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Posted on September 12, 2018 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The National Book Foundation kicked off its award season with two longlist announcements today: the ten honorees each for translated literature and young people’s literature.
Finalists will be announced October 10, with winners revealed November 14.
Young people’s literature
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The Poet X, by Elizabeth Acevedo.
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The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge, by M. T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin.
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We’ll Fly Away, by Bryan Bliss.
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The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle, by Leslie Connor.
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The Journey of Little Charlie, by Christopher Paul Curtis.
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Hey, Kiddo, by Jarrett J. Krosoczka.
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A Very Large Expanse of Sea, by Tahereh Mafi.
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Blood Water Paint, by Joy McCullough.
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Boots on the Ground: America’s War in Vietnam, by Elizabeth Partridge.
You can learn more about the honorees and their award history here.
Translated literature
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Disoriental, written by Négar Djavadi and translated by Tina Kover.
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Comemadre, written by Roque Larraquy and translated by Heather Cleary.
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The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq, written by Dunya Mikhail and translated by Max Weiss and Dunya Mikhail.
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One Part Woman, written by Perumal Murugan, and translated by Aniruddhan Vasudevan.
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Love, written by Hanne Ørstavik and translated by Martin Aitken.
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Wait, Blink: A Perfect Picture of Inner Life, written by Gunnhild Øyehaug and translated by Kari Dickson.
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Trick, written by Domenico Starnone and translated by Jhumpa Lahiri.
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The Emissary, written by Yoko Tawada and translated by Margaret Mitsutani.
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Flights, written by Olga Tokarczuk and translated by Jennifer Croft.
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Aetherial Worlds, written by Tatyana Tolstaya and translated by Anya Migdal.
Learn more about this first-time award here.
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