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Nov 19, 2015 the national book foundation announced the winners of the 2015 national book awards in a moving ceremony tuesday night mcd by the new yorkers andy borowitz, the evening was a celebration. New york tanehisi coates won the national book award for nonfiction wednesday night for between the world and me, the searing best seller about being black in america. Four of this years poetry finalists are on the list for the first time, the exception being frank bidart, who is a threetime national book award finalist 1997, 2005, and 2008 and a three. Catalog was also a finalist for the 2015 national book award in poetry, the ohioana book award, the balcones poetry prize, the hurstonwright legacy award, and it was nominated for an naacp image award. The winners were announced at a ceremony on wednesday, november 18. The national book awards 2015 awards winners of the 2015 national book award in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young peoples literature were announced at the 66th national book awards benefit dinner and ceremony at cipriani wall street in new york city on november 18, 2015. Among them are jesmyn ward, min jin lee and frank bidart. Tanehisi coates, adam johnson win national book awards.
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