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 , 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]

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  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.
  4. ^ LAWRENCE VAN GELDER (May 15, 2000). "This Week". New York Times. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
  5. ^ LAWRENCE VAN GELDER (May 2, 2002). "Footlights". New York Times. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
  6. ^ LAWRENCE VAN GELDER (May 3, 2004). "ARTS BRIEFING". New York Times. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
  7. ^ "2006 PEN/Nabokov Award". pen.org. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  8. ^ LAWRENCE VAN GELDER (May 3, 2006). "Arts, Briefly". New York Times. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
  9. ^ "2008 PEN/Nabokov Award". pen.org. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  10. ^ "2017 PEN/Nabokov Award". pen.org. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
  11. ^ "2018 PEN American Lifetime Career and Achievement Awards". PEN America. February 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  12. ^ "PEN AMERICA TO HONOR SANDRA CISNEROS FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE AT FEBRUARY 26 CEREMONY IN NEW YORK". PEN America. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  13. ^ "2020 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature". PEN America. 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  14. ^ "Roster of Breakthrough Literary Visionaries to Receive 2021 PEN America Career Achievement Prizes". PEN America. 2021-03-23. Retrieved 2021-03-29.

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