National Book Awards Handed To Susan Choi, Arthur Sze And More
NPRNational Book Awards Handed To Susan Choi, Arthur Sze And More Enlarge this image toggle caption Priscila Zambotto/Getty Images Priscila Zambotto/Getty Images Updated at 10:04 p.m. The winners of the 70th annual National Book Awards are: Fiction: Susan Choi's Trust Exercise Nonfiction: Sarah M. Broom's The Yellow House Poetry: Arthur Sze's Sight Lines Translated literature: Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming, by László Krasznahorkai and translator Ottilie Mulzet Young people's literature: Martin W. Sandler's 1919: The Year That Changed America Sponsor Message Want to see the full list of finalists too? Watch the full ceremony Wednesday night's winners were also joined — in a more tangible way — by a couple of honorees whose names were released earlier by the National Book Foundation. Sponsor Message The Finalists Fiction Susan Choi, Trust Exercise Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Sabrina & Corina: Stories Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf Laila Lalami, The Other Americans Julia Phillips, Disappearing Earth Nonfiction Poetry Jericho Brown, The Tradition Toi Derricotte, "I": New and Selected Poems Ilya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic Carmen Giménez Smith, Be Recorder Arthur Sze, Sight Lines Translated literature Khaled Khalifa, Death Is Hard Work Translated from Arabic by Leri Price Translated from Arabic by Leri Price László Krasznahorkai, Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming Translated from Hungarian by Ottilie Mulzet Scholastique Mukasonga, The Barefoot Woman Translated from French by Jordan Stump Translated from French by Jordan Stump Yoko Ogawa, The Memory Police Translated from Japanese by Stephen Snyder Translated from Japanese by Stephen Snyder Pajtim Statovci, Crossing Translated from Finnish by David Hackston Young people's literature