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Nov 19, 2015 the 2015 national book award winners were announced last night in new york city. These are the winners of the 2015 national book awards. Neal shusterman full speech 2015 national book awards ceremony wednesday, november 18, 2015, cipriani wall street, new york, ny 2015 national book awards harold augenbraum honored. Tanehisi coates, sally mann, lauren groff lead shortlists for 2015 national book award. This years winners included david brion davis for the problem of slavery in the. To begin the evening, bestselling novelist james patterson was presented with the 2015 literarian award for outstanding service to the american literary community by the national book foundation. Oct 04, 2017 the national book foundation winnowed the list of contenders for its literary prize to just 20 or five finalists each in four categories. The national book award for fiction is one of five annual national book awards, which recognize outstanding literary work by united states citizens. Wednesday morning nprs morning edition announced the 2015 national book award finalists shortlist, and get excited, because women writers are getting the attention they deserve this year. Receiving the national book award is a huge deal as a win would place the recipient beside such literary icons like flannery oconnor, john updike, alice walker. On wednesday night in new york city, the winners of the 2015 national book awards were announced.
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