The National Book Foundation, founded 1988, is a non-profit American literary foundation established "to raise the cultural appreciation of great writing in America."[1] It achieves this through two ways.[1] The first is sponsoring the nation's preeminent literary prize the National Book Awards, including the medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters and the Literarian Award. The second is by outreach programs featuring National Book Award authors in which communities participate by reading and writing together. National Book Awards are annual literary awards presented since 1950 for the best American book published in the preceding year, presently in each of four categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young peoples literature. ...
The NBF board of trustees is composed of representatives from American literary institutions, for example in 2006 the board included the President of Penguin Press, the President of the New York Public Library and others.[2] Penguin Group is the second largest trade book publisher in the world. ... The New York Public Library - logo New York Public Library, central block, built 1897–1911, Carrère and Hastings, architects (June 2003) The New York Public Library (NYPL), one of three public library systems serving New York City, is one of the leading libraries in the United States. ...
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