» National Book Critics Circle Awards http://countrybookshelf.com Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:04:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 National Book Critics Circle Awards Announced http://countrybookshelf.com/index.php/2009/03/national-book-critics-circle-awards-announced/ http://countrybookshelf.com/index.php/2009/03/national-book-critics-circle-awards-announced/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:57:24 +0000 countrybookshelf http://countrybookshelf.com/?p=263 The National Book Critics Circle Awards were presented yesterday, March 12th in New York City.  The winners, for books published in 2008, are:

Fiction: 2666 by Roberto Bolano (in stock $30)

Non-fiction: The Forever War by Dexter Filkins (in stock $25)

Biography: The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French (in stock $30)

Autobiography: My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq by Ariel Sabar (available to order $25.95)

Poetry: Sleeping It Off in Rapid City by August Kleinzhaler (tie) (available to order; hardcover $26; paperback available 3/31 for $16)

Poetry: Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems (with CD) by Juan Felipe Herrera (tie) (available to order $24.95)

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