Blog: Winners of the 2012 National Book Awards

The National Book Foundation has announced the winners of the 2012 National Book Awards. The judges selected twenty books from a field of nearly 1300 submitted by American publishers for American authors. Each finalist will receive $1000, a medal, and a citation.

Fiction

Judges: Stacey D’Erasmo, Dinaw Mengestu, Lorrie Moore, Janet Peery

The Round House: A Novel

Louise Erdrich

• 2012 NBA–Fiction winner
• Score: 10.62

Nonfiction

Judges: Brad Gooch, Linda Gordon, Woody Holton, Susan Orlean, Judith Shulevitz

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

Katherine Boo

• 2012 LATimes–Current Interest winner
• 2012 NBA–Nonfiction winner
• 2013 Pulitzer–Nonfiction finalist
• 2012 NBCC–Nonfiction finalist
• Score: 32.63

Poetry

Judges: Laura Kasischke, Dana Levin, Maurice Manning, Patrick Rosal, Tracy K. Smith

Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations

David Ferry

• 2012 NBA–Poetry winner
• 2012 NBCC–Poetry finalist
• Score: 16.62

Young People’s Literature

Judges: Susan Cooper, Daniel Ehrenhaft, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Gary D. Schmidt, Marly Youmans

Goblin Secrets

William Alexander

• 2012 NBA–Youth winner
• Score: 10.62

Source: www.NationalBook.org