National Book Award

National Book Award är ett av USA:s mest prestigefyllda litterära priser. Priset delas ut årligen sedan 1950 av universitetet The New School i New York.

Pristagare

Romankonst

ÅrFörfattareOriginaltitelSvensk titel
1950Nelson AlgrenThe Man with the Golden ArmMannen med den gyllene armen
1951William FaulknerThe Collected Stories of William Faulkner
1952James JonesFrom Here to EternityHärifrån till evigheten
1953Ralph EllisonInvisible ManOsynlig man
1954Saul BellowThe Adventures of Augie MarchAugie Marchs äventyr
1955William FaulknerA FableEn legend
1956John O'HaraTen North Frederick
1957Wright MorrisThe Field of Vision
1958John CheeverThe Wapshot Chronicle
1959Bernard MalamudThe Magic BarrelDen magiska tunnan
1960Philip RothGoodbye, ColumbusFarväl, Columbus och fem noveller
1961Conrad RichterThe Waters of Kronos
1962Walker PercyThe Moviegoer
1963J. F. PowersMorte d'Urban
1964John UpdikeThe CentaurKentauren
1965Saul BellowHerzogHerzog
1966Katherine Anne PorterThe Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
1967Bernard MalamudThe Fixer
1968Thornton WilderThe Eighth Day
1969Jerzy KosińskiStepsSteg
1970Joyce Carol Oatesthemdom där
1971Saul BellowMr. Sammler's PlanetMr Sammlers planet
1972Flannery O'ConnorThe Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
1973John BarthChimera
1973John Edward WilliamsAugustus
1974Thomas PynchonGravity's RainbowGravitationens regnbåge
1974Isaac Bashevis SingerA Crown of Feathers and Other Stories
1975Robert StoneDog Soldiers
1975Thomas WilliamsThe Hair of Harold Roux
1976William GaddisJ R
1977Wallace StegnerThe Spectator Bird
1978Mary Lee SettleBlood Tie
1979Tim O'BrienGoing After Cacciato
1980 William StyronSophie's ChoiceSophies val
1980 John IrvingThe World According to GarpGarp och hans värld
1981 Wright MorrisPlains Song
1981 John CheeverThe Stories of John Cheever
1982 John UpdikeRabbit Is RichHaren är rik
1982 William MaxwellSo Long, See You Tomorrow
1983 Alice WalkerThe Color PurplePurpurfärgen
1983 Eudora WeltyCollected Stories of Eudora Welty
1984Ellen GilchristVictory Over Japan: A Book of Stories
1985Don DeLilloWhite NoiseVitt brus
1986E.L. DoctorowWorld's FairVärldsutställning
1987Larry HeinemannPaco's Story
1988Pete DexterParis Trout
1989John CaseySpartina
1990Charles JohnsonMiddle Passage
1991Norman RushMating
1992Cormac McCarthyAll the Pretty HorsesDessa vackra hästar
1993Annie ProulxThe Shipping NewsSjöfartsnytt
1994William GaddisA Frolic of His Own
1995Philip RothSabbath's Theater
1996Andrea BarrettShip Fever and Other Stories
1997Charles FrazierCold Mountain
1998Alice McDermottCharming Billy
1999Ha JinWaitingTvå kärlekar
2000Susan SontagIn AmericaI Amerika
2001Jonathan FranzenThe CorrectionsTillrättalägganden
2002Julia GlassThree Junes
2003Shirley HazzardThe Great Fire
2004Lily TuckThe News from Paraguay
2005William T. VollmannEurope Central
2006Richard PowersThe Echo MakerMinnets eko
2007Denis JohnsonTree of Smoke
2008Peter MatthiessenShadow Country
2009Colum McCannLet the Great World SpinVärldens väldighet
2010Jaimy GordonLord of Misrule
2011Jesmyn WardSalvage the BonesRädda varje spillra
2012Louise ErdrichThe Round House
2013James McBrideThe Good Lord Bird
2014Phil KlayRedeployment
2015Adam JohnsonFortune Smiles
2016Colson WhiteheadThe Underground RailroadDen underjordiska järnvägen
2017Jesmyn WardSing, Unburied, SingDe dödas sång
2018Sigrid NunezThe Friend

