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2014 LITERARY AWARDS

CEREMONY

PEN President PETER GODWIN and Awards Committee Chair ALICE QUINN

present the

Master of CeremoniesBen Greenman

MONDAYSEPTEMBER 29

6:30 PM

THE NEW SCHOOLTHE AUDITORIUM 66 WEST 12TH ST

For a complete list of authors and artists, visit www.pen-auction.org

DECEMBER 2, 2014

An historic auction of annotated first edition books and original artwork by today’s leading authors and

artists to benefit PEN American Center

PEN wishes to thank tonight’s presenters who

represent PEN’s diverse membership of novelists, poets,

translators, journalists, and literary citizens, as well as all of

this year’s dedicated judges. To read the judges’ full citations

for this year’s winners, please visit PEN.org.

CLOSING REMARKS

Suzanne NosselExecutive Director

PEN American Center

WELCOME REMARKS

Luis JaramilloDirector, School of Writing

The New School

OPENING ADDRESS

Peter GodwinPresident

PEN American Center

Natasha WimmerTranslation Awards

Tiphanie YaniqueChildren’s Books and

Open Book Awards

Andrew SolomonScience and

Essay Awards

Barbara KingsolverSocially Engaged

Fiction Award

Joseph O’NeillSports Writing Awards

Elizabeth AlexanderBiography and Poetry Awards

Elizabeth StrebTheater Awards

Zadie SmithLifetime Achievement in Fiction Award

Louise ErdrichDebut Fiction Award

MASTER OF CEREMONIES

Ben Greenman

PRESENTERS

2014 LITERARY AWARDS

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a r c h i p e l a g o b o o k swww.archipelagobooks.org • www.facebook.com/archipelagobooks • www.twitter.com/archipelagobks

distributed to the trade by Random House: www.randomhouse.biz

Poems by Hugo Claus

Even Now

Translated from the Flemish by David Colmer

a r c h i p e l a g o b o o k s

Ya n n i s R i t s o s

Diaries of Exile

a r c h i p e l a g o b o o k s

Translated from the Greek by Karen Emmerich and Edmund Keeley

Its power comes from the way it blends the diaristic with the poetic ... There is no pity in the book, nor resignation, despite the circumstance. That clarity ... has to do with giving witness, with the idea of poetry as testimony. Again and again, Ritsos records the smallest moments, as if were he to leave out a single detail of his incarceration, the whole experi-ence might disappear. This is what poetry can do: preserve the moments that would otherwise be forgotten, and in so doing, recreate the world.

David Ulin, The Los Angeles Times

Claus’s work has been called a cosmos in its own right ... Yet this Promethean artist with his Burgundian exuberance and prolixity ... is, like W. B. Yeats, capable of stunning simplicity.

Paul Vincent, The Independent

We would like to congratul ate our transl ators. . .

David Colmer, for Even Now: Poems by Hugo Claus

Edmund Keeley and Karen Emmerich, for Diaries of Exile

N E W D I R E C T I O N S would like to congratulate

our prizewinning translators

Kurt BealsThe Country Road Regina Ullmann

Michael HofmannThe Emperor’s Tomb

Joseph Roth

Yvette SiegertExtracting the Stone of Madness

Alejandra Pizarnik

ndbooks.com

Shortlisted for the PENPoetry in Translation Award

“A vital addition to the contemporary poetry canon, a collection as interesting as it is touching that will inevitably be remembered for years to come.”—Will Evans, Three Percent

Congratulations to Andrew Wachtel and Anzhelina Polonskaya from Zephyr Press

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PEN/EDWARD AND LILY TUCK AWARD FOR PARAGUAYAN LITERATURE

To a living author of a major work of Paraguayan literature

not yet translated into English.

WINNER

Raúl Silva AlonsoEn Tacumbú(El Lector)

“ Alonso’s micro-fictions are unpredictable, vivid and radically unlike anything else being written in his country. . . . En Tacumbú is a book of great humanity

and of mysterious moments of grace. ”—From the Judges’ citation: Idra Novey, Yvette Siegert, and Mark Statman

PEN AWARD FOR POETRY IN TRANSLATION

For a book-length translation of poetry into English

published in 2013.

