National Book Award longlists announced in 2 categories
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The 10 nominees on the longlist for the National Book Award for young people's literature were announced Wednesday
NEW YORK -- Stories ranging from retellings of the myths of Paul Bunyan and of Hans Christian Andersen's “The Snow Queen” to a look back at the Black Panther Party are among the 10 nominees on the longlist for the National Book Award for young people's literature.
On Wednesday, the National Book Foundation also announced the longlist for translated books, with fiction originating from Syria, Chile and South Korea among other countries. The French-language author Maryse Conde, often mentioned as a possible Nobel Prize candidate, received her first National Book Award nomination, at age 84, for her novel “Waiting for the Waters to Rise." Richard Philcox was the translator.
This week, the foundation will reveal its longlists for all five competitive categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, young people's literature and translation.
Judges will narrow the lists to five finalists on Oct. 5 and winners will be announced at a Nov. 17 ceremony in Manhattan. The nonprofit foundation, which presents the awards, plans to hold the event in person this year after making last year's ceremony virtual because of the pandemic.
