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National book awards, the industrys oscars, awarded in. Tom wolfe received the 2010 medal for distinguished contribution to. Explore the best american fiction since the prizes inaugural year in 1950. The series began airing in february 2017 and received critical acclaim. Fiction nonfiction poetry young peoples literature. Since 2009, it has become known as the national book awards, and was sponsored from 2007 to 2011 by galaxy and since then by specsavers. Common knowledge book awards galaxy national book awards shortlist. The galaxy national book awards is a brand new award to celebrate the best titles and authors of the year in a number of award categories including biography, fiction, food and drink, childrens and the best new writer too. The galaxy national book awards is a brand new televised event for autumn 2010 to celebrate and promote authors and the best titles of the year.
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