After a long ceremony and lots of wonderful speeches about books, presenting the winners of the 2024 National Book Awards:
YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE:
Shifa Saltagi Safadi, Kareem Between
G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers / Penguin Random House
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TRANSLATED LITERATURE:
Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, Taiwan Travelogue
Translated from the Mandarin Chinese by Lin King
Graywolf Press
You can read an excerpt from the book here.
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POETRY:
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, Something About Living
University of Akron Press
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NONFICTION:
Jason De León, Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling
Viking Books / Penguin Random House
You can read an interview with De León here.
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FICTION:
Percival Everett, James
Doubleday / Penguin Random House
You can read more about Percival Everett here.