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    Christy Lefteri's novel <em>The Beekeeper of Aleppo </em>has won the third annual Aspen Words Literary Prize.
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    'The Beekeeper Of Aleppo' Wins 2020 Aspen Words Literary Prize

    Apr 16, 2020
    Christy Lefteri's novel of the Syrian refugee crisis won the third annual award, which doles out $35,000 for fiction that illuminates a pressing social issue.
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    Just five books have been named finalists for the 2020 Aspen Words Literary Prize: <em>Patsy</em>, by Nicole Dennis-Benn; <em>Lost Children Archive</em>, by Valeria Luiselli; <em>Lot</em>, by Bryan Washington; <em>Opioid,</em> <em>Indiana</em>, by Brian
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    5 Finalists Still Have A Chance At Aspen Words Literary Prize

    Feb 19, 2020
    The annual award, doled out in partnership with NPR, honors fiction that doesn't shy from grappling with thorny social issues. Just one of the five books remaining will win $35,000 come April.
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    "It's thrilling to see Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson's exceptional work recognized by the Caldecott, Newbery, and Coretta Scott King Book Award committees," Cat Onder, senior vice president and publisher of HMH Books for Young Readers, tells NPR of <e
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    'The Undefeated' Wins Caldecott Medal, While 'New Kid' Picks Up Newbery

    Jan 27, 2020
    Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson's book won the Caldecott, the top prize for picture books, and Jerry Craft's novel won the Newbery for kids' books.
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    Winners of this year's National Book Awards each receive $10,000 along with their prize.
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    National Book Awards Handed To Susan Choi, Arthur Sze And More

    Nov 20, 2019
    The novelist and poet joined Sarah M. Broom, László Krasznahorkai, Ottilie Mulzet, and Martin W. Sandler as winners Wednesday night — receiving $10,000 and a medallion for their front covers.
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    The writer who wins next year's Aspen Words Literary Prize will join Tayari Jones and Mohsin Hamid on the list of winners of the young award.<em></em>
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    EXCLUSIVE: 'Nickel Boys,' 'Other Americans' Among Nominees For Aspen Words Prize

    Nov 14, 2019
    The literary prize, which honors fiction that tackles tough social issues, has announced a longlist of 16 titles. The nominees for the $35,000 prize include some big names and plenty of debuts.
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    Twenty-five books remain in consideration for the five National Book Awards that will be doled out Nov. 20 in New York City. Among the names to be found on the 2019 shortlists: Marlon James, Susan Choi, Jason Reynolds, Carolyn Forche and Laila Lalami, am
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    Here Are The Finalists For The 2019 National Book Awards

    Oct 08, 2019
    The shortlists this year include Marlon James, Susan Choi, Carolyn Forché, Jason Reynolds and more than two dozen other authors and translators. Winners in five categories will be unveiled next month.
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    Fifty books made the cut for the 2019 National Book Award longlists. Winners will be announced in November.
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    Here Are The Nominees For The 2019 National Book Awards

    Sep 20, 2019
    Colson Whitehead and Marlon James headline the longlists of names in contention for the literary prize. Altogether, 50 books across five categories stand a chance at winning in November.
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    Clockwise from top left: <em>Quichotte</em><em> </em>by Salman Rushdie; <em>Ducks, Newburyport</em> by Lucy Ellmann; <em>An Orchestra of</em> Minorities<em> </em>by Chigozie Obioma; <em>10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange</em> World<em> </em>by Elif Sh
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    Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie Headline 2019 Booker Prize Shortlist

    Sep 03, 2019
    Atwood made the list for her sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, and Rushdie for his reimagining of Don Quixote. Chigozie Obioma, Elif Shafak, Lucy Ellmann and Bernardine Evaristo round out the finalists.
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    Tayari Jones speaks onstage at the Women In The World Summit earlier this year in in New York City. On Wednesday, Jones' novel <em>An American Marriage</em> won the prestigious Women's Prize for Fiction.
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    Tayari Jones' 'Exquisitely Intimate' Novel Wins Women's Prize For Fiction

