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Sabaa Tahir accepts the 2022 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature for All My Rage
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2024 Selection Committee: Shane Campbell-Staton, Priyamvada Natarajan, Ricardo Nuila (Chair), Brian Teare, and Christina Vizcarra
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First Second / Macmillan Publishers
2023 National Book Awards Winner for Young People's Literature
Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.
Recorded at the NYU Skirball.
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Omnidawn Publishing
2023 National Book Awards Winner for Poetry
Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.
Recorded at the NYU Skirball.
Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker.
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Translated from the Portuguese by Bruna Dantas Lobato
New Vessel Press
2023 National Book Awards Winners for Translated Literature
Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.
Recorded at the NYU Skirball.
Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker.
Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.
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by Ned Blackhawk
Yale University Press
2023 National Book Awards Winner for Nonfiction
Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.
Recorded at the NYU Skirball.
Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker.
Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Macmillan Publishers
2023 National Book Awards Winner for Fiction
Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.
Recorded at the NYU Skirball.
Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker.
Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.
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Candlewick Press
2023 National Book Awards Finalist for Young People's Literature
Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.
Recorded at the NYU Skirball.
Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker.
Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.
More at www.nationalbook.org.
Dial Books for Young Readers / Penguin Random House
2023 National Book Awards Finalist for Young People's Literature
Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.
Recorded at the NYU Skirball.
Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker.
Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.
More at www.nationalbook.org.
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers / Hachette Book Group
National Book Awards Finalist for Young People's Literature
Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.
Recorded at the NYU Skirball.
Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker.
Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.
More at www.nationalbook.org.
Roaring Brook Press / Macmillan Publishers
2023 National Book Awards Finalist for Young People's Literature
Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.
Recorded at the NYU Skirball.
Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker.
Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.
More at www.nationalbook.org.
Translated from the Korean by Anton Hur
Algonquin Books / Hachette Book Group
2023 National Book Awards Finalists for Translated Literature
Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.
Recorded at the NYU Skirball.
Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker.
Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.
More at www.nationalbook.org.
Translated from the French by Sam Taylor
Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Macmillan Publishers
2023 National Book Awards Finalists for Translated Literature
Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.
Recorded at the NYU Skirball.
Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker.
Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.
More at www.nationalbook.org.
Translated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman
World Editions
2023 National Book Awards Finalists for Translated Literature
Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.
Recorded at the NYU Skirball.
Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker.
Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.
More at www.nationalbook.org.
On a Woman’s Madness by Astrid Roemer
Translated from the Dutch by Lucy Scott
Two Lines Press
2023 National Book Awards Finalists for Translated Literature
Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.
Recorded at the NYU Skirball.
Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker.
Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.
More at www.nationalbook.org.
Wesleyan University Press
2023 National Book Awards Finalist for Poetry
Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.
Recorded at the NYU Skirball.
Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker.
Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.
More at www.nationalbook.org.
Georgia Review Books / University of Georgia Press
2023 National Book Awards Finalist for Poetry
Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.
Recorded at the NYU Skirball.
Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker.
Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.
More at www.nationalbook.org.
Graywolf Press
2023 National Book Awards Finalist for Poetry
Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.
Recorded at the NYU Skirball.
Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker.
Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.
More at www.nationalbook.org.
Hogarth / Penguin Random House
2023 National Book Awards Finalist for Nonfiction
Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.
Recorded at the NYU Skirball.
Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker.
Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.
More at www.nationalbook.org.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Macmillan Publishers
2023 National Book Awards Finalist for Nonfiction
Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.
Recorded at the NYU Skirball.
Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker.
Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.
More at www.nationalbook.org.
Knopf / Penguin Random House
2023 National Book Awards Finalist for Nonfiction
Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.
Recorded at the NYU Skirball.
Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker.
Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.
More at www.nationalbook.org.
Other Press
2023 National Book Awards Finalist for Nonfiction
Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.
Recorded at the NYU Skirball.
Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker.
Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.
More at www.nationalbook.org.
Pantheon Books / Penguin Random House
2023 National Book Awards Finalists for Fiction
Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.
Recorded at the NYU Skirball.
Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker.
Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.