Fakta

ÅrFörfattareOriginaltitelSvensk titel
1950Ralph L. RuskRalph Waldo Emerson
1951Newton ArvinHerman Melville
1952Rachel CarsonThe Sea Around Us
1953Bernard A. DeVotoThe Course of Empire
1954Bruce CattonA Stillness at Appomattox
1955Joseph Wood KrutchThe Measure of Man
1956Herbert KublyAn American in Italy
1957George F. KennanRussia Leaves the War
1958Catherine Drinker BowenThe Lion and the Throne
1959J. Christopher HeroldMistress to an Age: A Life of Madame De Stael
1960Richard EllmannJames Joyce
1961William L. ShirerThe Rise and Fall of the Third ReichDet tredje rikets uppgång och fall: det nazistiska Tysklands historia
1962Lewis MumfordThe City in History: Its Origins, its Transformations and its Prospects
1963Leon EdelHenry James, Vol. II: The Conquest of London, Henry James, Vol. III: The Middle Years
1964–1983Inget pris delades ut i denna kategori
1984Robert V. ReminiAndrew Jackson & the Course of American Democracy, 1833-1845
1985J. Anthony LukasCommon Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families
1986Barry LopezArctic Dreams
1987Richard RhodesThe Making of the Atomic Bomb
1988Neil SheehanA Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
1989Thomas FriedmanFrom Beirut to Jerusalem
1990Ron ChernowThe House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
1991Orlando PattersonFreedom
1992Paul MonetteBecoming a Man: Half a Life Story
1993Gore VidalUnited States: Essays 1952-1992
1994Sherwin B. NulandHow We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter
1995Tiina RosenbergThe Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism
1996James P. CarrollAn American Requiem: God, My Father, and the War that Came Between Us
1997Joseph J. EllisAmerican Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
1998Edward BallSlaves in the Family
1999John W. DowerEmbracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II
2000Nathaniel PhilbrickIn the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
2001Andrew SolomonThe Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
2002Robert A. CaroMaster of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson
2003Carlos EireWaiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy
2004Kevin BoyleArc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
2005Joan DidionThe Year of Magical ThinkingEtt år av magiskt tänkande
2006Timothy EganThe Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
2007Tim WeinerLegacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
2008Annette Gordon-ReedThe Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family
2009T.J. StilesThe First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
2010Patti SmithJust KidsJust Kids
2011Stephen GreenblattThe Swerve: How the World Became Modern
2012Katherine Boo Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai UndercityBakom det evigt vackra
2013George PackerThe Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America
2014Evan OsnosAge of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China
2015Ta-Nehisi CoatesBetween the World and Me
2016Ibram X. KendiStamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
2017Masha GessenThe Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
2018Jeffrey C. StewartThe New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke

