The National Book Awards were given out tonight at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. Louise Erdrich was the winner of a tight fiction race, beating out Junot Díaz and Dave Eggers (as well as newcomers Ben Fountain and Kevin Powers) for the $10,000 award. Read on for the full list of winners.
Fiction
Louise Erdrich, The Round House (BookPage interview)
Nonfiction
Katherine Boo, Behind the Beautiful Forevers (BookPage review)
Young People’s Literature
William Alexander, Goblin Secrets
Poetry
David Ferry, Bewilderment
Distinguished Contribution to American Letters
Elmore Leonard
Did your favorite win? For a full description of the newly glammed-up ceremony (which ran an hour behind schedule!), check out the New York Daily News’ Page Views blog.
I haven’t read any of them! Better get to it!
Hey! Thank you very much for the great overview on the winners of the National Book Awards. I will surely get a copy of the books above.