[Libs-Or] 2009 National Book Award Winners Announced

[Katie Anderson]

I just received the following newsletter reporting the National Book Award winners which were announced last night.  Enjoy!

Katie Anderson, Library Development Services
* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *
Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301
katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528








 
November 18, 2009

Your 2009 National Book Award Winners were announced live tonight during a black-tie ceremony and dinner at Cipriani Wall Street, New York City. 
Young People's Literature 
Poetry 
Nonfiction 
Fiction 
Distinguished Contribution to American Letters 
The Literarian Award 

The Best of the National Book Awards Fiction


Young People's Literature 
 
Phillip Hoose
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

Poetry 
 
Keith Waldrop
Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy 
(University of California Press) 

Nonfiction 
 
T. J. Stiles
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
(Alfred A. Knopf)

Fiction 
 
Colum McCann 
Let the Great World Spin
(Random Hohttp://www.nationalbook.org/nba2009_f_mccann.htmluse) 

Distinguished Contribution to American Letters 
 
Gore Vidal
Photo credit: Stathis Orphanos

The Literarian Award 

 
Dave Eggers

Photo credit: Michelle Quint


The Best of the National Book Awards Fiction

 
The Complete Stories
By Flannery O'Connor
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux)




For more information, including the list of Finalists, visit www.nationalbook.org.
Video, audio and pictures from the 2009 National Book Awards Week events will be featured on the Foundation's website over the coming days.
 



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