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The 2017 national book awards were hosted by emmy and tonywinning actress cynthia nixon, and took place in new york. Here are the winners of the 2017 national book awards. This weeks national book award activities also features a reading by the 20 finalists in the programs four categories tonight november 14 at an event emceed by isaac fitzgerald and saeed jones, hosts of buzzfeed news morning show, am2dm. The round house by louise erdrich the boston globe.
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Book by book, over the past three decades since 1984, louise erdrich has built one of the most moving and engrossing collections of novels in american literature. Autographed awardwinners are aplenty on abebooks all the way from nelson algren to jesmyn ward. The 20 finalists for the 2012 national book awards were named this morning by david steinberger, chairman of the board of the national book. An elite few have won the award more than once, including bellow, faulkner, and updike and 2017s winner jesmyn ward who won her first national book award in 2011. Congressman john lewis, colson whitehead win national book.
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