CHICAGOAN WINS NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION SPORTS FINAL, C Edition

Chicago author Larry Heinemann won the 36th annual National Book Award for fiction Monday for his stark and ghostly Vietnam War novel, "Paco's Story." Other nominees for fiction were Howard Norman for "The Northern Lights" (Summit Books), Toni Morrison for "Beloved"...

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Published inChicago tribune (1963)
Main Author Clark, Kenneth R
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago, Ill Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 10.11.1987
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Book awards
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Summary:Chicago author Larry Heinemann won the 36th annual National Book Award for fiction Monday for his stark and ghostly Vietnam War novel, "Paco's Story." Other nominees for fiction were Howard Norman for "The Northern Lights" (Summit Books), Toni Morrison for "Beloved" (Alfred A. Knopf), Alice McDermott for "That Night" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), and Philip Roth for "The Counterlife" (Farrar Straus & Giroux). Roth was the only nominated author not present for the ceremonies.
ISSN:1085-6706