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PEN/Jean Stein Book Award is awarded by the PEN America to honor a "a book-length work of any genre for its originality, merit, and impact". The award of $75,000 is one of the richest prizes given by the PEN American Center. It was first awarded in 2017.

The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN affiliates in more than 145 PEN centers around the world. The PEN American Center awards have been characterized as being among the "major" American literary prizes.[1]

Winners and finalists

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Previous winners and finalists[2]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
2017 Hisham Matar The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between Winner [3][4][5]
Teju Cole Known and Strange Things Finalist [6]
Tyehimba Jess Olio
Jane Mayer Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
Colson Whitehead The Underground Railroad
2018 Layli Long Soldier Whereas Winner [7][8][9]
Ta-Nehisi Coates We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy Finalist [10]
Hari Kunzru White Tears
Victor LaValle The Changeling
Kevin Young Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News
2019 Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Friday Black Winner [11][12]
Ada Limón The Carrying: Poems Finalist [13]
José Olivarez Citizen Illegal
Richard Powers The Overstory
Tara Westover Educated: A Memoir
2020 Yiyun Li Where Reasons End Winner [14][15][16]
Anne Boyer The Undying Finalist [17][18]
Ilya Kaminsky Deaf Republic: Poems
Rion Amilcar Scott The World Doesn't Require You
Chris Ware Rusty Brown
2021 Ross Gay Be Holding: A Poem Winner [19][20]
Anthony Cody Borderland Apocrypha Finalist [21]
Akwaeke Emezi The Death of Vivek Oji
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore The Freezer Door
Kawai Strong Washburn Sharks in the Time of Saviors: A Novel
2022 Daisy Hernández The Kissing Bug Winner [22][23]
Joy Williams Harrow Finalist [22][24]
Percival Everett The Trees
Dantiel W. Montiz Milk Blood Heat
Carolina de Robertis The President and the Frog
2023 Percival Everett Dr. No Winner [25]
Nick Drnaso Acting Class Finalist [26]
Bernadette Mayer Milkweed Smithereens
Noor Naga If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English
Sofia Samatar The White Mosque

References

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  1. ^ Alfred Bendixen (2005). "Literary Prizes and Awards". The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 689. Archived from the original on February 24, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  2. ^ "Past Winners". PEN American Center. Archived from the original on February 22, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  3. ^ "Hisham Matar Takes $75,000 Prize for Book of the Year at Reimagined PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony". PEN America. March 28, 2017. Archived from the original on February 28, 2019. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  4. ^ Maher, John (March 27, 2017). "At PEN Awards, A Scaled-Up Atmosphere and Political Bent". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on December 6, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  5. ^ "Awards: PEN Literary; BTBA Longlists; Christophers". Shelf Awareness. March 29, 2017. Archived from the original on December 24, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  6. ^ Italie, Hillel (January 18, 2017). "Colson Whitehead is a finalist for $75,000 PEN America award". AP NEWS. Archived from the original on January 30, 2022. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  7. ^ Maher, John (February 21, 2018). "Long Soldier, Zhang, Le Guin Win At 2018 PEN Literary Awards". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on February 22, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  8. ^ "Awards: PEN America Literary; L.A. Times Book FInalists". Shelf Awareness. February 22, 2018. Archived from the original on October 1, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  9. ^ "The 2018 PEN America Literary Awards Winners". PEN America. February 20, 2018. Archived from the original on February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  10. ^ Porter Anderson (January 31, 2018). "Industry Notes: PEN America's Finalists". Publishing Perspectives. Archived from the original on February 22, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  11. ^ "PEN America Literary Award Winners Honored". Shelf Awareness. February 27, 2019. Archived from the original on December 26, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  12. ^ Maher, John (February 27, 2019). "'Daring Works' Fêted at 2019 PEN America Literary Awards". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on September 24, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  13. ^ "Announcing the 2019 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists". PEN America. January 15, 2019. Archived from the original on October 30, 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  14. ^ "Yiyun Li receives PEN/Jean Stein Book Award for originality, merit and impact". Princeton University. March 3, 2020. Archived from the original on March 9, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  15. ^ Reid, Calvin (March 4, 2020). "Writers Li, Lok, de Waal Win Big at PEN Lit Awards". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on December 6, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  16. ^ "PEN America Literary Award Winners Honored". Shelf Awareness. March 4, 2020. Archived from the original on August 19, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  17. ^ "PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Finalists Include Anne Boyer and Ilya Kaminsky". Poetry Foundation. Archived from the original on March 6, 2023. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  18. ^ "PEN America 2020 Awards Shortlists Announced". Publishers Weekly. January 29, 2020. Archived from the original on July 3, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  19. ^ "PEN America Literary Award Winners Honored". Shelf Awareness. April 9, 2021. Archived from the original on December 25, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  20. ^ Reid, Calvin (April 8, 2021). "Gay, Wang, Ehrenreich, Hartman Win at 2021 PEN Lit Awards". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on December 5, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  21. ^ "Announcing the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists". PEN America. February 10, 2021. Archived from the original on February 14, 2021. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  22. ^ a b Smith, Eliza (March 1, 2022). "Here are the winners of the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards". Literary Hub. Archived from the original on March 3, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  23. ^ Stewart, Sophia (March 1, 2022). "Hernández, Choi, Renkl, Peters, and Miles Win 2022 PEN Lit Awards". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on November 30, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  24. ^ Stewart, Sophia (January 26, 2022). "PEN America Announces Finalists for 2022 Literary Awards". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on December 5, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  25. ^ Schaub, Michael (March 3, 2023). "PEN Award Winners Announced". Kirkus Reviews. Archived from the original on March 6, 2023. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  26. ^ "Announcing the 2023 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists". PEN America. February 15, 2023. Archived from the original on February 20, 2023. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
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