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Finalists for the 2018 national book awards announced. The mission of the national book foundation is to celebrate the best literature in america, expand its audience, and ensure that books have a prominent place in american culture. Established in 1950, the national book award is an american literary prize administered by the national book foundation, a nonprofit organization. National book awards 2015 national book foundation. Categories include fiction, nonfiction, poetry, young peoples literature, and the medal for distinguished contribution to american letters. The friend by sigrid nunez won the national book award for fiction in 2018. First awarded in 1950, the national book awards recognize the best of american literature. Since its beginning in 1936, the national book awards have harvested a selection of premium stories written by the best current authors.
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