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March 20, 1959
The Arizona Post
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
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Bernard Malamud wins the annual American Book Award for fiction for his short story collection 'The Magic Barrel,' dealing with Jewish life, selected by poll of booksellers and librarians.
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Malamud Wins Book Award
NEW YORK. (JTA)- Bernard Malamud, author of the recently published "The Magic Barrel," a collection of 13 short stories dealing with Jewish life, has received the annual American Book Award for fiction. The award each year cites the writers of the best books published in the past year in the fields of fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
The winners are selected on the basis of a poll among 200 American booksellers and librarians. "The Magic Barrel" was published by Farrar, Straus and Cudahy and the Jewish Publication Society of America.
NEW YORK. (JTA)- Bernard Malamud, author of the recently published "The Magic Barrel," a collection of 13 short stories dealing with Jewish life, has received the annual American Book Award for fiction. The award each year cites the writers of the best books published in the past year in the fields of fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
The winners are selected on the basis of a poll among 200 American booksellers and librarians. "The Magic Barrel" was published by Farrar, Straus and Cudahy and the Jewish Publication Society of America.
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Personal Triumph
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Triumph
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Book Award
Bernard Malamud
The Magic Barrel
Jewish Literature
American Book Award
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Bernard Malamud
Where did it happen?
New York
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Bernard Malamud
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New York
Story Details
Bernard Malamud receives the American Book Award for fiction for 'The Magic Barrel,' a collection of 13 short stories on Jewish life, selected by poll of 200 booksellers and librarians.