National Book Award for Nonfiction

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literary award nonfiction award

The National Book Award for Nonfiction is a prestigious American literary prize honoring outstanding works of nonfiction published in the United States.

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National Book Award for Nonfiction canonical 41
National Book Award 2
National Book Award for Contemporary Affairs 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literary award ⓘ
nonfiction award ⓘ
awardCeremonyHeldIn New York City ⓘ
awardedForTheFirstTime 1950 ⓘ
awardFor literary excellence in nonfiction ⓘ
outstanding nonfiction book ⓘ
awardIncludes medal ⓘ
monetary prize ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
eligibility authors of any nationality ⓘ
books published in the United States ⓘ
fieldOfWork literature ⓘ
publishing industry ⓘ
formerName National Book Award for Nonfiction self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: National Book Award for Nonfiction (General Nonfiction) in some years
foundedBy American book industry organizations ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
genre nonfiction ⓘ
hasAwardCategory Fiction (separate category) ⓘ
Poetry (separate category) ⓘ
Translated Literature (separate category) ⓘ
Young People’s Literature (separate category) ⓘ
hasRecognition one of the most prestigious American literary awards ⓘ
hasTopic American literature ⓘ
nonfiction literature ⓘ
inception 1950 ⓘ
isPartOfSeries National Book Foundation ⓘ
surface form: National Book Awards program
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
location United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
mediaType book ⓘ
notableWinner Ibram X. Kendi ⓘ
James Baldwin ⓘ
Jonathan Franzen ⓘ
Rachel Carson ⓘ
Robert A. Caro ⓘ
surface form: Robert Caro

Ta-Nehisi Coates ⓘ
officialWebsite https://www.nationalbook.org ⓘ
organizer National Book Foundation ⓘ
partOf National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ
surface form: National Book Awards
presentedBy National Book Foundation ⓘ
publicationRequirement must be published in the United States within the award year ⓘ
selectionCriterion contribution to the field of nonfiction ⓘ
literary merit ⓘ
originality ⓘ
quality of writing ⓘ
selectionProcess judged by panel of writers, critics, librarians, and booksellers ⓘ
shortTitle NBA for Nonfiction ⓘ
sponsor National Book Foundation ⓘ

Referenced by (59)

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
George F. Kennan → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Book Award
Norman Mailer → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Book Award
Maxine Hong Kingston → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
Rachel Carson → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
Ta-Nehisi Coates → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
Ibram X. Kendi → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
André Malraux → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
National Book Award for Nonfiction → formerName → National Book Award for Nonfiction self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Book Award for Nonfiction (General Nonfiction) in some years
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents → nominatedFor → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
Douglas Hofstadter → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Book Award for Science (US)
The Right Stuff → awarded → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
Gore Vidal → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
John Clive (historian) → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
subject surface form: John Clive
this entity surface form: National Book Award for History and Biography
Maxine Ting Ting Hong → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
China Men → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
The Sea Around Us → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
Patti Smith → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
Gödel, Escher, Bach → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Book Award for Science (paperback)
Ève Curie → notableAward → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
Carson → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
subject surface form: Rachel Carson
Tracy Kidder → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
Abraham Pais → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Book Award for Science (USA)
Coates → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
subject surface form: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Between the World and Me → awarded → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
Between the World and Me → awardYear → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction
Ibram → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
subject surface form: Ibram X. Kendi
Kendi → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
subject surface form: Ibram X. Kendi
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America → awarded → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
Ibram Xolani Kendi → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
Ron Chernow → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
Ibram Henry Rogers → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
subject surface form: Ibram X. Kendi
Ibram Henry Rogers → notableAchievement → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
subject surface form: Ibram X. Kendi
this entity surface form: National Book Award for Nonfiction for "Stamped from the Beginning"
John W. Dower → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
Fordlandia → awarded → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Book Award for Nonfiction finalist
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Book Award for Nonfiction nomination
National Book Foundation → awards → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
Joan Didion → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
NBA for Nonfiction → fullName → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
NBA for Nonfiction → formerName → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Book Award for Nonfiction (Hardcover) and (Paperback) in some years
Tom Wolfe → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
Hofstadter → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
subject surface form: Douglas Hofstadter
this entity surface form: National Book Award for Science
Judith Thurman → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
Edward Ball → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
subject surface form: Slaves in the Family
Edward Ball → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
Frances Fitzgerald → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
subject surface form: Frances FitzGerald
this entity surface form: National Book Award for Contemporary Affairs
Frances Fitzgerald → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
subject surface form: Fire in the Lake
this entity surface form: National Book Award for Contemporary Affairs
National Book Award for Translated Literature → hasCategoryRelation → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
Master of the Senate → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
Katherine Boo → awardReceived → National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