18 Oct 2010 13:19:08
Krauss was nominated for her third novel, "Great House," about loss and longing, alongside Australian author Carey for his historical work "Parrot and Olivier in America" in the top category for fiction.
They were joined by Lionel Shriver for "So Much for That," which examines America's health care system, Jaimy Gordon for "Lord of Misrule," and Japanese American writer Karen Tei Yamashita for her novel, "I Hotel."
But Franzen, whose "Freedom" received lavish attention and high praise from critics as well as being Oprah Winfrey's new pick for her influential book club, missed the cut. His 2001 novel, "The Corrections," won the same prize.
The list for one of America's top book honors included 13 women among the 20 finalists, which the NationalBook Foundation said was the largest number of women ever nominated.
Winners in categories for fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young people's literature will be announced at ceremony held in New York on November 17. Eligibility required each book be published in the United States between December 1, 2009, and November 30, 2010, and written by a U.S. citizen.
In the nonfiction category, musician Patti Smith was nominated for her memoir "Just Kids" that captures her struggling youth and relationship with American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
Two Los Angeles Times reporters were also nominated for their nonfiction works -- Barbara Demick for "Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea" and Megan K. Stack for "Every Man in This Village Is a Liar: An Education in War."
Rounding out the list was John W. Dower for his "Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor/Hiroshima/9-11/Iraq" and Justin Spring's "Secret Historian."
Two previous finalists for the Young People's Literature category Walter Dean Myers and Rita Williams-Garcia have been nominated again.
Poetry nominees were Kathleen Graber for "The Eternal City," Terrance Hayes with "Lighthead," James Richardson for "By the Numbers," C.D. Wright for "One with Others," and Monica Youn with "Ignatz."
They were joined by Lionel Shriver for "So Much for That," which examines America's health care system, Jaimy Gordon for "Lord of Misrule," and Japanese American writer Karen Tei Yamashita for her novel, "I Hotel."
But Franzen, whose "Freedom" received lavish attention and high praise from critics as well as being Oprah Winfrey's new pick for her influential book club, missed the cut. His 2001 novel, "The Corrections," won the same prize.
The list for one of America's top book honors included 13 women among the 20 finalists, which the NationalBook Foundation said was the largest number of women ever nominated.
Winners in categories for fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young people's literature will be announced at ceremony held in New York on November 17. Eligibility required each book be published in the United States between December 1, 2009, and November 30, 2010, and written by a U.S. citizen.
In the nonfiction category, musician Patti Smith was nominated for her memoir "Just Kids" that captures her struggling youth and relationship with American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
Two Los Angeles Times reporters were also nominated for their nonfiction works -- Barbara Demick for "Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea" and Megan K. Stack for "Every Man in This Village Is a Liar: An Education in War."
Rounding out the list was John W. Dower for his "Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor/Hiroshima/9-11/Iraq" and Justin Spring's "Secret Historian."
Two previous finalists for the Young People's Literature category Walter Dean Myers and Rita Williams-Garcia have been nominated again.
Poetry nominees were Kathleen Graber for "The Eternal City," Terrance Hayes with "Lighthead," James Richardson for "By the Numbers," C.D. Wright for "One with Others," and Monica Youn with "Ignatz."
