Stories that center people of color are prominently recognized across all the honored genres, from fiction to poetry to translated literature.

Here are the authors, poets and translators whose books and collections won one of the United States’ most prestigious literary prizes.

The MacArthur Genius grantee previously won the same award for her 2011 novel, “Salvage the Bones.”

Poets, novelists and historians of color dominate the National Book Awards shortlist, holding more than half the finalist spots across four categories.

He accepted the prestigious award in the name of his friend Prince Jones, a Howard University student who was killed by police in 2000.