{"id":3422,"date":"2013-07-12T09:00:57","date_gmt":"2013-07-12T14:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/?p=3422"},"modified":"2021-11-27T22:10:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T03:10:13","slug":"shortlists-announced-for-the-2013-pen-literary-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/2013\/07\/12\/shortlists-announced-for-the-2013-pen-literary-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortlists Announced for the 2013 PEN Literary Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2013 SHORTLISTS AND JUDGES<\/strong><\/p>\n

PEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize<\/a> ($25,000): <\/strong>To an author whose debut work\u00e2\u20ac\u201da first novel or collection of short stories published in 2012\u00e2\u20ac\u201drepresents distinguished literary achievement and suggests great promise.<\/span><\/p>\n

Judges<\/strong>: Tom Drury, Danielle Evans, and Donald Ray Pollock<\/span><\/p>\n

Shortlist<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

A Land More Kind Than Home<\/em> (William Morrow), Wiley Cash<\/span><\/p>\n

A Naked Singularity<\/em> (University of Chicago Press), Sergio de la Pava<\/span><\/p>\n

My Only Wife<\/em> (Dzanc Books), Jac Jemc<\/span><\/p>\n

Happiness Is a Chemical in the Brain<\/em> (W.W. Norton & Co.), Lucia Perillo<\/span><\/p>\n

Battleborn<\/em> (Riverhead Books), Claire Vaye Watkins<\/span><\/p>\n

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PEN\/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction<\/a> ($10,000): <\/strong>To an author of a distinguished book of general nonfiction possessing notable literary merit and critical perspective and illuminating important contemporary issues which has been published in the United States during 2011 or 2012.<\/p>\n

Judges<\/strong>: Eliza Griswold, Maya Jasanoff, and Edward Mendelson<\/span><\/p>\n

Shortlist:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Iron Curtain<\/em> (Doubleday), Anne Applebaum<\/span><\/p>\n

Behind the Beautiful Forevers<\/em> (Random House), Katherine Boo<\/span><\/p>\n

Moby-Duck<\/em> (Penguin Books), Donovan Hohn<\/span><\/p>\n

God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Hotel<\/em> (Riverhead Books), Victoria Sweet<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

PEN\/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay<\/a> ($10,000): <\/strong>For a book of essays published in 2012 that exemplifies the dignity and esteem that the essay form imparts to literature.<\/p>\n

Judges<\/strong>: Sven Birkerts, Robert Gottlieb, and Mark Kramer<\/span><\/p>\n

Shortlist<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

What Light Can Do <\/em>(Ecco), Robert Hass<\/span><\/p>\n

The Story of America <\/em>(Princeton University Press), Jill Lepore<\/span><\/p>\n

Waiting for the Barbarians <\/em>(New York Review Books), Daniel Mendelsohn<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

PEN\/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award<\/a> ($10,000): <\/strong>For a book of literary nonfiction on the subject of the physical or biological sciences published in 2012.<\/p>\n

Judges<\/strong>: Deborah Blum, Katherine Bouton, and Jerome Groopman<\/span><\/p>\n

Shortlist<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

The Forest Unseen <\/em>(Viking), David George Haskell<\/p>\n

The Violinist\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Thumb <\/em>(Little, Brown and Company), Sam Kean<\/p>\n

Subliminal<\/em> (Vintage Books), Leonard Mlodinow<\/p>\n

Spillover<\/em> (W.W. Norton & Co.), David Quammen<\/p>\n

Rabid<\/em> (Viking), Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

PEN Open Book Award<\/a> ($5,000): <\/strong>For an exceptional book-length work of literature by an author of color published in 2012.<\/p>\n

Judges<\/strong>: Cyrus Cassells, Porochista Khakpour, and Tiphanie Yanique<\/span><\/p>\n

Shortlist<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Gun Dealers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Daughter <\/em>(W.W. \u00c2\u00a0Norton & Co.), Gina Apostol<\/p>\n

When My Brother Was an Aztec <\/em>(Copper Canyon Press), Natalie Diaz<\/p>\n

Allegiance <\/em>(Wayne State University Press), Francine J. Harris<\/p>\n

Our Andromeda <\/em>(Copper Canyon Press), Brenda Shaughnessy<\/p>\n

The Grey Album<\/em> (Graywolf Press), <\/em>Kevin Young<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

PEN\/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography<\/a> ($5,000): <\/strong>For a distinguished biography published in 2012.<\/p>\n

