2007 National Book Award Winners

Fiction: Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

Nonfiction: Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weinercy (Doubleday)

Poetry: Time and Materials by Robert Hass (Ecco/HarperCollins)

Young People's Literature: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (Little, Brown & Company)

Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters: Joan Didion

Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community: Terry Gross

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