Winners of the National Book Critics Circle Awards 2017
The winners of the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) awards have been announced. The NBCC honours outstanding writing and fosters a national conversation about reading, criticism and literature.
Here is the complete list of NBCC Award winners for the publishing year 2017.
Fiction
Joan Silber for Improvement
Non-fiction
Frances FitzGerald for The Evangelicals
Autobiography
Xiaolu Guo for Nine Continents (published as Once Upon A Time in the East in Australia)
Biography
Caroline Fraser for Prairie Fires
Criticism
Carina Chocano for You Play the Girl
Poetry
Layli Long Soldier for Whereas
Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing
Charles Finch
John Leonard Prize (for best debut novel)
Carmen Maria Machado for Her Body and Other Parties
Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award
John McPhee
