Jason Mott won the National Book Award for fiction for his novel “Hell of a Book,” an account of a Black author’s book tour intertwined with one focused on a Black boy in the rural South and a third character, The Kid, who may be imaginary.
Mr. Mott, who said that his agent had picked his work out of the unsolicited “slush” pile 10 years ago, is a poet and the author of three novels in addition to “Hell of a Book.”
Winners of 2021 National Book Awards:
FICTION
Jason Mott, Hell of a Book
Dutton / Penguin Random House
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NONFICTION
Tiya Miles, All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
Random House / Penguin Random House
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POETRY
Martín Espada, Floaters
W. W. Norton & Company
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TRANSLATED LITERATURE
Elisa Shua Dusapin, Winter in Sokcho
Translated from the French by Aneesa Abbas Higgins
(Open Letter)
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YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE
Malinda Lo, Last Night at the Telegraph Club
(Dutton Books for Young Readers / Penguin Random House)
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