National Book Award

Nacionalinė knygų premija () buvo įsteigta 1950 metais. Ją įsteigė Amerikos knygų leidėjų taryba, Knygų leidybos institutas ir Amerikos knygų prekybininkų asociacija. 1980–1986 metais buvo vadinama Amerikos knygų premija, 1987 metais premija vėl atgavo pirmykštį pavadinimą. Premijos teikimą nuo 1989 metų perėmė Nacionalinis knygų fondas. Premiją sudaro 10 000 USD. 1964–1980 m. nominacijoms buvo pristatomos trys knygų kategorijos – dalykinė knyga, beletristika, poezija, o vėliau išaugo iki 26. 1984 m. Nacionalinės knygų premijos apdovanojimų skaičius buvo suskirstytas į dvi kategorijas: beletristiką ir dalykinę literatūrą. Poezijos kūriniai vėl pristatomi nominacijai tik nuo 1991 m. Apdovanoti gali būti tik praeitų metų kūriniai, sukurti dar gyvenančiųjų valstybės piliečių. Trijų apdovanojimų – už beletristiką, dalykinę knygą ir poeziją – vertas knygas atrenka trys komisijos nariai.

 Knygų kategorijos. Premijos laureatai 

 Beletristika 
1950  Nelson AlgrenThe Man with the Golden Arm1951  William Faulkner The Collected Stories of William Faulkner1952  James Jones From Here to Eternity1953  Ralph EllisonInvisible Man1954  Saul Bellow The Adventures of Augie March1955  William Faulkner A Fable1956  John O'Hara Ten North Frederick1957  Wright Morris The Field of Vision1958  John Cheever The Wapshot Chronicle1959  Bernard Malamud The Magic Barrel1960Philip RothGoodbye, Columbus1961Conrad RichterThe Waters of Kronos1962Walker PercyThe Moviegoer1963J. F. PowersMorte D'Urban1964John UpdikeThe Centaur1965Saul BellowHerzog1966Katherine Anne PorterThe Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter1967Bernard MalamudThe Fixer1968Thornton WilderThe Eighth Day1969Jerzy KosinskiSteps1970Joyce Carol Oatesthem1971Saul BellowMr. Sammler's Planet1972Flannery O'ConnorThe Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor1973John BarthChimera1973John Edward WilliamsAugustus1974Thomas PynchonGravity's Rainbow1974Isaac Bashevis SingerA Crown of Feathers and Other Stories1975Robert StoneDog Soldiers1975Thomas WilliamsThe Hair of Harold Roux1976William GaddisJ R1977Wallace StegnerThe Spectator Bird1978Mary Lee SettleBlood Tie1979Tim O’BrienGoing After Cacciato1980William StyronSophie’s Choice1980John IrvingThe World According to Garp1981Wright MorrisPlains Song1981John CheeverThe Stories of John Cheever1982John UpdikeRabbit is Rich1982William MaxwellSo Long, See You Tomorrow1983Alice WalkerThe Color Purple1983Eudora WeltyCollected Stories of Eudora Welty1984Ellen GilchristVictory Over Japan: A Book of Stories1985Don DeLilloWhite Noise1986E. L. DoctorowWorld’s Fair1987Larry HeinemannPaco's Story1988Pete DexterParis Trout1989John CaseySpartina1990Charles JohnsonMiddle Passage1991Norman RushMating1992Cormac McCarthyAll the Pretty Horses1993E. Annie ProulxThe Shipping News1994William GaddisA Frolic of His Own1995Philip RothSabbath's Theater1996Andrea BarrettShip Fever and Other Stories1997Charles FrazierCold Mountain1998Alice McDermottCharming Billy1999Ha JinWaiting2000Susan SontagIn America2001Jonathan FranzenThe Corrections2002Julia GlassThree Junes2003Shirley HazzardThe Great Fire2004Lily TuckThe News from Paraguay2005 William Vollmann Europe Central2006Richard PowersThe Echo Maker2007Denis JohnsonTree of Smoke

