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    Here are the winners of the 2021 National Book Awards.

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    November 17, 2021, 8:37pm

    Tonight, in a digital ceremony hosted by Phoebe Robinson, the National Book Foundation announced the winners of its 2021 National Book Awards in Young People’s Literature, Translated Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction. The winners in each category will receive $10,000 and a bronze medal and statue; finalists will receive $1,000 and a bronze medal. (Bragging rights are also involved.) So without any further ado, raise a glass to your latest crop of National Book Award winners:

    FICTION

    Jason Mott, Hell of a Book
    Dutton / Penguin Random House

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    NONFICTION

    Tiya Miles, All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
    Random House / Penguin Random House

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    POETRY

    Martín Espada, Floaters
    W. W. Norton & Company

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    TRANSLATED LITERATURE

    Elisa Shua Dusapin, Winter in Sokcho
    Translated from the French by Aneesa Abbas Higgins
    (Open Letter)

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    YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE

    Malinda Lo, Last Night at the Telegraph Club
    (Dutton Books for Young Readers / Penguin Random House)

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