PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay [SEP] conferred by
PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay
The PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay is awarded by the PEN American Center to an author for a book of original collected essays. The award was founded by PEN Member and author Barbaralee Diamonstein and Carl Spielvogel, former "New York Times" columnist, "to preserve the dignity and esteem that the essay form imparts to literature." The winner receives a cash award of $10,000.
The award was on hiatus from
Barack Obama in Des Moines, Iowa, recorded by the New York Review of Books and published in the October issues of the magazine in two-parts
Awards.
- 1982: Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for best first novel for "Housekeeping"
- 1982: Pulitzer Prize for Fiction shortlist for "Housekeeping"
- 1989: National Book Award for Nonfiction shortlist for ""
- 1999: PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay for "The Death of Adam"
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