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2005 Literary Awards Winners

PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Awards for a Master American Dramatist and an American Playwright in Mid-CareerWallace ShawnDael OrlandersmithPEN/Martha Albrand Award for First NonfictionSam Harris, The End of FaithRunners… More

2006 Literary Awards Winners

PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the MemoirGregory Rabassa, If This Be Treason: Translation and Its DyscontentsFinalistsDan Hofstadter, Falling Palace: A Romance of NaplesMaggie Nelson, Jane: A MurderPEN/Martha Albrand Award for… More

2011 Literary Award Winners

PEN/Robert W. Bingham PrizeSusanna Daniel, Stiltsville (Harper) Danielle Evans, Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self (Riverhead Trade)Runner Up:Teddy Wayne, Kapitoil (Harper Perennial)PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardSiddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor… More

Priority Campaigns

PEN America is engaged in several large-scale initiatives to protect freedom of expression and promote fundamental rights in the United States and around the world. Read below to learn… More

Take Action

SPREAD THE WORD:The simplest and most effective response to censorship and the silencing of voices is to spread the word: to write and tell the stories of those who… More

Burning Ants

My brother Credence says people who leave are deluding themselves about what’s out there. I just think they’re cowards. Mr. Tofu Scramble says I should go anyway, that it’s… More

Ragtime

But somehow piano lessons began to be heard. People stitched themselves to the flag. They carved paving stones for the streets. They sang. They told jokes. The family lived… More

Recovering Ourselves

January 11, 2012 | Cooper Union, Rose Auditorium | New York CityPEN American Center marks the 10th anniversary of the arrival of the first 20 captives at Guantanamo Bay… More

Best European Fiction: Róbert Gál

Hosted by Aleksandr Hemon, the "Best European Fiction" program has become a staple of the PEN World Voices Festival. This year the event returned with three new authors—Noëlle Revaz… More