The winners of the 2017 National Book Awards are here

Source : Times of India

Winners of the 2017 National Book Award, one of the most popular annual book awards of the United States of America, were announced onWednesday night 15 November 2017

There are four categories in the National Book awards: Fiction, non-fiction, poetry and young people’s literature. The ceremony also awarded Richard Robinson,the chief executive of the publisher Scholastic who bought Harry Potter to America, the Literarian Award for outstanding service to the literary community. Annie Proulx, author of several short stories including”Brokeback Mountain” was awarded the medal for distinguished contribution to American letters.

Fiction
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

Nonfiction

The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia by Masha Gessen

Poetry