1977 National Book Awards

Biography and Autobiography

Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist, W. A. Swanberg

Children's Literature

The Master Puppeteer, Katherine Paterson

Contemporary Thought

The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales, Bruno Bettelheim

Fiction

The Spectator Bird, Wallace Stegner

Alex Haley

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History

World of Our Fathers, Irving Howe

Judges' Statement: Because Alex Haley's Roots does not accommodate itself to the category of History but transcends that and other categories, members of the History panel were unable to name it as one of the nominees in History. They are at one, however, that its distinguished literary quality justifies according it a special citation of merit.

Poetry

Collected Poems, 1930–1976, Richard Eberhart

Translation

Master Tung's Western Chamber Romance, Li-Li Ch'en

1978 National Book Awards

National Book Awards

1976 National Book Awards

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