Tell Me the Story Again About the Frogs, and the Seeds
Yes, yes all the plants are dead. / And all the animals bigger than scarab beetles; / but the seeds have been waiting in the ground. / When the… More
2007 PEN/Laura Pels Foundation Award for Drama to an American Playwright in Mid Career
WinnerNaomi Iizuka, whose works include 36 Views, War of the Worlds, Language of the Angels, and Tattoo Girl. As is the case with all PEN awards, the judges of… More
2007 PEN/Laura Pels Foundation Award for Drama to a Master American Dramatist
WinnerA.R. Gurney, best known for his plays The Dining Room, What I Did Last Summer, The Perfect Party, Mrs. Farnsworth, and Scenes from an American LifeThe PEN/Laura Pels Foundation… More
2007 PEN/Robert Bingham Fellowship for Writers
WinnerJanna Levin for her novel A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines (Knopf)The PEN/Robert Bingham Fellowship for Writers honors an exceptionally talented fiction writer whose debut work—a novel or… More
2007 PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction
WinnerPhilip RothThe PEN/Saul Bellow Award, selected by a panel of three PEN members or similarly qualified persons, goes to a distinguished living American author of fiction whose body of… More
2007 PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction
James Carroll for his book House of War (Houghton Mifflin)The PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award is a biennial award given to a distinguished book of general nonfiction possessing notable literary… More
2012 PEN Translation Fund Grants
WinnersThe PEN Translation Fund was established in the summer of 2003 by a gift of $730,000 from an anonymous donor in response to the dismayingly low number of literary… More
2012 PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation
WinnerMargaret Sayers PedenThe PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation is given every three years to a translator whose career has demonstrated a commitment to excellence through the body of his… More
2012 PEN Translation Prize
WinnerBill Johnston, Stone Upon Stone by Wiesław MyśliwskiThe PEN Translation Prize is awarded to book-length translations from any language into English. The prize has been supported since 1963 in recognition of the… More
2012 PEN/Edward and Lily Tuck Award for Paraguayan Literature
WinnerDelfina Acosta, Versos de Amor y de LocuraThe PEN/Edward and Lily Tuck Prize for Paraguayan Literature has been established by a $100,000 grant from Lily Tuck to assist with… More