WINNER

Karen Emmerich & Edmund KeeleyDiaries of Exile

by Yannis Ritsos(Archipelago)

“ Stellar translators Karen Emmerich and Edmund Keeley take these poems from their limited context and

bring out a universal predicament, that is, writing from an existence of harshness and hope.

I feel privileged to hold these. ”—From the Judge’s citation: Kimiko Hahn

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congratulates

Joanne Turnbull and Nikolai Formozov translators of

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A CORPSEby Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky

on winning the PEN Translation Prize

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PEN TRANSLATION PRIZE

For a book-length translation of prose into English

published in 2013.

WINNER

Joanne Turnbull & Nikolai FormozovAutobiography of a Corpse

by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky(New York Review Books)

“ Joanne Turnbull, in collaboration with Nikolai Formozov, has produced a compellingly readable

translation that is also inventive, that improvises when necessary and consistently insinuates a strangeness and beauty of other worlds, both literary and real. ”—From the Judge’s citation: Ann Goldstein, Becka McKay,

and Katherine Silver

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PEN/HEIM TRANSLATION FUND GRANTS

To support the translation of book-length works into English.

JUDGES

Esther Allen, Barbara Epler, Sara Khalili, Michael F. Moore*, Lorin Stein, Lauren Wein

(*Voting Chair of the PEN/Heim Translation Fund Advisory Council)

WINNERS

Kurt BealsThe Country Road

by Regina Ullmannfrom the German

(Forthcoming from New Directions)

Eric M. B. BeckerSelected Stories

by Mia Coutofrom the Portuguese

(Available for publication)

David BurnettThe American Storiesby Johannes Urzidil

from the German(Available for publication)

Janet HongThe Impossible Fairytale

by Han Yujoofrom the Korean

(Available for publication)

Paul HooverNightmare Running on a Meadow of Absolute Light

by María Barandafrom the Spanish

(Available for publication)

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Andrea G. LabingerGesell Dome

by Guillermo Saccomannofrom the Spanish

(Available for publication)

Sergey LevchinCommentaires

by Chris Markerfrom the French

(Available for publication)

Zachary LudingtonPixel Flesh (Carne de Píxel) by Agustín Fernández Mallo

from the Spanish(Available for publication)

J. Bret ManeyManhattan Tropics

by Guillermo Cotto-Thornerfrom the Spanish

(Available for publication)

Philip Metres & Dimitri PsurtsevI Burned at the Feastby Arseny Tarkovsky

from the Russian(Forthcoming from Cleveland State University Poetry Center)

Sayuri OkamotoDear Monster: the Naked Poetry of Gozo Yoshimasu

by Gozo Yoshimasufrom the Japanese

(Available for publication)

Benjamin PaloffThe Game for Realby Richard Weiner

from the Czech(Forthcoming from Two Lines Press)

May 5, 2015SAVE THE DATE

PEN Literary

Gala

www.pen.org/pengala2015

translation

Miranda Richmond MouillotThe Kites

by Romain Garyfrom the French

(Available for publication)

Thom SatterleeNew and Selected Poetry

by Per Aage Brandtfrom the Danish

(Available for publication)

Sholeh WolpéThe Conference of Birds (Man-tiq ut-tayr)

by Farid ud-Din Attarfrom the Persian

(Available for publication)

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2014 PEN Open Book Award

ISBN 978-1-936797-19-6 Paperback, $16.95 www.tupelopress.org

Tupelo Press congratulates Ruth Ellen Kocher, maker of transcendent poems and a gift to contemporary letters!

t i m o t h y

m c s w e e n e y ’ sc h u r c h o u t f i t i s t h e s a m e a s h i s

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children’s literature

PEN/PHYLLIS NAYLOR WORKING WRITER FELLOWSHIP

To an author of children’s or young-adult fiction, who has

published at least two books, to complete a book-length

work-in-progress.

WINNER

Linda Oatman HighThe Taste of Elephant Tears(Available for publication)

“ There have been several elephants in children’s literature: Kipling’s Elephant’s Child, de Brunhoff’s Babar and Dr. Seuss’s Horton to name just three. . . .

