#National Book Award

#National Book Award

Ralph Ellison's first novel, Invisible Man, received the National Book Award in 1953.

Ellison believed the state of US fiction was unhappy and receiving the award was an 'attempt' rather than an achievement. [ more ]

Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man received the National Book Award in 1953 for its attempt at a major novel.

Ellison's evaluation of his own work was that of an attempt rather than an achievement.

Ellison takes art and the novel seriously and his ideas are overwhelming. [ more ]

Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man received the National Book Award in 1953 for its attempt at a major novel.

Ellison's evaluation of his own work was that of an attempt rather than an achievement.

Ellison takes art and the novel seriously and his ideas are overwhelming. [ more ]

Justin Torres' novel Blackouts won the National Book Award for fiction.

The nonfiction prize was awarded to Ned Blackhawk's The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History.

Dan Santat's A First Time for Everything won the award for young people's literature. [ more ]

Blackouts is the winner of the National Book Award for Fiction.

The novel focuses on recovering the history of erased and ignored gay lives. [ more ]

Justin Torres' novel Blackouts won the National Book Award for fiction.

During his speech, Torres invited all the other finalists to deliver a collective statement calling for a cease-fire in Gaza.

LeVar Burton and Oprah Winfrey also spoke out against the banning of books from public schools. [ more ]