The 2009 National Book Award Winners

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The 2009 National Book Award Winners

Nov 19 2009

The winners of the 2009 National Book Awards have been announced at the National Book Foundation's 60th National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner.

This year's winners are:

Fiction: Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin (Random House)
Nonfiction: T.J. Stiles, The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Knopf)
Poetry: Keith Waldrop, Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy (University of California Press)
Young People's Literature: Phillip Hoose, Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (FSG)

McCann dedicated his award to "one fan," another Irish-American writer, "good old Frank McCourt," who died earlier this year. "I think he's dancing upstairs."

Awards were also given to Gore Vidal for his "Distinguished Contribution to American Letters" and to Dave Eggers for "Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community."

Source: Los Angeles Times

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