Date Established:
- 1950
National Book Award for Nonfiction
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Presenting Organization
National Book Foundation
The National Book Foundation, founded 1988, is a non-profit American literary foundation established "to raise the cultural appreciation of great writing in America." It achieves this through sponsoring the National Book Award, including the medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters...
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