Last night, America’s literati donned tuxes and gowns and gathered in New York City for The National Book Awards. Here are the winners for each category. Congratulations to all!
Young People’s Literature:
Martin W. Sandler
1919, The Year That Changed America

Poetry:
Arthur Sze
Sight Lines

Translation:
Laszlo Krasznahorkai and Ottile Muzlet
Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming

Nonfiction:
Sarah M. Broom
The Yellow House

Fiction:
Susan Choi
Trust Exercise

Amy Brady
Amy Brady is the Editor-in-Chief of the Chicago Review of Books and Deputy Publisher of Guernica Magazine. Her writing has appeared in Oprah, The Village Voice, Pacific Standard, The New Republic, McSweeney's, and elsewhere. Follow her on Twitter at @ingredient_x.