We predict that before long Queenie Grace will be as loved by young readers as the elephants who

preceded her. ”—From the Judges’ citation: Kathi Appelt, Johanna Hurwitz, and Padma Venkatraman

PEN/STEVEN KROLL AWARD FOR PICTURE BOOK WRITING

To a writer for an exceptional story illustrated in a picture book

published in 2013.

WINNER

Bil LeppThe King of Little Things

(Peachtree Publishers)

“ With sprightly humor and clever wordplay, Bil Lepp tells an engaging tale of a king who affirms the notion of simplicity. Readers will delight in the comic

rhymes and inspired vocabulary. ”—From the Judges’ citation: Mac Barnett, Ted Lewin, and Elizabeth Winthrop

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Elyse Cheney Literary Associates

proudly congratulates

James WolcottWinner of

the PEN/Diamonstein -Spielvogel

Award for the Art of the Essay

MCCORMICK & WILLIAMS and PENGUIN PRESS congratulate

JON MOOALLEM

“ Ambitious and fascinating . . . [Mooallem] seamlessly blends reportage from the front

lines of wildlife conservation with a lively

cultural history of animals in America. . . .

This is not a book about wilderness; it’s a book about us.”

—The New York Times Book Review

Finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary

Science Writing Award

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PEN OPEN BOOK AWARD

For an exceptional book-length work of literature by an author

of color published in 2013.

WINNERS

Ruth Ellen Kocherdomina Un/blued

(Tupelo Press)

“ Kocher’s formal innovations reflect unexpected angles on her subject, and surprise us everywhere—in architectural details, in questions of translation, in the dilemmas of sexual intimacy. These repeating images

and themes echo through the white space of these poems, creating resonances that are both rigorous

and sensuous. ”—From the Judges’ citation: Catherine Chung, Randa Jarrar, and Monica Youn

Nina McConigleyCowboys and East Indians

(FiveChapters Books)

“ McConigley has shaped a work destined to be a classic, like Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio. Its

characters—Indians in America, Americans in India, and Indian-Americans in both places—echo Vonnegut’s

statement that ‘Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can’t see from the center.’ It’s electrifying to

be out on the edge with this book. ”—From the Judges’ citation: Catherine Chung, Randa Jarrar, and Monica Youn

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“Moving and inspiring…. Hart’s memoir, especially his description of meeting his now-adult son, is deeply honest.”

—Boston Globe

CONGRATULATES

Dr. Carl HartWinner of the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award

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PEN/E. O. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARD

For a book of literary nonfiction on the subject of the physical

or biological sciences published in 2013.

WINNER

Dr. Carl HartHigh Price(Harper)

“ Dr. Hart’s unflinching view of his past, along with his rigorous academic inquiry, make for a document of innovative thinking and profound humanity. Written with clarity, honesty, and courage, High Price offers a compelling argument to reconsider this country’s

policies on drug use . . . ”—From the Judges’ citation: Akiko Busch, Rivka Galchen, and Eileen Pollack

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S

SCOTT ANDERSONAuthor of Lawrence in Arabia

Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography

JAMES WOLCOTTAuthor of Critical Mass

Awarded the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay

HANYA YANAGIHARAAuthor of The People in the Trees

Finalist for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Best Debut Novel

D O U B L E D A Y A N C H O R B O O K S

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We Proudly Support the

PEN LITERARY AWARDSAnd Congratulate Our Clients

KEVIN FEDARKO 2014 Finalist for the PEN/ESPN Award For Literary Sports Writing The Emerald Mile

DEBORAH SOLOMON 2014 Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography American Mirror: The Life and Art ofNorman Rockwell

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PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR THE ART OF THE ESSAY

For a book of essays published in 2013 that exemplifies the

dignity and esteem the essay form imparts to literature.

WINNER

James WolcottCritical Mass(Doubleday)

“ It is difficult to know what to admire more, Wolcott’s panoramic and encyclopedic variety . . . or the precise

structuring of individual sentences that can be Swiftian in their tendency to go on and on and be chock-full of names, places, put-downs, bric-a-brac, all wrapped in a contagious pleasure in the fecundity of language. ”—From the Judges’ citation: Geoff Dyer, Stanley Fish, Ariel Levy,

and Cheryl Strayed

Scribner congratulates

Kevin FedarkoAuthor of The Emerald Mile

Shortlisted for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing

“An instant classic of adventure literature.”

