National Book Award Winners Announced

Last night, the National Book Foundation handed out its yearly awards, among the most prestigious in the literary community.

81-year-old Peter Matthiessen won the fiction prize for Shadow Country, which is actually a revision of a trilogy of novels he released in the 1990s. He previously won the National Book Award in 1979 for the spiritual odyssey The Snow Leopard. “I’m back!” Matthiessen exclaimed; then, referring admirably to his fellow nominees, “And they’re going to be back, too.”

Poet Mark Doty won the poetry prize for his collection Fire to Fire. In his acceptance speech, Doty acknowledged Obama’s election and his own marriage to his longtime male partner. “We are on a path to equality for all Americans and nothing is going to turn us back,” he said.

Nonfiction winner Annette Gordon-Reed won for The Hemingses of Monticello, which traces the family history of Sally Hemings, who had close ties with Thomas Jefferson.

What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell won the award for young people’s literature.

The event was hosted by Eric Bogosian. Winners receive a snazzy medal and $10,000.

Story Source Yahoo | Image Source National Book Foundation

November 20, 2008 | Filed Under Eyes on the Prize, Newsies 

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