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This year, the National Book Award Foundation will honor Norman Mailer and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the first with a medal his work, the second with a special new prize:
Mailer, 82, is to receive the foundation’s medal “for distinguished contribution to American letters,” while Ferlinghetti will be given a new prize, the Literarian Award for “outstanding service to the American literary community.”
Previous winners of the NBA medal include Philip Roth, Arthur Miller and Toni Morrison.
Who is Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami is the award winning and best selling author of six books.
What books has Laila Lalami written?
Laila has written the novels, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Secret Son, The Moor's Account, The Other Americans, and The Dream Hotel.
What awards has Laila Lalami won?
Laila Lalami has won the American Book Award, the Arab American Book Award, the Hurston-Write Legacy Award, a Guggenheim a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship, and a British Council Fellowship. Her work has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award.