Salinger, Bellow, Faulkner ... NOT

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Salinger, Bellow, Faulkner ... NOT

At the dinner for the 58th annual National Book Awards on Nov. 14, 2007, Fran Lebowitz,the mistress of ceremonies, suitably dressed in black tie, rattled off the names of celebrated authors -- Saul Bellow, William Faulkner, J.D. Salinger, Toni Morrison (who was there at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Manhattan) -- who had NEVER won a National Book Award.

Author: CBS News Staff

Credit: AP Photo/Seth Wenig

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