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The Golden PEN Award is a literary award established in 1993 by English PEN given annually to a British writer for "a Lifetime's Distinguished Service to Literature".[1] The winner is chosen by the Board of English PEN. The award has previously been called the S.T. Dupont Golden Pen Award.

Golden PEN Award
Awarded for"A Lifetime's Distinguished Service to Literature"
CountryEngland
Hosted byEnglish PEN
First awarded1993
Last awardedActive
WebsiteGolden Pen Award

The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN affiliates in over 145 PEN centres around the world.

Recipients

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Golden PEN Award winners[2]
Year Recipient Ref.
1993 Sybille Bedford
1994 V. S. Pritchett
1995 Stephen Spender
1996 William Cooper
1997 Iris Murdoch
1998 Muriel Spark
1999 Penelope Fitzgerald [3]
2000 Francis King
2001 Harold Pinter [4]
2002 Doris Lessing
2003 Michael Frayn
2004 Nina Bawden [5]
2005 Jan Morris [6]
2006 Michael Holroyd
2007 Josephine Pullein-Thompson [7]
2008 JG Ballard
2009 John Berger [8]
2010 Salman Rushdie
2011 Margaret Drabble [9]
2012 Linton Kwesi Johnson [1]
2013 Gillian Slovo [10]

References

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  1. ^ a b Alison Flood (3 December 2012). "Linton Kwesi Johnson wins Golden PEN award". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  2. ^ Staff writer. "Golden Pen Award". Golden Pen Award. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  3. ^ Cathy Hartley (2003). A Historical Dictionary of British Women. Psychology Press. p. 349.
  4. ^ Leslie Kane (2004). "Introduction". The Art of Crime: The Plays and Film of Harold Pinter and David Mamet. Psychology Press. p. 2.
  5. ^ Noah, Sherna (22 August 2012). "Carrie's War author Nina Bawden dies". The Independent. Archived from the original on 24 July 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  6. ^ Gillian Fenwick (2008). "Chronology". Traveling Genius: The Writing Life of Jan Morris. Univ of South Carolina Press. p. XX. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  7. ^ "Josephine Pullein-Thompson Collection". Collections - Special Collections. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  8. ^ Catherine Neilan (8 December 2009). "Berger picks up Golden PEN award". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  9. ^ Benedicte Page (1 December 2011). "Drabble wins Golden PEN". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  10. ^ Liz Bury (3 December 2013). "Gillian Slovo wins Golden PEN award". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
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