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General fiction for adult readers is a national book award category that has been continuous since 1950, with multiple awards for a few years beginning 1980. Edmund white receives the 2019 medal for distinguished contribution to american letters. Click here for a list of winners from 2000 to the present. The winners are selected by an independent, expert and. Sep 17, 2009 in addition to her national book award for the news from paraguay, she also received a nomination for the 2000 penfaulkner award for fictio n for her novel, siam. In addition to her national book award for the news from paraguay, she also received a nomination for the 2000 penfaulkner award for fictio n for her novel, siam.
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