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From 1964 to 1983, under different administrators, there were multiple nonfiction categories. George packer is a staff writer for the new yorker and the author of the assassins gate. Fiction nominees are rachel kushner, jhumpa lahiri, thomas pynchon, james mcbride, and george saunders. Cynthia kadohata accepts the 20 national book award in young peoples literature. York times bestseller, which won the 20 national book award for nonfiction. James mcbride won the national book award for fiction for his novel set during the civil war, while george packer picked up the nonfiction award for his examination of contemporary america. Current and previous winners of the national book awards, with information on the award and the books which have won it. Katherine boo, national book award winning author of behind the beautiful forevers george packer serves us the history of our own life and times in a magisterial look at the america we lost.
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