Awards & Winners

1939 National Book Award

Check winners and nominations of 1939 National Book Award. Check awards winners of 1939 National Book Awards Ceremony. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

1939 National Book Awards Ceremony

National Book Award for Bookseller Discovery

Elgin Groseclose

Honored for : Ararat

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Nominee Nominated Work
Elgin Groseclose Ararat
Chard Powers Smith Artillery of time
National Book Award for Fiction

John Steinbeck

Honored for : The Grapes of Wrath

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath
Sholem Asch The Nazarene
National Book Award for Nonfiction

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Honored for : Wind, Sand and Stars

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Nominee Nominated Work
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Wind, Sand and Stars
Pierre van Paassen Days of our years
National Book Award for Most Original Book

Dalton Trumbo

Honored for : Johnny Got His Gun

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Nominee Nominated Work
Dalton Trumbo Johnny Got His Gun
Geoffrey Household Rogue Male