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2014 PEN/Edward and Lily Tuck Award for Paraguayan Literature
The PEN/Edward and Lily Tuck Prize for Paraguayan Literature has been established by a $100,000 grant from Lily Tuck to assist with the translation of Paraguayan literature from Spanish… More
2014 PEN Translation Prize
WinnerJoanne Turnbull & Nikolai Formozov, Autobiography of a Corpse by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky (New York Review Books)The $3,000 PEN Translation Prize honors a book-length translation from any language into English.2014… More
2014 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation
WinnerKaren Emmerich & Edmund Keeley, Diaries of Exile by Yannis Ritsos (Archipelago)The $3,000 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation recognizes book-length translations of poetry from any language into English published… More
2014 PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for Master American Dramatist
WinnerDavid RabeThe PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Awards recognize three playwrights for the following honors: a specially commissioned art object will be presented to a master American dramatist, in recognition… More
2014 PEN Open Book Award
Winners Ruth Ellen Kocher, domina Un/blued (Tupelo Press) Nina McConigley The PEN Open Book Award was created by PEN American Center’s Open Book Committee, a group committed to racial and ethnic diversity… More
2014 PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship
WinnerLinda Oatman High, "The Taste of Elephant Tears"The PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship, established in 2001, provides a writer with a measure of financial sustenance in order to make… More
2014 PEN/Steven Kroll Award for Picture Book Writing
WinnerBil Lepp, The King of Little Things (Peachtree Publishers)The PEN/Steven Kroll Award was established in memory of Steven Kroll to acknowledge the distinct literary contributions of picture book writers.… More
2014 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing
WinnerMark Fainaru-Wada & Steve Fainaru, League of Denial (Crown Archetype)The $5,000 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing honors a nonfiction book about sports. Eligible titles should be of a… More
2014 PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing
WinnerDave AndersonThe PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing, which was conferred for the first time in the fall of 2011, is given to one living American or… More
2014 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay
WinnerJames Wolcott, Critical Mass (Doubleday)The PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay aims to preserve the dignity and esteem that the essay form imparts to literature. The winner… More