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March 10, 2010

2009 National Book Critics Circle Awards Ceremony

Each year the National Book Critics Circle nominates authors of books from six categories: fiction, general non-fiction, autobiography,… read more

Each year the National Book Critics Circle nominates authors of books from six categories: fiction, general non-fiction, autobiography, biography, criticism, and poetry. During this event, winners in each category were presented their awards. In addition, Joyce Carol Oates was given the NBCC’s Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award and Joan Acocella was given the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing. The New School in New York City hosted this event.

The NBCC Awards Finalists Reading was held Wednesday, March 10, 2010. The NBCC Awards Ceremony was held Thursday, March 11, 2010. close

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Joan Acocella Contributor New Yorker Magazine
Rae Armantrout Professor University of California, San Diego->Literature Department

Blake Bailey Author
Eric Banks Chair National Book Critics Circle->Biography Committee
Eula Biss Artist in Residence Northwestern University->English Department
Jane Ciabattari President National Book Critics Circle->Board of Directors
Katie Freeman Senior Publicist Pantheon Books
Steven G. Kellman Vice President National Book Critics Circle->Membership
James Marcus Chair National Book Critics Circle->Criticism Committee
Tom Mayer Editor W.W. Norton and Company
Scott McLemee Chair National Book Critics Circle->Balakian Committee
Joyce Carol Oates Author
Robert Polito Director New School University->Graduate Writing Program
Kevin Prufer Co-Chair National Book Critics Circle->Poetry Committee
Geeta Sharma-Jensen Chair National Book Critics Circle->Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award
Lizzie Skurnick Book Critic National Public Radio
Elizabeth Taylor Chair National Book Critics Circle->Autobiography Committee
David L. Ulin Chair National Book Critics Circle->Fiction Committee
Edmund White Professor Princeton University->Creative Writing
Art Winslow Chair National Book Critics Circle->General Nonfiction Committee
Linda Wolfe Board Member National Book Critics Circle

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Program ID:: 292728-1
Category:: Public Affairs Event
Format:: Ceremony
Location:: New York, New York, United States
First Aired:: Mar 28, 2010 | 6:03am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Last Aired:: Apr 03, 2010 | 2:15pm EDT | C-SPAN 2

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Mar 28, 2010 | 6:03am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Mar 28, 2010 | 5:59pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
Apr 03, 2010 | 2:15pm EDT | C-SPAN 2

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