Here are the winners of the 2021 National Book Awards.
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)
