The PEN Pinter Prize was established in 2009 in memory of the Nobel-winning playwright Harold Pinter. The Prize is awarded annually to a British writer or a writer resident in Britain of outstanding literary merit who, in the words of Harold Pinter’s Nobel speech, casts an ‘unflinching, unswerving’ gaze upon the world, and shows a ‘fierce intellectual determination … to define the real truth of our lives and our societies’.
The prize is shared with an international writer of courage selected by English PEN’s Writers at Risk Committee in association with the winner. This half of the prize is awarded to someone who has been persecuted for speaking out about their beliefs.
Previous Winners
| Year | British Winner | International Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Carol Ann Duffy | Samar Yazbek |
| 2011 | Sir David Hare | Roberto Saviano |
| 2010 | Hanif Kureishi | Lydia Cacho |
| 2009 | Tony Harrison | Zarganar (Maung Thura) |
Originally posted with the url: www.englishpen.org/prizes/penpinterprize/
[...] Carol Ann Duffy has used her poetry to skewer the pomposity of the GCSE exam board, mark the death of Stephen Lawrence and poke fun at overpaid footballers in recent years. Now the poet laureate’s “fierce intellectual determination” is set to be rewarded with the PEN/Pinter prize. [...]
[...] Yazbek, who risked her life to document her countrymen’s suffering, has won the prestigious PEN Pinter International Writer of Courage Award. Her memoir “A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution,” chronicles [...]
[...] Yazbek, who risked her life to document her countrymen’s suffering, has won the prestigious PEN Pinter International Writer of Courage Award. Her memoir “A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution,” chronicles [...]
[...] Yazbek, who risked her life to document her countrymen’s suffering, has won the prestigious PEN Pinter International Writer of Courage Award. Her memoir “A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution,” chronicles [...]
[...] Yazbek, who risked her life to document her countrymen’s suffering, has won the prestigious PEN Pinter International Writer of Courage Award. Her memoir “A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution,” chronicles [...]
[...] Yazbek, who risked her life to document her countrymen’s suffering, has won the prestigious PEN Pinter International Writer of Courage Award. Her memoir “A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution,” chronicles [...]
[...] Yazbek, who risked her life to document her countrymen’s suffering, has won the prestigious PEN Pinter International Writer of Courage Award. Her memoir “A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution,” chronicles [...]
[...] Samar Yazbek, who risked her life to document her countrymen’s suffering, won the prestigious PEN Pinter International Writer of Courage Award. Her memoir, “A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution,” chronicles [...]
[...] Samar Yazbek, who risked her life to document her countrymen’s suffering, won the prestigious PEN Pinter International Writer of Courage Award. Her memoir, “A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution,” chronicles [...]
[...] Samar Yazbek, who risked her life to document her countrymen’s suffering, won the prestigious PEN Pinter International Writer of Courage Award. Her memoir, “A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution,” chronicles [...]
[...] Samar Yazbek, who risked her life to document her countrymen’s suffering, won the prestigious PEN Pinter International Writer of Courage Award. Her memoir, “A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution,” chronicles [...]
[...] Samar Yazbek, who risked her life to document her countrymen’s suffering, won the prestigious PEN Pinter International Writer of Courage Award. Her memoir, “A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution,” chronicles [...]
[...] Samar Yazbek, who risked her life to document her countrymen’s suffering, won the prestigious PEN Pinter International Writer of Courage Award. Her memoir, “A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution,” chronicles [...]
[...] Samar Yazbek, who risked her life to document her countrymen’s suffering, won the prestigious PEN Pinter International Writer of Courage Award. Her memoir, “A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution,” chronicles [...]
[...] Samar Yazbek, who risked her life to document her countrymen’s suffering, won the prestigious PEN Pinter International Writer of Courage Award. Her memoir, “A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution,” chronicles [...]