PEN Pinter Prize
The PEN Pinter Prize is an annual literary award launched in 2009 by English PEN in honour of the late Nobel laureate Harold Pinter, who had been an active member of PEN's Writers in Prison Committee, and an "active defender of the whole enterprise of literature."[1][2] The award is shared between a British writer who, in the words of Pinter’s Nobel Lecture "Art, Truth and Politics," "casts an unflinching, unswerving gaze upon the world"[3][4] and an "international writer of courage who has been persecuted for speaking out about [his or her] beliefs."[1]
The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN affiliates in over 145 PEN centres around the world.
Prizes
2009
- British writer: Tony Harrison, poet and playwright[4]
- International writer of courage: Maung Thura ('Zargana'), a popular Burmese poet, comedian, film actor and director who is a fierce critic of the military government. Since 2008 serving a prison sentence of a minimum of 35 years.
2010
- British writer: Hanif Kureishi[5]
- International writer of courage: Lydia Cacho, Mexican journalist and human rights activist[5]
2011
- British writer: David Hare, playwright[6]
- International writer of courage: Roberto Saviano, Italian writer and journalist[2]
2012
- British writer: Carol Ann Duffy, poet[7]
- International writer of courage: Samar Yazbek, Syrian writer; for A Woman in the Crossfire[8]
2013
- British writer: Tom Stoppard, playwright[9]
- International writer of courage: Iryna Khalip, Belarusian journalist [10]
2014
- British writer: Salman Rushdie, novelist[11]
- International writer of courage: TBD October 2014
See also
References
- ^ a b "PEN Pinter Prize". English PEN. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- ^ a b Collett-White, Mike (10 October 2011). "Mafia writer Saviano awarded PEN/Pinter prize in UK". Reuters. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ^ Pinter, Harold (8 Dec 2005). "Art, Truth and Politics". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ^ a b Flood, Alison (22 September 2009). "Tony Harrison wins inaugural PEN/Pinter prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ^ a b Flood, Alison (17 September 2010). "Hanif Kureishi scoops PEN Pinter prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ^ "David Hare wins Pinter literary prize". BBC News. 26 August 2011.
- ^ "Carol Ann Duffy awarded Pen Pinter prize". BBC News. 13 July 2012.
- ^ Flood, Alison (9 October 2012). "Syrian author shares PEN/Pinter prize with Carol Ann Duffy". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- ^ "Playwright Tom Stoppard Wins PEN/Pinter Prize". AP. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
- ^ Robert Sharp (October 8, 2013). "Tom Stoppard announces Belarus writer Iryna Khalip as winner of the PEN / Pinter International Writer of Courage Award 2013". English PEN. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ Julia (20 June 2014). "Salman Rushdie awarded the 2014 PEN/ Pinter Prize". English PEN. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
External links
- English PEN Official website