 Dalykinė literatūra 
1950Ralph L. RuskRalph Waldo Emerson (straipsnis apie Ralph Waldo Emerson)1951Newton ArvinHerman Melville (straipsnis apie Herman Melville)1952Rachel CarsonThe Sea Around Us1953Bernard A. De VotoThe Course of Empire1954Bruce CattonA Stillness at Appomattox1955Joseph Wood KrutchThe Measure of Man1956Herbert KublyAn American in Italy1957George F. KennanRussia Leaves the War1958Catherine Drinker BowenThe Lion and the Throne (straipsnis apie Edward Coke)1959J. Christopher HeroldMistress to an Age: A Life of Madame De Stael1960Richard EllmannJames Joyce (straipsnis apie James Joyce}1961William L. ShirerThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich1962Lewis MumfordThe City in History: Its Origins, its Transformations and its Prospects1963Leon EdelHenry James, Vol. II: The Conquest of London, Henry James, Vol. III: The Middle Years1984Robert V. ReminiAndrew Jackson & the Course of American Democracy, 1833–1845 (straipsnis apie Andrew Jackson)1985J. Anthony LukasCommon Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families1986Barry LopezArctic Dreams1987Richard RhodesThe Making of the Atomic Bomb1988Neil SheehanA Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam (straipsnis apie John Paul Vann)1989Thomas L. FriedmanFrom Beirut to Jerusalem1990Ron ChernowThe House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance1991Orlando PattersonFreedom1992Paul MonetteBecoming a Man: Half a Life Story1993Gore VidalUnited States: Essays 1952–19921994Sherwin B. NulandHow We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter1995Tina RosenbergThe Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism1996James P. CarrollAn American Requiem: God, My Father, and the War that Came Between Us1997Joseph J. EllisAmerican Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson1998Edward BallSlaves in the Family1999John W. DowerEmbracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II2000Nathaniel PhilbrickIn the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex2001Andrew SolomonThe Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression2002Robert A. CaroMaster of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson2003Carlos EireWaiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy2004Kevin BoyleArc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age ISBN 0-8050-7933-5; ISBN 978-0-8050-7933-3.2005Joan DidionThe Year of Magical Thinking2006Timothy EganThe Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl2007Tim WeinerLegacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

 Poezija 
1950||William Carlos WilliamsPaterson: Book III and Selected Poems1951||Wallace StevensThe Auroras of Autumn1952||Marianne MooreCollected Poems1953||Archibald MacLeishCollected Poems, 1917–19521954||Conrad AikenCollected Poems1955||Wallace StevensThe Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens1956||W. H. AudenThe Shield of Achilles1957||Richard WilburThings of This World1958||Robert Penn WarrenPromises: Poems, 1954–19561959||Theodore RoethkeWords for the Wind1960||Robert LowellLife Studies1961||Randall JarrellThe Woman at the Washington Zoo1962||Alan DuganPoems1963||William StaffordTraveling Through the Dark1964||John Crowe RansomSelected Poems1965||Theodore RoethkeThe Far Field1966||James DickeyBuckdancer's Choice1967||James MerrillNights and Days1968||Robert BlyThe Light Around the Body1969||John BerrymanHis Toy, His Dream, His Rest1970||Elizabeth BishopThe Complete Poems1971||Mona Van DuynTo See, To Take1972||Frank O'HaraThe Collected Works of Frank O'Hara1972||Howard MossSelected Poems1973||A. R. AmmonsCollected Poems, 1951–19711974||Allen GinsbergThe Fall of America: Poems of these States, 1965–19711974||Adrienne RichDiving into the Wreck: Poems 1971–19721975||Marilyn HackerPresentation Piece1976||John AshberySelf-portrait in a Convex Mirror1977||Richard EberhartCollected Poems, 1930–19761978||Howard NemerovThe Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov1979||James MerrillMirabell: Book of Numbers1980||Philip LevineAshes: Poems New and Old1981||Lisel MuellerThe Need to Hold Still1982||William BronkLife Supports: New and Collected Poems1983||Galway KinnellSelected Poems1983||Charles WrightCountry Music: Selected Early Poems1985||Apdovanojimo nėra1986||Apdovanojimo nėra987||Apdovanojimo nėra1988||Apdovanojimo nėra1989||Apdovanojimo nėra1990||Apdovanojimo nėra1991||Philip LevineWhat Work Is1992||Mary OliverNew & Selected Poems1993||A. R. AmmonsGarbage1994||James TateA Worshipful Company of Fletchers|-
|1995||||Stanley Kunitz||Passing Through: The Later Poems|-
|1996||||Hayden Carruth||Scrambled Eggs & Whiskey|-
|1997||||William Morris Meredith, Jr.||Effort at Speech: New & Selected Poems|-
|1998||||Gerald Stern||This Time: New and Selected Poems|-
|1999||||Ai||Vice: New & Selected Poems|-
|2000||||Lucille Clifton||Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988–2000|-
|2001||||Alan Dugan||Poems Seven: New and Complete Poetry|-
|2002||||Ruth Stone||In the Next Galaxy|-
|2003||||C. K. Williams||The Singing|-
|2004||||Jean Valentine||Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965–2003|-
|2005||||W. S. Merwin||Migration: New & Selected Poems|-
|2006||||Nathaniel Mackey||Splay Anthem|-
|2007||||Robert Hass||Time and Materials: Poems, 1997–2005''

 Jaunų rašytojų literatūra 
1996Victor MartinezParrott In the Oven: MiVida1997Han NolanDancing on the Edge1998Louis SacharHoles1999Kimberly Willis HoltWhen Zachary Beaver Came to Town2000Gloria WhelanHomeless Bird2001Virginia Euwer WolffTrue Believer2002Nancy FarmerThe House of the Scorpion2003Polly HorvathThe Canning Season2004Pete HautmanGodless2005Jeanne BirdsallThe Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy2006M. T. AndersonThe Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. I2007Sherman AlexieThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

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