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National Book Awards - 1951

FICTION

Winner:

William Faulkner , The Collected Stories of William Faulkner

> Appreciations on Best of National Book Awards Fiction Blog
> Read Neil Baldwin's National Book Award Classics Essay

NONFICTION

Winner:

Newton Arvin, Herman Melville

 

POETRY

Winner:

Wallace Stevens , The Auroras of Autumn

> Read His Acceptance Speech
> NBA Poetry Blog Essay and Archival Material for Stevens

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