    Jun 05, 2019
    An American Marriage won the nearly $40,000 award, once known as the Orange Prize, at a ceremony Tuesday in London. "We all loved this brilliant book," the judges said.
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    Pulitzer Prizes Honor Journalists Under Threat With New Crop Of Winners

    Apr 15, 2019
    Judges sought to support the media "even if some wrongly degrade [it] as the enemy of the very democracy it serves." Honors went to The Advocate in Baton Rouge, La., Florida's Sun-Sentinel and others.
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    The Aspen Words Literary Prize finalists, clockwise from top left: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's <em>Friday Black</em>; David Chariandy's <em>Brother</em>; Jennifer Clement's <em>Gun Love</em>; Tommy Orange's <em>There There</em>; and Tayari Jones' <em>An A
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    Tayari Jones Takes Home Aspen Words Literary Prize For 'An American Marriage'

    Apr 11, 2019
    The novel earned Jones the $35,000 award for tackling difficult social issues in fiction. The prize's head judge says the book is "going to have a place in the literary imagination for a long time."
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    The 2019 Whiting Award recipients (clockwise from top left): poet Kayleb Rae Candrilli, poet Tyree Daye, novelist Hernan Diaz, playwright Michael R. Jackson, fiction writer Terese Marie Mailhot, nonfiction writer Nadia Owusu, playwright Lauren Yee, poet
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    'The Future Of Literature': Whiting Awards Celebrate 10 Emerging Writers

    Mar 20, 2019
    The novelists, poets and playwrights won Wednesday partly for their work so far, but also for the promise they've shown. If previous winners are an indication, it's a promise they're likely to keep.
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    The 2019 Aspen Words Literary Prize shortlist (clockwise from top left): <em>There There</em>, by Tommy Orange; <em>Friday Black</em>, by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah; <em>An American Marriage</em>, by Tayari Jones<em></em>; <em>Brother</em>, by David Charia
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    EXCLUSIVE: Aspen Words Literary Prize Unveils Its Finalists

    Feb 20, 2019
    Five books remain in the running: Tommy Orange's There There; Tayari Jones' An American Marriage; David Chariandy's Brother; Jennifer Clement's Gun Love; and Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah.
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    Behrouz Boochani, a Kurdish-Iranian journalist and asylum-seeker, won two prestigious Australian literary prizes for his debut, a book composed in text messages sent from a detention center on Manus Island.
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    Asylum-Seeker Barred From Entering Australia Wins Its Richest Literary Prize

    Jan 31, 2019
    Behrouz Boochani, who has been detained offshore since 2013, had to compose his debut using WhatsApp messages. Now, that book has earned him the Victorian Prize for Literature
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    An excerpt of Sophie Blackall's Caldecott-winning <em>Hello Lighthouse.</em>
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    'Merci Suárez' Wins Newbery Medal, and 'Hello Lighthouse' Draws Caldecott

    Jan 28, 2019
    The world of children's books gave out its most prestigious prizes Monday at the American Library Association's conference in Seattle. Works by Meg Medina and Sophie Blackall won the headline honors.
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    Sigrid Nunez, Elizabeth Acevedo Among 2018 National Book Award Winners

    Nov 14, 2018
    Nunez and Acevedo won for fiction and young people's literature, respectively. The prestigious literary prize also honored Jeffrey C. Stewart, Justin Phillip Reed, Yoko Tawada and Margaret Mitsutani.
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    The 2018 Kirkus Prize winners (from left to right): <em>Severance</em>, by Ling Ma; <em>Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut</em>, by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James;<em> Call Them by Their True Names</em>, by Rebecca Solnit.
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    Here Are The Winners Of The 2018 Kirkus Prizes

    Oct 25, 2018
    Ling Ma's debut, Severance, won for fiction. Crown earned Derrick Barnes and Gordon James the young readers' prize. And Rebecca Solnit's essays, Call Them by Their True Names, won nonfiction laurels.
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