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At the national book awards ceremony and dinner held in new york city each november, the chair of each judging panel announce the winners of the years national book awards. Current and previous winners of the national book awards. The national book foundation announced the winners of the 2015 national book awards in a moving ceremony tuesday night mcd by the new yorkers andy borowitz, the evening was a. Coatess between the world and me, one of the years topselling and mostdiscussed books, won the award for nonfiction.
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