The 75th National Book Awards, presented at a ceremony and benefit dinner by the

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, took place on November 20, 2024, at Cipriani Wall Street in

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. During the gala, the National Book Foundation presented awards in 5 competitive categories and 2 special categories honoring books released between December 1, 2023 and November 30, 2024. Author

Barbara Kingsolver Barbara Ellen Kingsolver (born April 8, 1955) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, essayist, and poet. Her widely known works include '' The Poisonwood Bible'', the tale of a missionary family in the Congo, and '' Animal, Vegetable, Mira ...

and publisher

Paul Coates Paul V. Coates (March 10, 1921 – November 16, 1968) was an American print and television journalist. He was known for his popular daily newspaper column and as the host of the syndicated tabloid-style television series '' Confidential File'', ...

received special recognitions. Comedian

Kate McKinnon Kate McKinnon Berthold (born January 6, 1984) is an American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2012 to 2022, where she became known for her character work and celebrity im ...

hosted the show alongside musician

Jon Batiste Jonathan Michael Batiste (born November 11, 1986) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, composer, bandleader, and television personality. He has recorded and performed with artists including Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder, Prince (musician), ...

Winners and nominees

The longlisted nominees were announced between September 13, 2024 and the shortlisted nominees were announced on October 1, 2024

Special Recognitions

Author

received the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, a lifetime achievement award, while publisher W. Paul Coates was recognized with the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service.

Judges

The judges in each category are as follows: Fiction *

Jamie Ford Jamie Ford (born July 9, 1968) is an American author. He is best known for his debut novel, ''Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet.'' The book spent 130 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List, and was also awarded best "Adult Fiction" b ...

Lauren Groff Lauren Groff (born July 23, 1978) is an American novelist and short story writer. She has written five novels and two short story collections, including '' Delicate Edible Birds'' (2009), '' Fates and Furies'' (2015), ''Matrix'' (2022), and '' ...

(chair) * Zeyn Joukhadar * Chawa Magaña * Reginald McKnight Nonfiction * Brenda J. Child *

Anand Giridharadas Anand Giridharadas () is an American journalist and political pundit. He is a former columnist for ''The New York Times''. He is the author of four books: ''India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation's Remaking'' (2011), ''The True American: ...

Tressie McMillan Cottom Tressie McMillan Cottom (born October 9, 1976) is an American writer, sociologist, and professor. She is an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill UNC School of Information and Library Science, School of Informatio ...

(chair) *

Timothy Morton Timothy Bloxam Morton (born 19 June 1968) is a professor and Rita Shea Guffey Chair in English at Rice University. A member of the object-oriented philosophy movement, Morton explores the intersection of object-oriented thought and ecological s ...

* Arvin Ramgoolam Poetry *

Richard Blanco Richard Blanco (born February 15, 1968) is an American poet, public speaker, author, playwright, and civil engineer. He is the fifth poet to read at a United States presidential inauguration, having read the poem " One Today" for Barack Oba ...

(chair) *

Carolyn Forché Carolyn Forché (born April 28, 1950) is an American poet, editor, professor, translator, and human rights advocate. She has received many awards for her literary work. Biography Forché was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Michael Joseph and Louise ...

Tyehimba Jess Tyehimba Jess (born 1965 in Detroit) is an American poet. His book '' Olio'' received the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Biography Early life Tyehimba Jess was born Jesse S. Goodwin. He grew up in Detroit, where his father worked in that city' ...

Aimee Nezhukumatathil Aimee Nezhukumatathil (; Malayalam: നേഴുകുമറ്റത്തിൽ; ; born in 1974 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American poet and essayist. She currently serves as poetry editor of Sierra Magazine and as professor of English in the ...

* Rena Priest Translated Literature * Aron Aji *

Jennifer Croft Jennifer Croft is an American writer and translator from Tulsa, Oklahoma. She won a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship for her novel ''The Extinction of Irena Rey,'' a national bestseller and a ''Wall Street Journal'' best book of 2024. It has been transl ...

Jhumpa Lahiri Nilanjana Sudeshna "Jhumpa" LahiriMinzesheimer, Bob, ''USA Today'', August 19, 2003. Retrieved on 2008-04-13. (born July 11, 1967) is a British-American author known for her short stories, novels, and essays in English and, more recently, in I ...

(chair) * Gary Lovely * Julia Sanches Young People's Literature * Rose Brock * Huda Fahmy * Leah Johnson * Mike Jung * Brein Lopez (chair)

References

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