2013 PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award

WinnerKatherine Boo, Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Random House)The PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award is a biennial award given to a distinguished book of general nonfiction possessing notable literary merit and critical perspective… More

2013 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation

WinnerMolly Weigel, The Shock of the Lenders & Other Poems by Jorge Santiago Perednik (Action Books)The PEN Award for Poetry in Translation recognizes book-length translations of poetry from any language into English… More

2013 PEN Open Book Award

WinnersGina Apostol, Gun Dealers' Daughter (W.W. Norton & Co.)Kevin Young, The Grey Album (Graywolf Press)The PEN Open Book Award was created by PEN American Center’s Open Book Committee, a group committed to racial and ethnic… More

2013 PEN Translation Prize

WinnerDonald O. White for The Island of Second Sight by Albert Vigoleis Thelen (Overlook Press)The PEN Translation Prize is awarded to book-length translations from any language into English. The prize has been supported since… More

PEN Announces 2013 Translation Fund Winners

The Translation Fund, now celebrating its tenth year, is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s competition. From a field of 180 applicants, the Fund’s Advisory Board has… More