—Hampton Sides, editor at large at Outside magazine

SimonandSchuster.com

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PEN/BELLWETHER PRIZE FOR SOCIALLY ENGAGED FICTION

To an author of an unpublished novel that addresses issues

of social justice. The prize also includes a publishing contract

with Algonquin Books.

WINNER

Ron ChildressAnd West Is West

“ And West Is West reveals how the lower-order participants in corrupt systems take the fall when things go badly. It’s about the impossibility of steering clear of corruption both on Wall Street and in the military. It is not just a look at an America in crisis; it is also a story

of love, loss and hope. ”—From the Judges’ citation: Terry McMillan, Nancy Pearl, and Kathy Pories

saïd sayrafiezadeh

RANDOM HOUSE

PROUDLY CONGRATULATES

PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM

PRIZE

FINALIST FOR THE

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Winners of the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing for their groundbreaking

book,

LEAGUE OF DENIAL

WLWaxman LeavellL I T E R A RY A G E N C Y

CONGRATULATIONS TO STEVE FAINARU AND

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Farrar, StrauS and Girouxcongratulates

Frank Bidartwinner of the 2014

PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry

Linda LeaveLLHolding On Upside Down

winner of the 2014

PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography

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books

PEN/ESPN AWARD FOR LITERARY SPORTS WRITING

To honor a nonfiction book on the subject of sports

published in 2013.

WINNER

Mark Fainaru-Wada & Steve FainaruLeague of Denial

(Crown Archetype)

“ League of Denial is such a compelling and important book—one the National Football League fervently hopes you never read. . . . With exhaustive

reporting and brilliant prose, the authors also expose the unseemly tactics of competing medical entities

who jockey for the right to study the brains of deceased NFL players, often within hours of their passing. ”—From the Judges’ citation: Joel Drucker, Chad Harbach,

and Jackie MacMullan

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congratulates

S H A W N V E S T A LG O D F O R S A K E N I D A H O

Shortlisted for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize

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PEN/JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY

For a distinguished biography published in 2013.

WINNER

Linda LeavellHolding On Upside Down(Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

“ One could say of Leavell’s lucid, compelling achievement what Moore wrote of her own:

If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then

will tell you why I think that I can get across it, if I try. ”—From the Judges’ citation: James Atlas, Lisa Cohen,

and Wendy Gimbel

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Little, Brown and CompanySalutes our PEN Literary Award Nominees

PAUL BOGARD

The End of Night

(PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award)

NICHOLAS DAWIDOFF

Collision Low Crossers

(PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports

Writing)

DAVID SEDARIS Let’s Explore

Diabetes with Owls

(PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay)

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PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE

To an author whose debut work—a first novel or collection

of short stories published in 2013—represents distinguished

literary achievement and suggests great promise. Winner will

be announced during the Awards Ceremony.

FINALISTS

Anthony MarraA Constellation of Vital Phenomena

(Hogarth)

Saïd SayrafiezadehBrief Encounters With the Enemy

(The Dial Press)

Ian StanselEverybody’s Irish

(FiveChapters Books)

Shawn VestalGodforsaken Idaho

(Little A/New Harvest)

Hanya YanagiharaThe People in the Trees

(Doubleday)

JUDGES

Charles BockJonathan DeeFiona Maazel

Karen Shepard

PEN joins the judges in congratulating all the finalists being recognized for this literary achievement. To read the judges’

citation for the winner, please visit PEN.org/awards, where you can read excerpts from all of the finalists’ works as well

as interviews with the authors.

The Renée ZuckeRbRoT LiTeRaRy agency congRaTuLaTes shawn VesTaL

on being named a finaLisT foR The 2014 Pen/RobeRT w. bingham PRiZe.

Thank you PEN for showcasing new and vital writing from the United States and around the world, and for promoting literary citizenship.

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PEN/ESPN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR LITERARY SPORTS WRITING

To a writer whose body of work represents an exceptional

contribution to the field.

WINNER

Dave Anderson

“ For more than half a century, Dave Anderson waded into the hurly-burly of sportswriting with quiet dignity and a true craftsman’s regard for the language.

