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Four days, 40 nominees and now, a clear idea of which writers have a shot to win the 2017 national book awards. Sylvester stallone becomes the third person to be nominated for both acting and writing in the same year, following charles chaplin for the great dictator 1940 and orson welles for citizen kane 1941. National book awards, the industrys oscars, awarded in new york the national book foundation added some star power to its annual awards ceremony. Nov 16, 2017 the biggest book prize given in the u. Wagner and vince locke munich tony kushner and eric roth based on the book vengeance. The movie itself was not based on a book but it is not without a literary connection. The national book award winners for 2017 are here, and youre. His novel, which was named a 2015 notable book by the washington post.
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