National Book Award

2019 National Book Award for Translated Literature Longlist Announced

September 17, 2019 | The Editors of WLT

Today the New Yorker announced the longlist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature. With such a wealth of talent on display, we don’t envy the judges’ task. To aid you, the re...
Verses for Hope, the National Book Award winners, and more

November 18, 2016 | WLT

News, Reviews, and Interviews The National Book Award winners have been announced! Colson Whitehead, Ibram X. Kendi, and Daniel Borzutzky have won for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, respectively....
The National Book Award Finalists, loving your mother tongue, and more

October 7, 2016 | WLT

News, Reviews, and Interviews The 2016 National Book Award finalists have been announced! WLT contributor Viet Thanh Nguyen and NSK Neustadt Prize finalist Jacqueline Woodson are among the t...
Sweden’s ancient forest language, the “thrill” of etymology, and more

September 16, 2016 | WLT

Open books. Photo by Patrick Tomasso/Unsplash News, Reviews, and Interviews The 2016 National Book Awards longlist is now online, and the finalists will be revealed on October 13. Chicano author Rud...
Salman Rushdie on censorship, the Neustadt Festival, and more

October 16, 2015 | WLT

News, Reviews, and Interviews Catch one of our Reader’s Choice essayists Aleš Debeljak at a poetry reading October 21 at the University of Richmond. The event is part of the university’s Writers Serie...
The Neustadt Festival, Halloween literary treats, and more

October 31, 2014 | Kaitlin Hawkins

Mia Couto receiving the Neustadt feather. Photo by Vanesssa Rudloff. Thank you to all of our readers who supported the 2014 Neustadt Festival last week! It was a wonderful celebration of Mia Couto an...
Mo Yan wins the Nobel, Yang Mu wins the Newman, poetry on public transit, and more

October 12, 2012 | Kaitlin Hawkins

This week was filled with award announcements. Below, you'll find links to this week's major literary awards, including the National Book Award and the Nobel Prize for Literature. News, Review...