The National Book Awards were given out last night here in New York, and Louise Erdrich took home the prize for fiction for “The Round House,” a novel about racial injustice. List of winners below, a full report from the gala
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Young People's Literature: William Alexander, Goblin Secrets (Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing) Poetry: David Ferry, Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations(University of Chicago Press) Nonfiction: Katherine Boo, Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity (Random House) Fiction: Louise Erdrich, The Round House (Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers)See all of the nominees
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