Irish PEN Award explained

Irish PEN Award for Literature is an annual literary award presented by Irish PEN since 1999. Its intent is to honour an Irish-born writer who has made an outstanding contribution to Irish literature. The award is for a significant body of work and is open to novelists, playwrights, poets, and scriptwriters.

In 2012, the award was presented to novelist Joseph O'Connor by the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins.^[1]

The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by PEN affiliates in over 145 PEN centres around the world.

Recipients

• 1999: John B. Keane
• 2000: Brian Friel
• 2001: Edna O'Brien
• 2002: William Trevor
• 2003: John McGahern
• 2004: Neil Jordan
• 2005: Seamus Heaney
• 2006: Jennifer Johnston
• 2007: Maeve Binchy
• 2008: Thomas Kilroy
• 2009: Roddy Doyle
• 2010: Brendan Kennelly
  • 2011: Colm Tóibín 2012: Joseph O'Connor^[2]
• 2013: John Banville^[3]
• 2014: Frank McGuinness^{[4] [5]}
• 2015: Éilís Ní Dhuibhne^[6]
• 2017: Anne Enright

• 2018: Catherine Dunne
• 2019: Eavan Boland

External links

• Irish PEN Award for Literature, official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Michael D.. Higgins. Michael D. Higgins. Presentation of the Irish PEN Award for Literature. Office of the President of Ireland. 10 February 2012. 2 September 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20130217205343/http://www.president.ie/speeches/presentation-of-the-irish-pen-award-for-literature/. 17 February 2013.
2. News: Shane. Hegarty. O'Connor to receive Irish Pen prize from President. The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. 10 February 2012. 2 September 2012.
3. News: John Banville to receive the 2013 Irish PEN Award for Outstanding Achievement in Irish Literature. Irish PEN. 14 January 2013. 14 January 2013.
4. News: Living here: Playwright and poet Frank McGuinness in Booterstown, Co Dublin . The Irish Times . Rose Doyle . 13 February 2013 . 29 May 2014.
5. Web site: McGuinness honoured with 2014 Irish PEN Award for Outstanding Achievement in Irish Literature . University College Dublin . 14 February 2014 . 29 May 2014.
6. News: Éilís Ní Dhuibhne to receive the Irish PEN Award for outstanding contribution to Irish literature . . Laura Slattery . 16 January 2015 . 18 October 2015.