2007 National Book Awards Winners
Concordia is proud to celebrate the winners of the 2007 National Book Awards, announced Nov. 14 in New York by the National Book Foundation. They are:
YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE
Sherman Alexie
“The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian”
(Little, Brown & Company)
POETRY
Robert Hass
“Time and Materials” (Ecco/HarperCollins)
NONFICTION
Tim Weiner
“Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA” (Doubleday)
FICTION
Denis Johnson
“Tree of Smoke” (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
The 2007 finalists were announced Oct. 10 in Philadelphia. Two of the finalists, Woody Holton and Jim Shepard, will speak on campus this spring as a part of the National Book Awards Campus Weekend at Concordia.
The National Book Awards are celebrating their 58th year. The 2007 winners, selected by five-member, independent judging panels for each genre, received a $10,000 cash award and a crystal sculpture. They join the ranks of past winners including William Faulkner, John Updike, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Joyce Carol Oates, Madeleine L’Engle, Henry Kissinger, Louis L’Amour, Beverly Cleary and Charles Frazier.
The National Book Foundation was established in 1989 to expand the impact of the National Book Awards beyond the single focus of literary recognition. The nonprofit foundation is well known for its sponsorship of the awards and is becoming equally known for the free educational programs it presents nationwide. The annual awards ceremony serves as a benefit for the foundation’s charitable efforts.
Learn More:
2007 National Book Award Finalists
2006 Campus Weekend Visiting Authors
National Book Awards Winners
