Guitarist/Songwriter Carlos Santana, Marlon James and Naomi Klein were among the winners of the 36th annual American Book Awards, which celebrate diversity in publishing.
Santana's, "The Universal Tone: Bringing My Story to Light," has been selected as a 2015 National Book Award winner. It is the first book by the former Tijuana guitarist, who has previously won 10 Grammy Awards and, in 2013, was a Kennedy Center Honors recipient.
Santana co-wrote "The Universal Tone" with Hal Miller and 2015 Best Album Liner Notes Grammy Award-winner Ashley Khan. The book is one of more than a dozen winners announced for the 36th annual American Book Awards, which celebrate diversity in publishing.
Other winners this year include Marlon James, Naomi Klein and poet Anne Waldman, who was honored for lifetime achievement. The awards ceremony will be held October 20 in New York City.
Santana is a 1969 Woodstock performer and 1998 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and turned 68 on Monday. He is currently on a European concert tour with the band that bears his name, which he has led for nearly 50 years. His North American concert tour opens August 14 in Queens, NY and wraps up on August 30 in Illinois at the Ravinia Fest in Highland Park,
Santana's ongoing annual residency at House of Blues in Las Vegas starts up again on September 16.
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