The annual National Book Critics Circle awards have been given to a novel by Nobel laureate Han Kang and a memoir by the author Arundhati Roy. Han's "We Do Not Part," translated by e.yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris, addresses a 1948-1949 uprising on Jeju, an island south of the Korean mainland. The lifetime achievement award went to author and journalist Frances FitzGerald, whose 1972 book "Fire in the Lake" was influential. NPR and PBS were awarded the achievement award for their significant contributions to book culture. The National book Critics Circle was founded in 1974 and consists of over 850 critics and editors.