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Three Questions with Heather Christle
I do not believe in trying to keep the work original. If that happens—if such an occurrence is possible—I believe it is necessarily a byproduct of a desire to… More
A Higher Level of Solitude
Sarajevo Airport. The prettiest little airport in Europe. Little waiting rooms, little people, big suitcases. The new year has just begun. People are returning from holidays in the old… More
2014 PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
WinnerDr. Carl Hart, High Price (Harper)The PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award celebrates writing that exemplifies literary excellence on the subject of physical and biological sciences. The winner… More
2014 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography
WinnerLinda Leavell, Holding On Upside Down: The Life and Work of Marianne Moore (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)The PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography is awarded for excellence in the art… More
2014 PEN/Voelcker Award
WinnerFrank BidartThe PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry, established by a bequest from Hunce Voelcker, this award is given to a poet whose distinguished and growing body of work to date represents… More
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
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