The National Book Foundation announced the 2009 National Book Award Winners last night in a ceremony in New York City.
The winners are:
Young People's Literature
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
by Phillip Hoose
Poetry
Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy
by Keith Waldrop
Nonfiction
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
by T. J. Stiles
Fiction
Let the Great World Spin by
Colum McCann
Distinguished Contribution to American Letters
Gore Vidal
The Literarian Award
Dave Eggers
The Best of the National Book Awards Fiction
The Complete Stories
by Flannery O'Connor
You can catch the ceremony on C-Span 2's BookTV on Saturday, November 21 at 8:00 pm.
