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Winners will be announced on thursday, february 28. Winners of the national book critics circle award in fiction. Jan 20, 2015 book critics nominees include lila and a biography of tennessee williams. A fifth category, the national book award for translated literature, was added in 2018, recognizing works in translation for the first time since 1983. President clinton awarded the 1995 national medal of arts, the nations highest cultural honor, to. Far from the tree has received the national book critics circle award for nonfiction. Winners at thursday nights national book critics circle award ceremonies in new york included a trio of local authors.
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