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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 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