American Book Awards

The American Book Awards, started in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation, aims to encourage diversity in American writing by recognizing contemporary American authors, without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background or genre.

Click here for a list of winners from 1980 to the present. Past winners include "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros and "The Farming of Bones" by Edwidge Danticat.

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