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  • W Paul Coates, Percival Everett feted at US National Book Awards 2024

    W Paul Coates, Percival Everett feted at US National Book Awards 2024

    W Paul Coates and Percival Everett are among the US National Book Awards 20204 winners announced in New York, USA on Wednesday, November 20, 2024. The US National Book Awards are literary awards from the Northern American nation’s National Book Foundation established in 1936. They are conferred on fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young…

  • US National Book Awards 2024 finalists announced

    US National Book Awards 2024 finalists announced

    The US National Book Awards 2024 finalists were announced on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. Here are the writers of African descent on the list. The US National Book Awards are literary awards from the Northern American nation’s National Book Foundation established in 1936. They are conferred on fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young people’s…

  • US National Book Awards 2024 longlists announced

    US National Book Awards 2024 longlists announced

    The longlists for the US National Book Awards 2024 were announced from September 10 – 13, 2024. Here are the writers of African descent on the list. The US National Book Awards are literary awards from the Northern American nations National Book Foundation established in 1936. They are conferred on the categories of fiction, nonfiction,…

  • US National Book Awards 2023 shortlists announced

    US National Book Awards 2023 shortlists announced

    The shortlists for the US National Book Awards 2023 were announced on October 3, 2013. Here are the writers of African descent who made it. The US National Book Awards are literary awards from the Northern American nations National Book Foundation established in 1936. They are conferred on the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated…

  • US National Book Awards 2023 longlists announced

    US National Book Awards 2023 longlists announced

    The longlists for the US National Book Awards 2023 were announced from September 13 – 15, 2013. Here are the writers of African descent who made it. The US National Book Awards are literary awards from the Northern American nations National Book Foundation established in 1936. They are conferred on the categories of fiction, nonfiction,…

  • Scholastique Mukasonga on US National Book Awards 2022 shortlists

    Scholastique Mukasonga on US National Book Awards 2022 shortlists

    Scholastique Mukasonga joined other writers of African descent on the shortlist of the US National Book Awards 2022 announced on October 4. 2022. The US National Book Awards are literary awards from the Northern American nations National Book Foundation established in 1936. They are conferred in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and…

  • Laila Lalami, Scholastique Mukasonga, Akwaeke Emezi are National Book Awards 2019 finalists.

    Laila Lalami, Scholastique Mukasonga, Akwaeke Emezi are National Book Awards 2019 finalists.

    Laila Lalami, Scholastique Mukasonga, and Akwaeke Emezi are finalists for the US National Book Awards 2019 announced on October 8, 2019. The US National Book Foundation presents the National Book Awards and two-lifetime achievement awards to authors every November. The awards are handed out in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young…