PEN American Literary Awards

Sandra Cisneros wins PEN Award for “awe-inspiring body of work”

Sandra Cisneros wins PEN Award for “awe-inspiring body of work”

BY ISABEL RODRIGUEZ ’21

Sandra Cisneros, an acclaimed Mexican-American novelist, has won the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. Cisneros is the third author to receive this award, following Adonis and Edna O’Brien in 2017 and 2018, respectively.

Writers of color make groundbreaking wins at PEN Literary Awards

Writers of color make groundbreaking wins at PEN Literary Awards

BY ISABEL RODRIGUEZ ’21

Poets, Essayists, and Novelists  (PEN) held its annual Literary Awards commemoration at New York University on Feb. 20. Since it formed in 1963, the PEN American Literary Awards has honored authors of various genres, including but not limited to fiction, essays, biography, poetry, science writing, sports writing and drama and offers grants and fellowships.

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