You didn’t read him for bombast or half-cocked opinion, you read him because, quite simply, he knew

whereof he wrote. ”—From the Judges’ citation: Kostya Kennedy, David Rosenthal, and John Schulian

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career achievement

PEN/VOELCKER AWARD FOR POETRY

To a poet whose distinguished and growing body of work

to date represents a notable and accomplished presence in

American literature.

WINNER

Frank Bidart

“ No poet of our time has so embodied conflict, creating living expressions of a consciousness moving

through guilts and unmastered desires without resorting to easy resolutions. . . . Bidart is an absolutely essential poet on the current American scene and the legacy of his original, consistently powerful work will

be felt in American letters for generations to come. ”—From the Judges’ citation: Peg Boyers, Toi Derricotte, and Rowan Ricardo Phillips

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2014

PEN/LAURA PELS AWARD RECIPIENTS

MASTER AMERICAN DRAMATIST

DAVID RABE

EMERGING AMERICAN DRAMATIST

LAURA MARKS

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PEN/LAURA PELS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THEATER AWARDS

Three awards which honor a Master American Dramatist,

American Playwright in Mid-Career, and Emerging American

Playwright. This is the inaugural year of the Award for an

Emerging American Playwright.

EMERGING AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT

WINNER

Laura Marks

“ With the skill of an artist far beyond her years, she knows how to make an audience desperate to find out what comes next. We feel the same way about her

nascent career. ”—From the Judges’ citation: John Lithgow, Elizabeth Streb, and Maria Tucci

AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT IN MID-CAREER

WINNER

Donald Margulies

“ Margulies has explored the strains on human relationships wrought by ambition, self-doubt, the loss of integrity, the loss of love, the passage of time, and the persistence of traumatic memory. But if his work grapples with the serious business of life, it is shot

through with sly, literate humor and it is far from grim. ”—From the Judges’ citation: John Lithgow, Elizabeth Streb, and Maria Tucci

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career achievement

MASTER AMERICAN DRAMATIST

WINNER

David Rabe

“ We recall the harrowing experience of first encountering Rabe’s plays, some forty years ago. In our opinion, they have withstood the test of time and will remain a powerful record of American life for decades

to come. . . . Recent revivals of Rabe’s plays have confirmed their craft, compassion, and staying

power. ”—From the Judges’ citation: John Lithgow, Elizabeth Streb, and Maria Tucci

PEN/SAUL BELLOW AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN AMERICAN FICTION

To a living American author whose scale of achievement

in fiction, over a sustained career, places him or her in the

highest rank of American literature.

WINNER

Louise Erdrich

“ Some writers work a small piece of land: Louise Erdrich is not one of those writers. Her work has

an awesome capaciousness—each person is a world. . . . Read in full she dazzles as a writer of all

times and all places, following those branching shoots of story wherever they sprout. She is a writer

only America could have produced, committed to the extraordinary project of capturing a complex land and a various people in their own voices, and in hers. ”—From the Judges’ citation: Edwidge Danticat, E.L. Doctorow,

and Zadie Smith

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PEN President’s CirclePEN President’s Circle Members are individuals who both care deeply about PEN’s work and annually make significant commitments of support. President’s circle Members are essential partners in all PEN’s work: securing the liberty of imprisoned writers of conscience, mobilizing writers as agents for social change, and producing compelling public literary programs. We hope you will consider becoming part of the PEN President’s Circle.

PEN PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE MEMBERSHIP BENEFITSPoets—for donors contributing $10,000+ benefits include all Essayists & Novelists level benefits, and:• Invitations to private events, including the PEN World Voices

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Benefits are updated as opportunities arise and reviewed annually. Membership to the President’s Circle is based on individual giving.

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PRESENTERS

Elizabeth Alexander is a poet, essayist, and playwright. She has published six books of poems, including The Venus Hottentot, Body of Life, Antebellum Dream Book, and American Sublime, which was one of three finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and was one of the American Library Association’s “Notable Books of the Year.” She is currently the Thomas E. Donnelley Professor of African American Studies at Yale University.

Ben Greenman is a contributing writer for the New Yorker and a bestselling author whose books include, most recently, the novel The Slippage and the hip-hop memoir Mo Meta Blues, co-written with Questlove.

