Annal: 1976 National Book Award for Current Interest
Results of the National Book Award in the year 1976.
Passage to Ararat
- 1976 NBA–Current Interest winner
- Score: 10.26
This 1976 National Book Award winner echoes current headlines as Arlen examines the 1915 “ethnic cleansing” of the Armenian race by the Turks. In Armenia, Arlen comes to understand his father’s detachment from his past when he sees what it means when a people are “hated to death”. A deeply felt, personal memoir with a new introduction by Clark Blaise.


