The 2017 National Book Award Winners
We have our winners! Another National Book Award ceremony has come and gone. The ceremony was hosted by Cynthia Nixon, with the awards handed out by a judge from each of the categories. Bill Clinton was on hand to present an honorary prize to Scholastic Inc. CEO Richard Robinson, and Anne Hathaway introduced novelist Annie Proulx as she received a lifetime achievement medal.
Here are the 2017 National Book Award winners.
Young People’s Literature
Far from the Tree by Robin Benway
The judges this year were:
- Suzanna Hermans
- Brendan Kiely
- Kekla Magoon
- Meg Medina
- Alex Sanchez
Poetry
Half-Light: Collected Poems 1965-2016 by Frank Bidart
The judges this year were:
- Gregory Pardlo
- Jane Mead
- Nick Flynn
- Monica Youn
- Richard Siken
Nonfiction
The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia by Masha Gessen
The judges this year were:
- Steve Bercu
- Jeff Chang
- Paula J. Giddings
- Ruth Franklin
- Valeria Luiselli
Fiction
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
The judges this year were:
- Alexander Chee
- Dave Eggers
- Annie Philbrick
- Karolina Waclawiak
- Jacqueline Woodson
Congratulations to this year’s winners and all the nominees!
P.S. This is a photo of Jesmyn Ward’s National Book Award, which I took a photo of at the after party (like the literary creeper I am) when she set it down to talk to people next to me.
