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Ozone journal won the 2016 pulitzer prize for poetry, black dog of fate, a memoir won the 1998 penmartha albrand prize for the art of the memoir. Born in dublin in 1941, grennan was educated at university college dublin. The national book critics circle awards are given each march and honor the best literature published in the united states in six categoriesautobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Hutchinson is a native of jamaica and a graduate of the university of the west indies. Distinguished contribution to american letters national book.
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