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Meet national book award finalist danez smith literary hub. The national book foundation convened wednesday night to present its prestigious awards for the best in books for 2017. The national book award is one of the most prestigious literary awards in publishing, and this years ceremony took place last night. At the 2017 national book awards, jesmyn ward won her second prize in the fiction category for sing, unburied, sing and celebrated russian journalist masha gessen took home the nonfiction trophy.
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