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Posted on January 29, 2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Congratulations to Valeria Luiselli and Adam Higginbotham, winners of this year’s Andrew Carnegie Medals!
Luiselli received the fiction award for Lost Children Archive; Higginbotham, the nonfiction prize for Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster.
Also worthy of celebration: the 2020 PEN America Literary Awards finalists.
Winners will be announced March 2 at a ceremony hosted by comedian Seth Meyers.
You can see a full list of nominees on PEN America’s website; here are the shortlists for selected awards.
Jean Stein Book Award
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The Undying, by Anne Boyer.
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Deaf Republic, by Ilya Kaminsky.
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Where Reasons End, by Yiyun Li.
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The World Doesn’t Require You, by Rion Amilcar Scott.
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Rusty Brown, by Chris Ware.
Hemingway Award For A Debut Novel
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Stay and Fight, by Madeline ffitch.
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99 Nights in Logar, by Jamil Jan Kochai.
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Big Familia, by Tomas Moniz.
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The Travelers, by Regina Porter.
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A Prayer for Travelers, by Ruchika Tomar.
Open Book Award
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Build Yourself a Boat, by Camonghne Felix.
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Be Recorder, by Carmen Giménez Smith.
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Erou, by Maya Phillips.
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We Cast a Shadow, by Maurice Carlos Ruffin.
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The Grave on the Wall, by Brandon Shimoda.
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