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Awards are given to recognize, acknowledge and honor one's work. People all over the world are awarded for showing their expertize in different fields. While some are awarded with the Academy Awards (Oscar) for showing their talent in the field of cinema, some are presented with the Golden Grammy Awards for giving outstanding performance in the field of music. Sportsmen are also awarded with different kinds of trophies for showing their excellence. Similarly great works done by people in the field of art, science and literature are also acknowledged and honored with different kinds of trophies.
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There are lot of people around the world who have own different prestigious book awards for their work in the field of literature.
Like all other awards, winning book awards are also an outstanding achievement and it gives a great filling to the people who receive that. It is a matter of prestige for the winners and they are shown respect by lot of people. book Awards are given to talented people in shows and programs that are held in popular venues in different parts of the world and are attended by legends in the field of literature to present the awards to the winners. People showing expertise and talent in the field of literature are presented with various awards and are nominated for different categories. But among all awards The National Book Awards is the most prestigious book award that people dream of receiving.
The National Book Awards is one of the biggest awards in the field of literature in the United States of America. The National Book Awards has a long history as it was founded long back in the year 1950. The National Book Awards are presented every year to American authors for doing great works in literature. Besides lifetime achievement awards are also presented to the legends in the field. The awards named “Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters”and the “Literarian Awards” are also given to people who are selected for a special category. Speaking about category of nomination for The National Book Awards it must be mentioned here that these awards are given to four categories such as fiction, non fiction, young people's literature and poetry. A6t present the The National Book Awards show is held under the patronage of the National Book Foundation which was founded in the year 1988.
Apart from The National Book Awards, other prestigious book awards that are presented to people are The Man Booker Prize which is presented to people every two years for publishing excellent books in English language, the Caldecott Medal which is presented to honor the best children's book of the year, The National Book Critics Circle Award which is is given to recognize people's talent in five categories such as fiction, poetry, biography/autobiography, non fiction and criticism. Pulitzer Prize is also one of the most prestigious book awards and is presented to people showing expertise in the field of journalism in the print media. The Newberry Medal is presented to people for most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
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