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National Book Award finalists for 2009 were announced today. (Photo: National
Book Award Finalists / NBA.org).
The National Book Award finalists for 2009 have just been announced by the National Book Foundation. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the awards. The list of finalists follows.
The poster at the right shows the covers of all 20 finalists.
Special awards will also be given this year to Gore Vidal-- a Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters--and to Dave Eggers, the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community.
It is an honor for both the author and the publisher for a book to be nominated for the award. Final selections are made by a committee for each category in Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, and Young People's Literature.
2009 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTS
Fiction
- Bonnie Jo Campbell, American Salvage (Wayne State University Press)
- Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin (Random House)
- Daniyal Mueenuddin, In Other Rooms, Other Wonders (W.W. Norton & Co.)
- Jayne Anne Phillips, Lark and Termite (Alfred A. Knopf)
- Marcel Theroux, Far North (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Nonfiction
- David M. Carroll, Following the Water: A Hydromancer's Notebook (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
- Sean B. Carroll, Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
- Greg Grandin, Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City (Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt)
- Adrienne Mayor, The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy (Princeton University Press)
- T. J. Stiles, The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Alfred A. Knopf)
Poetry
- Rae Armantrout, Versed (Wesleyan University Press)
- Ann Lauterbach, Or to Begin Again, (Viking Penguin)
- Carl Phillips, Speak Low (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
- Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, Open Interval (University of Pittsburgh Press)
- Keith Waldrop, Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy (University of California Press)
Young People’s Literature
- Deborah Heiligman, Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith (Henry Holt)
- Phillip Hoose, Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
- David Small, Stitches (W.W. Norton & Co.)
- Laini Taylor, Lips Touch: Three Times (Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic)
- Rita Williams-Garcia, Jumped (HarperTeen/HarperCollins)
Judges for the 2009 National Book Awards are:
- Fiction panel: Charles Johnson (chair), Alan Cheuse, Junot Díaz, Jennifer Egan, Lydia Millet
- Nonfiction panel: David Blight (chair), Amanda Foreman, Steve Olson, Camille Paglia, John Phillip Santos
- Poetry panel: Cole Swensen (Chair), Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, A. Van Jordan, Kevin Young
- Young People's Literature panel: Nancy Werlin (Chair), Kathi Appelt, Coe Booth, Carolyn Coman, Gene Luen Yang
The awards ceremony celebrating the finalists and announcing the winner from each category will be held November 18 at Cipriani on Wall Street. Andy Borowitz, actor, comedian and satirist, will emcee the event.
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Connie Ann Kirk is the author of 10 published books and has a Ph.D. in English. She is at work on a novel and a screenplay. Contact Connie at: LiteratureExaminer@gmail.com. Also check out her National Books on Film Examiner page.
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