More at www.nationalbook.org.
2023 National Book Awards Finalists for Fiction
Simon & Schuster
Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.
Recorded at the NYU Skirball.
Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker.
Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.
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How to Communicate, John Lee Clark
W. W. Norton & Company
2023 National Book Awards Finalists for Poetry
Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.
Recorded at the NYU Skirball.
Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker.
Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.
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W. W. Norton & Company
2023 National Book Awards Finalists for Fiction
Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.
Recorded at the NYU Skirball.
Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker.
Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.
More at www.nationalbook.org.
Henry Holt and Company / Macmillan Publishers
2023 National Book Awards Finalists for Fiction
Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.
Recorded at the NYU Skirball.
Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker.
Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.
More at www.nationalbook.org.
To learn more about the 2023 National Book Award Finalists, and support our year-round work: nationalbook.org/awards2023
The evening included the presentation of the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community to Paul Yamazaki by Mitchell Kaplan, and the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to Rita Dove by Jericho Brown. The Winners of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, Translated Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction were also announced live.
To learn more about the 2023 National Book Award Finalists, and support our year-round work: nationalbook.org/awards2023
Nov 15, 2023 • Cipriani Wall Street, New York
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Nov 15, 2023 • Cipriani Wall Street, New York
More about the 2023 National Book Awards and the National Book Foundation at www.nationalbook.org/awards2023
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A First Time for Everything
By Dan Santat
First Second / Macmillan Publishers
www.nationalbook.org/awards2023
The Words That Remain
By Stênio Gardel
Translated from the Portuguese by Bruna Dantas Lobato
New Vessel Press
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from unincorporated territory [åmot]
by Craig Santos Perez
Omnidawn Publishing
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The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
by Ned Blackhawk
Yale University Press
www.nationalbook.org/awards2023
Justin Torres
Blackouts
Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Macmillan Publishers
www.nationalbook.org/awards
The National Book Foundation, presenter of the National Book Awards, honored Rita Dove with the 2023 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (DCAL). Dove’s sweeping body of work features eleven books of poetry, including Museum, Grace Notes, Selected Poems, Mother Love, On the Bus with Rosa Parks, American Smooth, Sonata Mulattica, Playlist for the Apocalypse, and her debut collection, The Yellow House on the Corner; a novel, Through the Ivory Gate; a collection of her Poet Laureate lectures titled The Poet’s World; a short story collection, Fifth Sunday; and the play The Darker Face of the Earth. She is the Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Thomas and Beulah, her third collection of poetry based loosely on the lives of her maternal grandparents. From 1993 to 1995, Dove served as the first Black Poet Laureate of the United States. Dove, whose career-spanning Collected Poems 1974–2004 was an NAACP Image Award winner and a Finalist for the 2016 National Book Award for Poetry, was presented with the DCAL Medal by author, National Book Award Finalist, and Pulitzer Prize winner Jericho Brown.
nationalbook.org/awards2023
The evening included the presentation of the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community to Paul Yamazaki by Mitchell Kaplan, and the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to Rita Dove by Jericho Brown. The Winners of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, Translated Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction were also announced live.
To learn more about the 2023 National Book Award Finalists, and support our year-round work: nationalbook.org/awards2023
The National Book Foundation, presenter of the National Book Awards, honored Paul Yamazaki, principal buyer at City Lights Booksellers & Publishers in San Francisco, California, as the recipient of its 2023 Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community. Starting out as a part-time clerk at City Lights in 1970, Yamazaki has mentored generations of booksellers, and his collaborative approach to bookselling has elevated countless authors, shaping the United States’ literary landscape for over 50 years. A champion for books, writers, publishers, and independent bookstores, Yamazaki was presented with the Literarian Award by past recipient and revered bookseller Mitchell Kaplan.
nationalbook.org/awards2023
The evening included the presentation of the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community to Paul Yamazaki by Mitchell Kaplan, and the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to Rita Dove by Jericho Brown. The Winners of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, Translated Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction were also announced live.
To learn more about the 2023 National Book Award Finalists, and support our year-round work: nationalbook.org/awards2023
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