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National book foundation, presenter of the national book. List of winners of the national book award wikipedia. Jesmyn wards sing, unburied, sing, a surreal and poetic novel about a struggling family in mississippi, on wednesday night won the national book award. Eligibility for the award was restricted to works published between 1 december 2016 and 30 november 2017. Since 1886, the national academy of sciences has honored outstanding achievement in the physical, biological, and social sciences through its awards program. Jesmyn ward won the national book award for fiction on wednesday night for sing, unburied, sing, a dark, fablelike family epic set in contemporary mississippi that grapples with race.
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