PEN/Nabokov Award

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The PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature, commonly referred to as the PEN/Nabokov Award, is awarded biennially by PEN America (formerly PEN American Center) to writers, principally novelists, "whose works evoke to some measure Nabokov's brilliant versatility and commitment to literature as a search for the deepest truth and the highest pleasure— what Nabokov called the 'indescribable tingle of the spine'."[1] The winner is awarded $50,000 as of 2016. The award is financed by the Vladimir Nabokov Foundation, founded by Dmitri Nabokov. It has been called one of the most prestigious PEN prizes.[2]

In 2016, after an eight year hiatus, the award was revived with changes. The prize money was increased from US$20,000 to US$50,000, and the name was changed from PEN/Nabokov Award for Fiction to PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. The criteria of the award was changed to those born or residing outside the United States, meaning previous winners Ozick, Roth, and Gass wouldn't have qualified for this version of the award.

The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN affiliates in over 145 PEN centres around the world. The PEN American Center awards have been characterized as being among the "major" American literary prizes.[3]

Award winners[edit]

PEN/Nabokov Award
Year Recipient Ref.
2000 William H. Gass [4][5]
2002 Mario Vargas Llosa [6][5][7]
2004 Mavis Gallant [8][5]
2006 Philip Roth [9][10][7]
2008 Cynthia Ozick [11][5][7]
2017 Adunis [12][5][13]
2018 Edna O'Brien [14][15][16]
2019 Sandra Cisneros [17][18][19][20][21]
2020 M. NourbeSe Philip [22][23]
2021 Anne Carson [24][25][26]
2022 Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o [27]
2023 Vinod Kumar Shukla [28]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ PEN/Nabokov Award Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine, official website.
  2. ^ Philip Roth. When She Was Good. Vintage. external link
  3. ^ Alfred Bendixen (2005). "Literary Prizes and Awards". The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 689. Archived from the original on 2023-02-24. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
  4. ^ Gelder, Lawrence Van (2000-05-15). "This Week". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2018-09-11. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  5. ^ a b c d e "PEN/Nabokov Award". Britannica. Archived from the original on 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  6. ^ Gelder, Lawrence Van (2002-05-02). "Footlights". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  7. ^ a b c Flood, Alison (2016-08-11). "PEN/Nabokov award relaunched to promote 'global voices' in US". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  8. ^ Gelder, Lawrence Van (2004-05-03). "ARTS BRIEFING". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2018-09-11. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  9. ^ "2006 PEN/Nabokov Award". PEN America. 2012-11-16. Archived from the original on 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  10. ^ Van Gelder, Lawrence (2006-05-03). "Arts, Briefly". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2023-02-22. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  11. ^ "2008 PEN/Nabokov Award". PEN America. 2012-11-16. Archived from the original on 2022-08-15. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  12. ^ Tubb, Nathaniel (2017-03-27). "2017 PEN/NABOKOV AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE". PEN America. Archived from the original on 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  13. ^ "In Praise of Adonis, Winner of the Pen/Nabokov Award!". ALBERTINE. Archived from the original on 2022-12-04. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  14. ^ "2018 PEN American Lifetime Career and Achievement Awards". PEN America. February 2017. Archived from the original on October 5, 2018. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  15. ^ Onwuemezi, Natasha (2018-02-07). "O'Brien given $50k PEN/Nabokov Award". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 2019-08-24. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  16. ^ Doyle, Martin (2018-02-21). "Edna O'Brien: Lolita author Nabokov was 'scathing of women'". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 2022-12-05. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  17. ^ "PEN America to Honor Sandra Cisneros for Achievement in International Literature at February 26 Ceremony In New York". PEN America. 2019-02-05. Archived from the original on 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  18. ^ "Cisneros Wins PEN/Nabokov". Locus Online. 2019-02-05. Archived from the original on 2022-03-25. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  19. ^ Schaub, Michael (2019-02-05). "Sandra Cisneros to receive PEN/Nabokov Award for international literature". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2022-12-05. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  20. ^ "Sandra Cisneros receives PEN/Nabokov Award". American Libraries magazine. Archived from the original on 2019-05-13. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  21. ^ "Sandra Cisneros accepts PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature". Iowa Writers' Workshop. February 26, 2019. Archived from the original on 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  22. ^ "2020 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature". PEN America. 2020-02-12. Archived from the original on 2020-12-23. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  23. ^ van Koeverden, Jane (2020-02-12). "Toronto poet M. NourbeSe Philip awarded $66K PEN/Nabokov Award for International Literature". CBC News. Archived from the original on 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
  24. ^ "Roster of Breakthrough Literary Visionaries to Receive 2021 PEN America Career Achievement Prizes". PEN America. 2021-03-23. Archived from the original on 2021-03-24. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  25. ^ CBC Books (2021-04-07). "Anne Carson to receive $63K PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature". CBC News. Archived from the original on 2022-11-11. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
  26. ^ Drudi, Cassandra (2021-04-08). "Anne Carson to be honoured with $63K PEN/Nabokov Award - Quill and Quire". Quill and Quire . Archived from the original on 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  27. ^ Ibeh, Chukwuebuka (February 4, 2022). "Ngugi wa Thiong'o Awarded Prestigious PEN America Honors". Brittle Paper. Archived from the original on 2022-12-28. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  28. ^ Arora, Sumit (2023-03-06). "Writer Vinod Kumar Shukla wins 2023 PEN/Nabokov Lifetime Achievement Award". adda247. Retrieved 2023-03-17.

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