Last night Louise Erdrich won the National Book Award for Fiction with The Round House, a novel about racial injustice on a North Dakota reservation. The nonfiction category was won by Katherine Boo for Behind the Beautiful forever: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity. She tells the story of the slum dwellers struggle in the shadow of luxury hotels in India. The award for Young People's Literature went to William Alexander for Goblin Secrets. The Poetry award went to David Perry for Bewilderment: New Poems and translations. Arthur Sulzberger Jr., publisher of the New York Times was honored with the Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community. The award for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters went to novelist Elmore Leonard.
To be eligible for an award, a book must have been written by a United States citizen. Winners receive $10,000 and a bronze statue.
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