National Book Awards Turns 60
20 Aug
To celebrate the 60th year of the National Book Awards, the National Book Foundation is presenting a book-a-day blog on the fiction winners from 1950 to 2008. That’s 77 books. See them all at the National Book blog, where presentations run through September 21. Check in from time to time—some of the bloggers may surprise you.
Save the Dates
On September 21, you have a chance to select The Best of the National Book Awards Fiction and win two tickets to the 2009 Awards (the first time in its history they’ll be open to a public vote).
On October 13, the 20 finalists in each of the four categories—Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature—are announced.
On November 18, the 60th National Book Awards ceremony hits, along with the announcements of the winners.
Here’s the list of this year’s judges. You may recognize some names as past winners or finalists. For more info on the judges, see the NBA line-up.
Fiction Judges
Alan Cheuse, Junot Diaz, Jennifer Egan, Charles Johnson, Lydia Millet
Nonfiction Judges
David Blight, Amanda Foreman, Steve Olson, Camille Paglia, John Phillip Santos
Poetry Judges
Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge, A. Van Jordan, Cole Swensen, Kevin Young
Young People’s Literature Judges
Kathi Appelt, Coe Booth, Carolyn Coman, Nancy Werlin, Gene Luen Yang
