PEN Literary Awards

In 2009, PEN awarded more than 20 prizes to writers at work in a variety of genres. Presented below is work from this year’s winners, as well as audio recordings and photos from the 2009 Awards Ceremony.

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AUDIO & PHOTO GALLERIES

Roberto Bolaño: 2666
translated by Natasha Wimmer

When Rosa fell asleep he took off her high-heeled shoes and covered her with a blanket. [More]

The Road
by Cormac McCarthy

By evening they at least were dry. They studied the pieces of map but he’d little notion of where they were. [More]

An Aquarium
by Jeffrey Yang

We have yet to understand
the mystery of the sponge. A phylum
unto itself, sponge . . . 

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2009 Literary Awards Recipients

PEN is pleased to announce the winners of this year's literary awards. [More]

The Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture by Nawal El Saadawi
With Nawal El Saadawi and Kwame Anthony Appiah

Standing Before History: Remembering Ken Saro-Wiwa
With Ken Wiwa, Richard North Patterson, Steve Connell, Sekou, and Okey Ndibe

Evolution/Revolution
With Muriel Barbery, Nicole Brossard, Narcís Comadira, Jose Dalisay, Edwidge Danticat, Péter Nádas, Sergio Ramírez, Salman Rushdie, and Raja Shehadeh

The Economic Crisis and How to Deal with It
With Bill Bradley, Niall Ferguson, Paul Krugman, Nouriel Roubini, George Soros, Robin Wells, and Jeff Madrick

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   AUDIO ARCHIVE

June 24, 2009:
Writers Condemn Formal Arrest of Chinese Colleague Liu Xiaobo

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Take action now! Join internationally acclaimed writers Nadine Gordimer, Wole Soyinka, J.M. Coetzee, and others in their call for the release of imprisoned Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo.