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The National Book Award for Nonfiction is one of four annual National Book Awards, which are given by the National Book Foundation to recognize outstanding literary work by U.S. citizens. They are awards "by writers to writers".〔 ("History of the National Book Awards" ). National Book Foundation (NBF): About Us. Retrieved 2012-01-05.〕 The panelists are five "writers who are known to be doing great work in their genre or field".〔 ("How the National Book Awards Work" ). NBF: Awards. Retrieved 2012-01-05.〕 The original National Book Awards recognized the "Most Distinguished" biography and nonfiction books (two) of 1935 and 1936, and the "Favorite" nonfiction books of 1937 to 1940. The "Bookseller Discovery" and the "Most Original Book" sometimes recognized nonfiction. (See below.) The general "Nonfiction" award was one of three when the National Book Awards were re-established in 1950 for 1949 publications, which the National Book Foundation considers the origin of its current Awards series.〔 From 1964 to 1983, under different administrators, there were multiple nonfiction categories.〔 ("National Book Award Winners: 1950 – 2009" ). NBF: Awards. Retrieved 2012-01-05.〕 The current Nonfiction award recognizes one book written by a US citizen and published in the US from December 1 to November 30. The National Book Foundation accepts nominations from publishers until June 15, requires mailing nominated books to the panelists by August 1, and announces five finalists in October. The winner is announced on the day of the final ceremony in November. The award is $10,000 and a bronze sculpture; other finalists get $1000, a medal, and a citation written by the panel.〔 ("National Book Award Selection Process" ). NBF: Awards. Retrieved 2011-11-17.〕 The sculpture by Louise Nevelson dates from the 1980 awards.〔 "'85 Award To DeLillo For Novel". Edwin McDowell. ''The New York Times'' 1985-11-22, page C33.〕 The $10,000 and $1000 cash prizes and autumn recognition for current-year publications date from 1984.〔〔〔 Beginning 2005, the official annual webpages (see References) provide more information: the panelists in each award category, the publisher of each finalist, some audio-visual interviews with authors, etc. For 1996 to date, annual webpages generally provide transcripts of acceptance speeches by winning authors.〕 About 200 books were nominated for the 1984 award, when the single award for general nonfiction was restored.〔 There were 435 books nominated for the 2010 award.〔 ("Frequently Asked Questions" ). NBF: About Us. Retrieved 2012-01-05.〕 ==Current rendition== The longlist for 2016 will be announced in September 2016. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National Book Award for Nonfiction」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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