2006 PEN/Nabokov Award

WinnerPhilip RothThe PEN/Nabokov Award is given to a living author whose body of work, either written in or translated into English, is of enduring originality and consummate craftsmanship. The… More

A Day in the Life of a Prisoner

Everyone smoked in the old days, and convicts made picture frames and jewelry boxes out of woven cigarette packaging. People made cardboard shelves and curtains for their cells. It… More

2006 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry

WinnerLinda GreggThe PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry, established by a bequest from Hunce Voelcker, will be presented for the seventh time in 2006. The award is given to a poet… More

2006 Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation

WinnerEdith Grossman, who has translated major works by Miguel de Cervantes and Gabriel García MárquezThe Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation is given every three years to a translator whose… More

The Target

Three days before Tuesday, I told him. He bought box cutters and ducktape. My father dropped his face into his Wilt Chamberlain hands. The items gave my story the… More

2008 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry

WinnerKimiko HahnThe PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry, established by a bequest from Hunce Voelcker, will be presented for the eighth time in 2008. The award is given to a poet… More

2008 PEN/Robert Bingham Fellowship for Writers

WinnerDalia Sofer for her novel The Septembers of Shiraz (Ecco)The PEN/Robert Bingham Fellowship honors an exceptionally talented fiction writer whose debut work—a novel or collection of short stories published… More