PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction explained

The PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction is awarded by PEN America (formerly PEN American Center) biennially "to a distinguished book of general nonfiction possessing notable literary merit and critical perspective and illuminating important contemporary issues which have been published in the United States during the previous two calendar years. It is intended that the winning book possess the qualities of intellectual rigor, perspicuity of expression, and stylistic elegance conspicuous in the writings of author and economist John Kenneth Galbraith, whose four dozen books and countless other publications continue to provide an important and incisive commentary on the American social, intellectual and political scene."[1]

The winner receives $10,000.

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.[2]

Honorees

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AuthorTitlePublisherResult
2007House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American PowerMariner Books[3]
and Hank KlibanoffKnopf
Penguin Press
2009Penguin Group)
Samuel Johnson: The StruggleBasic Books
Posthumous Keats: A Personal BiographyW.W. Norton & Co.
2011Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison EmpirePicador[4] [5]
Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor / Hiroshima / 9-11 / IraqW.W. Norton & Co.
Random House
2013Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai UndercityRandom House[6] [7]
Moby-DuckPenguin Books
Iron Curtain Doubleday[8] [9]
God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of MedicineRiverhead Books
2015Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged HospitalCrown[10] [11] [12]
Our DeclarationLiveright[13]
and Steve FainaruLeague of DenialCrown Archetype
Palgrave Macmillan
This Changes EverythingSimon & Schuster[14]
2017Crown[15]
2019In a Day's Work: The Fight to End Sexual Violence Against America’s Most Vulnerable WorkersCrown[16]
2021Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer RadicalsW. W. Norton & Company[17] [18]
2022All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family KeepsakeRandom House[19] [20]
Random House[21]
Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass IncarcerationLittle Brown and Company
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Little Brown and Company
2023Simon & Schuster [22] [23]
Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the BorderlandsW. W. Norton & Company[24]
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a NationHarperCollins Publishers
Pegasus Books
SolitoHogarth Press

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://pen.org/page.php/prmID/1357 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 . 2016-10-23 . 2023-02-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230224194004/https://books.google.com/books?id=LyJqIfNPSgcC&pg=PA689 . live .
  3. Web site: 2016-04-29. PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Winners. 2022-01-31. PEN America. en. 2022-01-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20220131165117/https://pen.org/penjohn-kenneth-galbraith-award-for-nonfiction-winners/. live.
  4. Web site: 2011-08-11 . Awards: PEN Literary Awards . 2024-05-26 . . 2023-03-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230324101547/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1531 . live .
  5. Web site: August 11, 2011. Jacket Copy: PEN American Center's 2011 award winners. August 11, 2012. Los Angeles Times. December 10, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111210011517/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2011/08/pen-american-centers-2011-awards.html. live.
  6. Web site: Carolyn Kellogg. August 14, 2013. Jacket Copy: PEN announces winners of its 2013 awards. August 14, 2013. Los Angeles Times. August 16, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130816025317/http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-pen-announces-winners-of-its-2013-awards-20130814,0,5632674.story. live.
  7. Web site: 2013-08-15 . Awards: PEN Literary . 2024-05-26 . . 2022-11-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221127111044/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2063 . live .
  8. Web site: 2013-07-10 . Shortlists Announced for the 2013 PEN Literary Awards . 2024-05-26 . . en . 2022-12-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221216105140/https://pen.org/press-release/shortlists-announced-for-the-2013-pen-literary-awards/ . live .
  9. Web site: Kellogg . Carolyn . 2013-07-11 . PEN announces shortlists for its 2013 awards . 2024-05-26 . . en-US . 2022-09-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220929232905/https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-pen-shortlists-2013-awards-20130711-story.html . live .
  10. Web site: Carolyn Kellogg. May 13, 2015. PEN announces award-winners and shortlists. May 14, 2015. LA Times. May 15, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150515062345/http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-pen-announces-award-winners-and-shortlists-20150513-story.html. live.
  11. Web site: 2015-05-14 . Awards: PEN Literary; New Children's Author . 2024-05-26 . . 2021-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210926190909/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2507 . live .
  12. Web site: 2015 PEN Literary Award Winners . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150516014656/http://www.pen.org/2015-pen-literary-award-winners . May 16, 2015 . May 14, 2015 . PEN America.
  13. Web site: 2015-04-10 . 2015 PEN Literary Awards Shortlist . 2024-05-26 . . en . 2022-12-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221206062418/https://pen.org/2015-pen-literary-awards-shortlist/ . live .
  14. Web site: Robertson . Becky . 2015-03-19 . Naomi Klein longlisted for 2015 PEN Literary Award . 2024-05-26 . . en . 2020-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201026064034/https://quillandquire.com/book-news/2015/03/19/naomi-klein-longlisted-for-2015-pen-literary-award/ . live .
  15. Web site: 2017-02-23 . Awards: Los Angeles Times; PEN Literary . 2024-05-26 . . 2022-05-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220523165029/https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2943 . live .
  16. Web site: 2019-02-27 . PEN America Literary Award Winners Honored . 2024-05-26 . . 2022-12-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221226071024/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3440 . live .
  17. Web site: 2021-04-08 . Announcing the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Winners . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220121232728/https://pen.org/literary-awards/2021-pen-america-literary-awards-winners/ . 2022-01-21 . 2022-01-31 . . en.
  18. Web site: 2021-04-09 . PEN America Literary Award Winners Honored . 2024-05-26 . . 2022-12-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221225073828/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3961 . live .
  19. Web site: Alquist . Pierce . 2022-03-01 . 2022 PEN American Literary Award Winners . 2024-05-26 . BOOK RIOT . en-US . 2023-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230928041036/https://bookriot.com/2022-pen-american-literary-award-winners/ . live .
  20. Web site: Schaub . Michael . 2022-02-28 . Winners of PEN America Literary Awards Revealed . 2024-05-26 . . en . 2022-03-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220302032051/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/winners-of-pen-america-literary-awards-revealed/ . live .
  21. Web site: Rabinowitz . Chloe . PEN America Announces 2022 Literary Awards Finalists . 2024-05-26 . . en . 2022-05-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220516231607/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/PEN-America-Announces-2022-Literary-Awards-Finalists-20220126 . live .
  22. Web site: Schaub . Michael . 2023-03-03 . PEN Award Winners Announced . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230306021844/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/pen-award-winners-announced/ . 2023-03-06 . 2023-03-06 . . en.
  23. Web site: Alquist . Pierce . 2023-03-03 . 2023 PEN America Literary Award Winners . 2024-05-26 . BOOK RIOT . en-US . 2023-06-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230603022848/https://bookriot.com/2023-pen-america-literary-award-winners/ . live .
  24. Web site: 2023-02-15 . Announcing the 2023 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists . 2024-05-26 . . en . 2023-02-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230220041319/https://pen.org/literary-awards/announcing-the-2023-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/ . live .

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