Overview
- The critics named 30 finalists in autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
- Shortlists for the John Leonard Prize and the Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize were also announced.
- Special honorees include Elizabeth Taylor (NBCC Service Award), Rhoda Feng (Nona Balakian Citation), and Frances FitzGerald (Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award).
- Fiction finalists feature Karen Russell’s The Antidote, Katie Kitamura’s Audition, Han Kang’s We Do Not Part, Angela Flournoy’s The Wilderness, and Solvej Balle’s On the Calculation of Volume (Book III).
- A finalists reading and the awards ceremony will stream on the NBCC YouTube channel on March 25, with the Toni Morrison Achievement Award to be named March 26 at The New School.