Date Established:
- 1950
National Book Award for Nonfiction
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Category of
National Book Award
The National Book Awards are a set of annual U.S. literary awards. At the final "National Book Awards Ceremony" every November, the National Book Foundation presents the NBAs and two lifetime achievement awards to people. The National Book Awards were established in 1936 by the American Booksellers...
Presenting Organization
National Book Foundation
The National Book Foundation, established 1989 by National Book Awards, Inc. is an American nonprofit organization established "to raise the cultural appreciation of great writing in America." It does that partly and most visibly as administrator and sponsor of the National Book Awards, a changing...
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