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The british book awards or nibbies ran from 19902009 and founded by the editor of publishing news. The national book award and other top literary prizes. The nandi special jury award is given by the state government as part of its annual nandi awards for telugu films since 1981. Adam johnson, a professor of english at stanford and pulitzer prizewinning author, has received the 2015 national book award for fiction for his short story collection, fortune smiles winners. Here are your 2016 national book award finalists paste. Pete the cat and his four groovy buttons, 20 winner. Media in category national book award winners the following 23 files are in this category, out of 23 total.
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