PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry
The PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry is given biennially to an American poet whose distinguished and growing body of work to date represents a notable and accomplished presence in American literature.[1]
The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN affiliates in over 145 PEN centers around the world. The PEN America awards have been characterized as being among the "major" American literary prizes.[2]
Winners[]
- 1994 Jane Kenyon
- 1996 Franz Wright
- 1998 C.K. Williams
- 2000 Heather McHugh
- 2002 Frederick Seidel
- 2004 Robert Pinsky
- 2006 Linda Gregg (Judges: Michael Hofmann, Timothy Liu, and Vijay Seshadri)
- 2008 Kimiko Hahn (Judges: Kwame Dawes, Mark Doty, and Marie Howe)
- 2010 Marilyn Hacker (Judges: Christopher Ricks, Marie Ponsot, and David Ferry)
- 2012 Toi Derricotte (Judges: Dan Chiasson, Aracelis Girmay, and A. Van Jordan)
- 2014 Frank Bidart (Judges: , Toi Derricotte, and Rowan Ricardo Phillips)[3][4][5]
- 2016 Ed Roberson (Judges: Catherine Barnett, Jericho Brown, and Tina Chang)[6][7]
- 2018 Kamau Brathwaite (Judges: Ed Roberson, , Ocean Vuong)[8]
- 2020 Rigoberto González (Judges: Cornelius Eady, Linda Gregerson, Deborah Paredez, and Monica Youn[9]
- 2021 Victoria Chang[10]
- 2022 Diane Seuss (Judges: Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Lia Purpura, Safiya Sinclair)[11]
See also[]
- American poetry
- List of poetry awards
- List of literary awards
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature
References[]
- ^ International Who's Who in Poetry 2004. Taylor & Francis US. 2003. p. 366.
- ^ Alfred Bendixen (2005). "Literary Prizes and Awards". The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 689.
- ^ Ron Charles (July 30, 2014). "Winners of the 2014 PEN Literary Awards". Washington Post. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ^ "2014 PEN/Voelcker Award". pen.org. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ^ John Williams (July 30, 2014). "James Wolcott and Frank Bidart Among 2014 PEN American Winners". New York Times. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ^ Maggie Galehouse (March 1, 2016). "PEN Literary Award winners announced". Chron. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ^ "2016 PEN Literary Award Winners". PEN. March 1, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ^ "2018 PEN American Lifetime Career and Achievement Awards". PEN America. February 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- ^ "PEN America Literary Awards".
- ^ Ellis, Danika (April 9, 2021). "Winners of the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Announced". Book Riot. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- ^ Smith, Eliza (March 1, 2022). "Here are the winners of the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards". Literary Hub. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
External links[]
Categories:
- PEN America awards
- Awards established in 1994
- 1994 establishments in the United States
- American poetry awards