Sunday, December 02, 2007

2007 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS

The 2007 National Book Award Winners were announced in November. These awards are given to American writers, chosen for excellence by panels of American writers [the finalists and the names of the panel members are also listed (along with links to author interviews) on the website].
The winners included:
FICTION
Denis Johnson for Tree of Smoke (NEW JOHNSON, D.)

NONFICTION
Tim Weiner for Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA (NEW 327.1273 WEI)

POETRY
Robert Hass for Time and Materials

YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE
Sherman Alexie for The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (NEW YA FIC ALEXIE, S.)

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