Talk:National Book Award

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Contents 1 paperbacks 2 living authors 3 Most important prize? 4 Rename to "Awards"

[edit] paperbacks

Are the paperback-winners of 1980's Mystery and 1981's Children's Book, Nonfiction category missing?

[edit] living authors

The National Book Award is given to "living authors" however, I wonder how Flannery O'Conner won in 1972... she had passed away nearly a year before. Geopence

I've never seen anything that says the author has to be alive. They just award to books published in the prior year. -- Stbalbach 17:21, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Most important prize?

I'm not sure what the criteria for determining this would be--the Pulitzer's probably more famous, though I think it involves less cash. It might be wise to qualify this claim. --Dvyost 22:01, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

I agree. There are literary prizes involving more cash, others that are more famous, older, and less commercial. It would be very difficult to support the claim that it is the most important. What is the meaning of "important" in this context?

The propaganda on the official NBA page uses the word "preeminent". I suggest using that word.

Seeing no objections, I've qualified it down to "one of the most important." --Dvyost 22:00, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rename to "Awards"

The name of it "National Book Awards". See the website. I imagine a singular award would called a "National Book Award", but this article is about the awards in general, all of them. Anyone see a problem with renaming? -- Stbalbach 17:21, 20 November 2006 (UTC)