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The poetry award went to robin coste lewis for her collection, voyage of the sable venus knopf. It is only the third time in the national book awards history that a debut collection of poetry has taken the top prize. Coatess between the world and me, one of the years topselling and mostdiscussed books, won the award for nonfiction. Choi, whose mother is jewish and whose father is of korean descent, on wednesday. The first africanamerican writer to win a national book award was ralph ellison for invisible man. Here are the winners of the 2015 national book awards. Oct 15, 2014 just a day after richard flanagan won the man booker prize in london, the literary spotlight sweeps back to the united states for the announcement of the national book awards finalists. Docomomo us is pleased to announce the ten recipients of the 2019 modernism in america awards.
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