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November 22, 2005

2005 National Book Award Winners

The 2005 National book Award Winners for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young people's literature were announced on November 16. The award is sponsored by the National Book Foundation.

Fiction
William T. Vollmann. Europe Central
Vollmann turns his eye to the warring authoritarian cultures of Germany and the USSR in the twentieth century. The result is a perspective on human actions during wartime. Vollmann compares and contrasts the moral decisions made by various figures from this period - some famous, some infamous, some unknown.

Nonfiction
Joan Didion. The Year of Magical Thinking
Chronicles the year following the death of her husband, fellow writer John Gregory Dunne, while the couple's only daughter, Quintana, lay unconscious in a nearby hospital suffering from pneumonia and septic shock.

Poetry
W.S. Merwin. Migration: New and Selected Poems
The definitive volume by one of America's greatest poets.

Young People's Literature
Jeanne Birdsall. The Penderwicks

Posted by Grace at November 22, 2005 11:46 AM

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