Pen America Literary Awards

PEN/Ralph Manheim Award for Translation

The 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 their work. More

PEN America Literary Awards

PEN Translation Prize

The PEN Translation Prize invites submissions of book-length translations from any language into English published during the current calendar year. More

2020 PEN/Heim Translation Grants

2020 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants

PEN America is delighted to announce the recipients of the 2020 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants and the winner of the PEN Grant for the English Translation of Italian Literature. More

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2018 PEN Translation Prize

The PEN Translation Prize invites submissions of book-length translations from any language into English published during the current calendar year. The award confers a $3,000 prize on the author… More

PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants

For the translation of book-length works of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, or drama that have not previously appeared in English in print or have appeared only in an outdated… More

Dog

"But a dog will love only you and will be devoted only to you. And it asks for nothing in return. Apart from your love." More

Testament

"I want to be burned. To ashes. And the ashes to be spread on the wind. On the sea. Best in summer, if, of course, I die in summer.… More