Barbara Kingsolver has published fourteen books of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, including The Bean Trees, The Poisonwood Bible, and The Lacuna. Her books have been translated into more than twenty languages and received many awards, including the National Humanities Medal.

Joseph O’Neill’s most recent novel is The Dog. He received the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Prize for Fiction for Netherland.

Zadie Smith is the author of the novels White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW, and the essay collection Changing My Mind. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Andrew Solomon is Professor of Clinical Psychology at Columbia University and is the author of Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity and The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, which won the National Book Award. He lives in New York and London with his husband and son.

Elizabeth Streb founded STREB in 1985 and became a MacArthur Foundation fellow in 1997. In 2003 she founded the STREB Lab for Action Mechanics (SLAM) in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She also wrote the book STREB: How to Become an Extreme Action Hero (Feminist Press). Streb is the subject of the 2014 documentary Born to Fly (Aubin Pictures).

Natasha Wimmer is the translator of six books by Roberto Bolaño, including The Savage Detectives and 2666, among other works.

Tiphanie Yanique is the author of the just published novel Land of Love and Drowning and the award-winning story collection How to Escape from a Leper Colony. She teaches at the New School and lives in Brooklyn and Saint Thomas.

ABOUT PEN AMERICAN CENTER

PEN American Center is the largest of the 145 centers of PEN International, the world’s leading human rights and international literary organization. PEN International was founded in 1921 to dispel national, ethnic, and racial tensions and to promote understanding among all countries. PEN American Center works to advance literature, to defend free expression, and to foster international literary fellowship.

For over 50 years, the PEN Literary Awards Program has honored and introduced some of the most outstanding voices in literature across such diverse genres as debut fiction, poetry, essay, biography, translation, sports and science writing, children’s books, as well as several career achievement awards.

PEN is now accepting submissions for its 2015 literary awards cycle.

To learn more, please visit PEN.org or email awards@pen.org.

Paul W. MorrisDirector of Membership, Marketing & Literary Awards

Arielle AnemaMembership, Literary Awards, Writers’ Fund Associate

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Michael Moritz & Harriet HeymanPEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction

Barbara KingsolverPEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction

Hunce VoelckerPEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry

Lily TuckPEN/Edward and Lily Tuck Award for Paraguayan Literature

The Kaplen FoundationPEN Award for Poetry in Translation

Priscilla & Michael Henry Heim, Amazon.comPEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants

The Family of Robert BinghamPEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize

Dr. Edward O. Wilson and the E. O. Wilson Biodiversity FoundationPEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award

The Laura Pels International Foundation for TheaterPEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Awards

Barbaralee Diamonstein & Carl SpielvogelPEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay

ESPNPEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement and Literary Sports Writing Awards

Rodman L. Drake and Jacqueline Bograd WeldPEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award

Kathleen BeckettPEN/Steven Kroll Award

The Rochelle Ratner FundPEN Open Book Award

Phyllis Reynolds NaylorPEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship

PEN gratefully acknowledges Bauman Rare Books and The New School for their generosity and hospitality.

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PEN’s Board of Trustees would like to congratulate

all the winners of the 2014 PEN Literary Awards

BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2014–2015

OFFICERS

Peter Godwin, PresidentJohn Troubh, Executive Vice-President

Jeri Laber, Vice-PresidentJoanne Leedom-Ackerman, Vice-President

Annette Tapert, Vice-PresidentJohn Oakes, Treasurer

Theresa Rebeck, SecretarySuzanne Nossel, Executive Director

TRUSTEES

Cara Benson

Edward Burlingame

Roxanne Donovan

Jennifer Egan

Nathan Englander

Morgan Entrekin

Jeanmarie Fenrich

Leon Friedman

Wendy Gimbel

Barbara Goldsmith

Annette Gordon-Reed

Tom Healy

Samuel Heins

Tracy Higgins

Elinor Lipman

Erroll McDonald

Claudia Menza

Sevil Miyhandar

Christian Oberbeck

Tess O’Dwyer

Hannah Pakula

Greg Pardlo

Michael Pietsch

Susanna Reich

Elisabeth Sifton

Laura Baudo Sillerman

Clinton Ives Smullyan, Jr.

Andrew Solomon

Danielle Truscott

Davis Weinstock

Jacob Weisberg

Alex Zucker