National Book Awards Announce 2024 Finalists and First-Time Winners – See the List!

A total of 1,917 books applied for the National Book Awards, which reward fiction, non-fiction, youth literature, poetry and translated literature.

National Book Awards found their winners announced There are 25 finalists!

The authors, most of whom were deemed worthy of the award for the first time, were announced as follows: New York Times On Tuesday, October 1, they were selected from the distinguished judges from the longlist published in September. New Yorkeraccording to a press release.

The list is notable this year because only two authors out of the 25-author list had previously been awarded. National Book Foundation. All finalists in the fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young adult literature categories are being honored for the first time, according to the announcement. A total of 1,917 books were submitted for this year’s National Book Awards.

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Finalists in the fiction category include Pemi Aguda and Kaveh Akbar. ghostroots And Martyr!respectively.

Author Percival Everett was also chosen for his novel JamesMiranda July was chosen for her bookAll fours and Hisham Matar completes the category with his novel my friends.

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Finalists in the non-fiction category: Jason De León Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in a World of Human TraffickingFor Eliza Griswold Circle of Hope: Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Churchfor Kate Manne Not Shrinking: How to Confront Fat Phobia.Salman Rushdie The Knife: Meditations After Attempted Murder and for Deborah Jackson Taffa Whiskey Tender.

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Anne Carson and Fady Joudah were among the finalists in the poetry category with their poetry collection. Wrong Norma And (…)respectively. Author Miss RedCherries was also honored for her debut collection mother. Other finalists include Diane Seuss. Contemporary Poetry and Lena Khalaf for Tuffaha Something About Living.

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Violet Duncan is among the teen literature finalists who will connect with middle and high school students for the Teens Read 2024 National Book Awards on Nov. 19. Buffalo DreamerFor Josh Galarza Big Cool Farm in the Sky DoritoErin Entrada for Kelly First State of ExistenceFor Healing Saltagi Safadi Between Kareem and Angela Shante To Unboxing a Black Girl.

Finalists in the translated literature category include Leri Price and Samar Yazbek, who were finalists in 2021. Clay Planet. Bothayna Al-Essa and Linnea Axelsson were also honored in this category for their translations. The Book Censor’s LibraryAndadnan. Fiston Mwanza Mujila is also honored The Bad Man’s Dance and Yáng Shuāng-zǐ was honored Taiwan Travel Diary.

The 2024 National Book Awards finalists will read excerpts from their works on Tuesday, Nov. 19, which will be broadcast live and hosted by the award-winning journalist and NPR host of the show’s annual NYU Skirball event. It’s Been a Minute Brittany Luse.

They will reunite the following night at the 75th National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City, where the winners will be announced. The winners will receive $10,000 and a bronze medal and statue, while the finalists will receive $1,000 and a bronze medal.

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author will also be honored at the ceremony. Barbara Kralçözücü He was awarded the National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contributions to American Literature. W. Paul CoatesThe publisher and founder of Black Classic Press will be honored with the Foundation’s Literary Award for Distinguished Service to the American Literary Community.

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