Poesi

ÅrFörfattareOriginaltitelSvensk titel
1950William Carlos WilliamsPaterson: Book III and Selected PoemsPaterson
1951Wallace StevensThe Auroras of Autumn
1952Marianne MooreCollected Poems
1953Archibald MacLeishCollected Poems, 1917-1952
1954Conrad AikenCollected Poems
1955Wallace StevensThe Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens
1956W.H. AudenThe Shield of Achilles
1957Richard WilburThings of This World
1958Robert Penn WarrenPromises: Poems, 1954-1956
1959Theodore RoethkeWords for the Wind
1960Robert LowellLife Studies
1961Randall JarrellThe Woman at the Washington Zoo
1962Alan DuganPoems
1963William StaffordTraveling Through the Dark
1964John Crowe RansomSelected Poems
1965Theodore RoethkeThe Far Field
1966James DickeyBuckdancer's Choice
1967James MerrillNights and Days
1968Robert BlyThe Light Around the Body
1969John BerrymanHis Toy, His Dream, His RestDrömsånger
1970Elizabeth BishopThe Complete Poems
1971Mona Van DuynTo See, To Take
1972Frank O'HaraThe Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara
1972Howard MossSelected Poems
1973A. R. AmmonsCollected Poems, 1951-1971
1974Allen GinsbergThe Fall of America: Poems of these States, 1965-1971
1974Adrienne RichDiving into the Wreck: Poems 1971-1972
1975Marilyn HackerPresentation Piece
1976John AshberySelf-portrait in a Convex MirrorSjälvporträtt i en konvex spegel och andra dikter
1977Richard EberhartCollected Poems, 1930-1976
1978Howard NemerovThe Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov
1979James MerrillMirabell: Book of Numbers
1980Philip LevineAshes: Poems New and Old
1981Lisel MuellerThe Need to Hold Still
1982William BronkLife Supports: New and Collected Poems
1983Galway KinnellSelected Poems
1983Charles WrightCountry Music: Selected Early Poems
1985-1990Inget pris delades ut
1991Philip LevineWhat Work Is
1992Mary OliverNew & Selected Poems
1993A. R. AmmonsGarbage
1994James TateA Worshipful Company of Fletchers
1995Stanley KunitzPassing Through: The Later Poems
1996Hayden CarruthScrambled Eggs & Whiskey
1997William Morris Meredith, Jr.Effort at Speech: New & Selected Poems
1998Gerald SternThis Time: New and Selected Poems
1999AiVice: New & Selected Poems
2000Lucille CliftonBlessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988-2000
2001Alan DuganPoems Seven: New and Complete Poetry
2002Ruth StoneIn the Next Galaxy
2003C. K. WilliamsThe Singing
2004Jean ValentineDoor in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965-2003
2005W. S. MerwinMigration: New & Selected Poems
2006Nathaniel MackeySplay Anthem
2007Robert HassTime and Materials: Poems, 1997-2005
2008Mark DotyFire to Fire: New and Collected Poems
2009Keith WaldropTranscendental Studies: A Trilogy
2010Terrance HayesLighthead
2011Nikky FinneyHead Off & Split
2012David FerryBewilderment: New Poems and Translations
2013Mary SzybistIncarnadine
2014Louise GlückFaithful and Virtuous Night
2015Robin Coste LewisVoyage of the Sable Venus
2016Daniel BorzutzkyThe Performance of Becoming Human
2017Frank BidartHalf-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016
2018Justin Phillip ReedIndecency

Ungdomslitteratur

ÅrFörfattareOriginaltitelSvensk titel
1996Victor MartinezParrott In the Oven: MiVida
1997Han NolanDancing on the Edge
1998Louis SacharHoles
1999Kimberly Willis HoltWhen Zachary Beaver Came to Town
2000Gloria WhelanHomeless Bird
2001Virginia Euwer WolffTrue Believer
2002Nancy FarmerThe House of the Scorpion
2003Polly HorvathThe Canning Season
2004Pete HautmanGodless
2005Jeanne BirdsallThe Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
2006M.T. AndersonThe Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. I
2007Sherman AlexieThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time IndianDen absolut sanna historien om mitt liv som halvtidsindian
2008Judy BlundellWhat I Saw and How I Lied
2009Phillip HooseClaudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
2010Kathryn ErskineMockingbird
2011Thanhha LaiInside Out and Back Again
2012William AlexanderGoblin Secrets
2013Cynthia KadohataThe Thing About Luck
2014Jacqueline WoodsonBrown Girl Dreaming
2015Neal ShustermanChallenger Deep
2016John Lewis, Nate Powell och Andrew AydinMarch: Book Three
2017Robin BenwayFar from the Tree
2018Elizabeth AcevedoThe Poet X

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