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The national book foundation has announced the 20 national book award longlist for fiction, following previous announcements this week. The 60th national film awards ceremony was an event during which the directorate of film festivals presented its annual national film awards to honour the best films of 2012 in the indian cinema. The new yorker presents the 2016 national book awards finalists, in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young peoples literature. On tuesday night, finalists for the national book awards read from their nominated works at the. National book award judges announced, submissions open. The winners were revealed at the 68th national book awards ceremony. The 2017 national book awards were hosted by emmy and tonywinning actress cynthia nixon, and took place in new york. James franco, farrar, straus and giroux robin benway won the young peoples literature award for far from the tree. Click here for a list of winners from 2000 to the present. Finalists for national book awards announced the new york times. The national book awards make a powerful statement the.
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