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Edwidge danticat, winner of the 2020 national book critics circle award for fiction, announced today. National book foundation, presenter of the national book. The finalists for the annual national book critics circle nbcc award have been announced. All past national book critics circle award winners and finalists. The fiction list includes four books by women, three of which have already gotten some award love from the national book award and the booker prize. Edmund white receives the 2019 medal for distinguished contribution to american letters.
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