National Book Awards Press Release

kmccook writes “The 2005 National Book Award Winners were announced live at a black tie ceremony and dinner at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel, Times Square.

Young People’s Literature.
Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks (Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers).

Poetry

W.S. Merwin, Migration: New and Selected Poems (Copper Canyon Press).

Nonfiction.

Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking (Knopf)

Fiction

William T. Vollmann, Europe Central (Viking).

For more information, including the list of Finalists, visit www.nationalbook.org.”