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2011 National Book Award Winners

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Book Cover Image. Title: The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, Author: by Stephen Greenblatt
The Swerve
Hardcover
Stephen Greenblatt's innovative, thrilling tale of the great cultural "swerve" known as the Renaissance took this year's National Book Award prize for nonfiction.
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Book Cover Image. Title: Salvage the Bones, Author: by Jesmyn Ward
Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn Ward
Hardcover
Book Cover Image. Title: Head Off and Split, Author: by Nikky Finney
Head Off and Split
Nikky Finney
Paperback
Book Cover Image. Title: Inside Out and Back Again, Author: by Thanhha Lai
Inside Out and Back Again
Thanhha Lai
Hardcover

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2011 Nobel Prize for Literature

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Tomas Tranströmer
The 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to the Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer (b.1931). In the words of the Academy, "through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality."
Book Cover Image. Title: The Sorrow Gondola, Author: Tomas Transtromer
The Sorrow Gondola
Tomas Transtromer
Book Cover Image. Title: The Half-Finished Heaven, Author: Tomas Transtromer
The Half-Finished Heaven
Tomas Transtromer
Book Cover Image. Title: Selected Poems, 1954-1986, Author: Tomas Transtromer
Selected Poems, 1954-1986
Tomas Transtromer
Book Cover Image. Title: The Great Enigma: New Collected Poems, Author: Tomas Transtromer
The Great Enigma
Tomas Transtromer

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Book Cover Image. Title: The Sense of an Ending, Author: by Julian Barnes

The Sense of an Ending

Julian Barnes

Julian Barnes has won the 2011 Man Booker Prize for his novel, The Sense of an Ending. Barnes, one of Britain's most critically acclaimed novelists, was previously nominated for Flaubert's Parrot in 1984, England, England in 1998, and Arthur and George in 2005. 

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Book Cover Image. Title: The Barbarian Nurseries, Author: by Hector Tobar
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Book Cover Image. Title: Child Wonder, Author: by Roy Jacobsen
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Book Cover Image. Title: The Wandering Falcon, Author: by Jamil Ahmad
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Book Cover Image. Title: The Family Fang, Author: by Kevin Wilson
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