for distinguished contribution to american letters. Here we list the winners of the national book award for fiction, a competition that has been held annually since 1950 and is perhaps the most prestigious book prize in america. The award was first presented in 1950, and there are four categories. Colson whitehead wins second fiction pulitzer, ben mosers.
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