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Harold Augenbraum, the executive director of the National Book Foundation since 2004, is leaving his post at the end of March 2016.
\"I have very much enjoyed my time here at the Foundation,\" Augenbraum said in a statement. \"But it’s time for me to seek new challenges in my professional life and for new leadership at the Foundation as it looks toward the future.\"
Augenbraum is credited with revamping the National Book Awards. Under his leadership, the foundation developed the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community as well as the 5 Under 35, a prize for emerging fiction writers. In addition, his leadership was intrinsic to BookUp, an after-school reading program for middle-schoolers and National Readathon Day, among many other endeavors.
\"We owe a great debt to Harold for his exceptional service and countless contributions to the Foundation and its mission,\" stated David Steinberger, CEO of The Perseus Books Group, who serves as chairman of the National Book Foundation. \"We respect his decision, and look forward to working closely with him on a carefully crafted transition process that will position the Foundation for the future.\"
The Foundation’s Board has formed a committee to search for a new executive director.
Sci-fi novelist Ursula K. Le Guin will received the National Book Awards 2014 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Le Guin will be honored at the 65th National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner in New York on November 19th. Author Neil Gaiman will present her with the award.
“Ursula Le Guin has had an extraordinary impact on several generations of readers and, particularly, writers in the United States and around the world,” stated Harold Augenbraum, Executive Director of The National Book Foundation. “She has shown how great writing will obliterate the antiquated—and never really valid—line between popular and literary art. Her influence will be felt for decades to come.”
The award was created in 1988 and Le Guin will be the twenty-seventh author receive the honor. She joins Toni Morrison, E.L. Doctorow, John Ashbery, Joan Didion, Elmore Leonard, Norman Mailer and Tom Wolfe among others.
As usual, GalleyCat will be reporting live from the awards event, check back in November for our live coverage.
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Novelist and children’s book author Daniel Handler will host the 65th National Book Awards Ceremony in New York on November 19th.
The author, who often publishes under the pen name Lemony Snickett, joins the likes of Andy Borowitz, Fran Lebowitz, Steve Martin, John Lithgow, Faith Salie and Garrison Keillor, all of whom have served as the Master of Ceremonies for the annual event.
“Daniel Handler is witty, charming, and one of the best writers in America,” explained Harold Augenbraum, the executive director of the National Book Foundation. “We are looking forward to a wonderful National Book Awards evening this year with him as host.”
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GalleyCat contributor and eBookNewser editor Dianna Dilworth will be covering the National Book Awards tonight at Cipriani Wall Street. Follow her coverage live on our GalleyCat Twitter feed and on this blog. Below, we’ve linked to free samples of all the National Book Awards finalists.
At the ceremony three years ago, this GalleyCat editor interviewed Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell, NBA finalist Salvatore Scibona, NBA executive director Harold Augenbraum and literary blogger Edward Champion about the Great Recession (video embedded above). The stock market had just plunged 400 points and writers gathered for the awards a few blocks from the New York Stock Exchange.
This year, the city is still divided over Occupy Wall Street eviction and readers around the country wonder about the future Occupy Wall Street library. It should make for an interesting evening.
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Vanity Fair landed an interview with young adult author Lauren Myracle about a major mix-up at the National Book Awards.
Yesterday she withdrew from consideration for the 2011 National Book Awards after an error put Myracle’s Shine on the finalist list instead of Franny Billingsley‘s Chime. On Twitter, writers and readers have rallied behind Myracle at the #isupportshine hashtag. In the interview, she described the dreaded phone call from executive director Harold Augenbraum.
She explained: “He was diplomatic, but he more or less said that the position was being changed and that people wanted Shine off the list. And how did I feel about that? I felt gutted. I felt embarrassed, and ashamed that I had the gall to believe that this book was worthy. So over the weekend came the question of, Do I withdraw, or do I let them strip it from me? I first thought: They made the mistake; they can clean it up. Then I realized that I had a chance to either be classy or be seen as someone gripping with white knuckles to something they didn’t want me to have. And I was going to be taken off the list regardless.”
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