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Colson Whitehead, Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction Winner

Colson Whitehead at the Library

Colson Whitehead was the recipient of the 2020 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. Learn more about Colson Whitehead's life, writing, and activities through these Library of Congress resources and services.

The following Library of Congress news releases provide more information about Colson Whitehead's activities during several National Book Festivals, and the awarding of the 2020 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction.


Colson Whitehead has been featured on the Poetry and Literature Center's blog, From the Catbird Seat, the National Book Festival blog, and the Library's main blog. Those blog posts are linked below:


The Library of Congress features several videos of Colson Whitehead reading and discussing his work, as well as videos about Whitehead. These are listed below.


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