PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award explained

The PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award is awarded by the PEN America (formerly PEN American Center) to honor a "distinguished biography possessing notable literary merit which has been published in the United States during the previous calendar year."[1] The award carries a $5,000 prize.

The award was established by Rodman L. Drake. Previous judges include Brad Gooch, Benjamin Taylor, and Amanda Vaill.

The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN affiliates in over 145 PEN centers around the world. The PEN American Center awards have been characterized as being among the "major" American literary prizes.[2]

Award winners

PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography winners!Year!Author!Title!Result!Ref.
2008Two Lives: Gertrude and AliceWinner[3]
2009Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc GodardWinner[4]
Samuel Johnson: The StruggleRunner-up
Posthumous Keats: A Personal BiographyRunner-up
2010Koestler: The Literary and Political Odyssey of a Twentieth-Century SkepticWinner[5]
2011Winner[6]
2012Catherine the Great: Portrait of a WomanWinner
Runner-up
2013Winner[7]
James Joyce:Runner-up
2014Holding On Upside Down: The Life and Work of Marianne MooreWinner[8] [9]
2015Winner[10] [11]
2016Agnes Martin: Her Life and ArtWinner[12] [13]
2017Black Elk: The Life of an American VisionaryWinner[14]
2018Richard Nixon: The LifeWinner[15] [16] [17]
2019Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine HansberryWinner
2020Sisters and Rebels: A Struggle for the Soul of AmericaWinner
2021Winner[18]
2022All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days. The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler:Winner[19]
2023Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented RhythmWinner[20]
2024The Marriage Question: George Eliot's Double LifeWinner[21]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/2163 PEN American Center Literary Awards
  2. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=LyJqIfNPSgcC&pg=PA689 . The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature . Literary Prizes and Awards . Continuum International Publishing Group . Alfred Bendixen . 2005 . 689.
  3. Web site: May 19, 2008 . Our Critic’s Tip Sheet on Current Reading: Kingsley Amis Drinks; Bill Bryson Admonishes; and PEN Bestows Prizes . August 11, 2012 . The New York Observer.
  4. Web site: May 5, 2009 . Page-Turner: Congratulations . August 11, 2012 . The New Yorker.
  5. Web site: December 2010 . Writing Professor Michael Scammell at Cafe Arts Dec. 6 . August 11, 2012 . Columbia University.
  6. Web site: August 11, 2011 . Jacket Copy: PEN American Center's 2011 award winners . August 11, 2012 . LA Times.
  7. Web site: Carolyn Kellogg . August 14, 2013 . Jacket Copy: PEN announces winners of its 2013 awards . August 14, 2013 . Los Angeles Times.
  8. Web site: Ron Charles . Ron Charles (critic) . July 30, 2014 . Winners of the 2014 PEN Literary Awards . August 1, 2014 . Washington Post.
  9. Web site: 2014 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography . August 1, 2014 . pen.org.
  10. Web site: Carolyn Kellogg . May 13, 2015 . PEN announces award-winners and shortlists . May 14, 2015 . LA Times.
  11. Web site: 2015 PEN Literary Award Winners . May 14, 2015 . pen.org.
  12. Web site: Maggie Galehouse . March 1, 2016 . PEN Literary Award winners announced . March 2, 2016 . Chron.
  13. Web site: March 1, 2016 . 2016 PEN Literary Award Winners . March 2, 2016 . PEN.
  14. News: 2017-03-27 . 2017 PEN America Literary Awards Winners - PEN America . en-US . PEN America . 2017-08-02.
  15. Web site: John Maher . February 21, 2018 . Long Soldier, Zhang, Le Guin Win At 2018 PEN Literary Awards . February 21, 2018 . Publishers Weekly.
  16. Web site: February 20, 2018 . The 2018 PEN America Literary Awards Winners . February 21, 2018 . PEN America.
  17. Web site: Porter Anderson . January 31, 2018 . Industry Notes: PEN America’s Finalists . February 21, 2018 . Publishing Perspectives.
  18. Web site: Schaub . Michael . April 9, 2021 . PEN America Presents Its Literary Awards Online . May 25, 2021 . Kirkus.
  19. Web site: 2020-06-09 . PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography . 2022-05-24 . PEN America . en.
  20. Web site: PEN America Honors Tina Fey, Vinod Kumar Shukla, Erika Dickerson-Despenza, and 11 Authors and Translators at 2023 Literary Awards Hosted by Kal Penn . PEN America . 5 March 2023 . en . 3 March 2023.
  21. Web site: PEN America . 5 December 2024 . en . 4 December 2023.

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