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Franco Moretti wins National Book Critics Circle award

Justine Scattarelli14 March 2014

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Franco Moretti’s Distant Reading was awarded the National Book Critics Circle award for criticism last night at the New School. 

Moretti's collection of essays presents an unorthodox approach to literary studies, and charts the two-decade long development of the pioneering literary critic's philosophy of “distant reading.” Taking aim the dominance of “close reading” in the field, Distant Reading demands a radical reconfiguration of how and what we read. 

Books by Jonathan Franzen and Janet Malcolm were among others also nominated for the criticism award.

The National Book Critics Circle awards celebrate the year's best writing in six categories: autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. You can see the full list of winners at the National Books Critics Circle.