Judges<\/strong>: Debby Applegate, Peter Orner, and Charles Shields<\/span><\/p>\n

Shortlist<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

James Joyce <\/em>(Farrar, Straus and Giroux), Gordon Bowker<\/p>\n

All We Know <\/em>(Farrar, Straus and Giroux), Lisa Cohen<\/p>\n

A Difficult Woman <\/em>(Bloomsbury), Alice Kessler-Harris<\/p>\n

The Lives of Margaret Fuller <\/em>(W.W. Norton & Co.), John Matteson<\/p>\n

The Black Count <\/em>(Broadway Books), Tom Reiss<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

PEN\/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing<\/a> ($5,000): <\/strong>To honor a nonfiction book on the subject of sports published in 2012.<\/p>\n

Judges<\/strong>: Jane Leavy, William Leitch, and Ben McGrath<\/span><\/p>\n

Shortlist<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Over Time <\/em>(Grove Press), Frank Deford<\/p>\n

Road to Valor <\/em>(Broadway Books), Aili and Andres McConnon<\/p>\n

Like Any Normal Day <\/em>(St. Martin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Press), Mark Kram, Jr.<\/p>\n

Floyd Patterson<\/em> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), W.K. Stratton<\/p>\n

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PEN\/Steven Kroll Award for Picture Book Writing<\/a> ($5,000): <\/strong>To a writer for an exceptional story illustrated in a picture book published in 2012.<\/p>\n

Judges<\/strong>: Barbara Shook Hazen, David Wiesner, and Cheryl Willis Hudson<\/span><\/p>\n

Shortlist<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Snakes <\/em>(Scholastic), Nic Bishop<\/p>\n

Oh, No! <\/em>(Schwartz & Wade Books), Candace Fleming and illustrator Andrea Castellani<\/p>\n

I Lay My Stitches Down <\/em>(Eerdmans), Cynthia Grady and illustrator Michele Wood<\/p>\n

Those Rebels, John & Tom <\/em>(Scholastic), Barbara Kerley and illustrator Edwin Fotheringham<\/p>\n

The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau <\/em>(Eerdmans), Michelle Markel and illustrator Amanda Hall<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

PEN Award for Poetry in Translation<\/a> ($3,000): <\/strong>For a book-length translation of poetry into English published in 2012.<\/p>\n

Judge<\/strong>: Don Mee Choi<\/span><\/p>\n

Shortlist<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Spit<\/em> Temple<\/em> by Cecilia Vicu\u00c3\u00b1a (Ugly Duckling Presse), Rosa Alcal\u00c3\u00a1<\/p>\n

Diadem <\/em>by Marosa di Giorgio (BOA Editions), Adam Giannelli<\/p>\n

Tales of a Severed Head<\/em> by Rachida Madani (Yale University Press), Marilyn Hacker<\/p>\n

The Smoke of Distant Fires<\/em> by Eduardo Chirinos (Open Letter Books), G. J. Racz<\/p>\n

Almost 1 Book\/Almost 1 Life<\/em> by Elfriede Czurda (Burning Deck), Rosmarie Waldrop<\/p>\n

The Shock of the Lenders and Other Poems<\/em> by Jorge Santiago Perednik (Action Books), Molly Weigel<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

PEN Translation Prize<\/a> ($3,000): <\/strong>For a book-length translation of prose into English published in 2012.<\/p>\n

Judge<\/strong>: Margaret Carson, Bill Johnston, and Alex Zucker<\/span><\/p>\n

Shortlist<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

A Long Day\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Evening<\/em> by Bilge Karasu (City Lights Books), Aron Aji and Fred Stark<\/p>\n

Near to the Wild Heart <\/em>by Clarice Lispector (New Directions), Alison Entrekin<\/p>\n

Down the Rabbit Hole<\/em> by Juan Pablo Villalobos (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), Rosalind Harvey<\/p>\n

The Cardboard House<\/em> by Mart\u00c3\u00adn Ad\u00c3\u00a1n (New Directions), Katherine Silver<\/p>\n

The Island of Second Sight <\/em>by Albert Vigoleis Thelen (Overlook Press), Donald O. White<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Shortlists Announced for the 2013 PEN Literary Awards | PEN American Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PEN announces the shortlists for multiple literary awards including the PEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize, PEN\/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction, PEN\/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay, PEN\/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, & the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[765,252,789,505,788],"class_list":["post-3422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-did-you-know","tag-765","tag-awards","tag-literary","tag-pen","tag-shortlisted"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3422"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9980,"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3422\/revisions\/9980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}