Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
New for publishing year 2013 is the John Leonard Prize, established to recognize outstanding first books in any genre. This year's winner is Anthony Marra and his novel A Constellation of Vital Phenomena.
| Fiction: | Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Knopf) |
| General Nonfiction: | Five Days At Memorial: Life And Death In A Storm-Ravaged Hospital, Sheri Fink (Crown)) |
| Biography: | Jonathan Swift: His Life And His World, Leo Damrosch (Yale University Press) |
| Autobiography: | Farewell,Fred Voodoo: A Letter From Haiti, Amy Wilentz (Simon & Schuster) |
| Poetry: | Metaphysical Dog , Frank Bidart (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) |
| Criticism: | Distant Reading, Franco Moretti (Verso) |
| Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award: | Rolando Hinojosa-Smith |
| Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing: | Katherine A. Powers |
| John Leonard Prize: | Anthony Marra, A Constellation Of Vital Phenomena (Hogarth) |
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