the National Book Award
/ðə ˌnæʃnəl ˈbʊk əwɔːd/
/ðə ˌnæʃnəl ˈbʊk əwɔːrd/
- any of several awards given each year for a book by a US citizen published in the US. Each winner receives $10 000, and the awards include those for the best works of Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry and Young People's Literature. They started in 1950 and are given by the National Book Foundation.
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