PEN Pinter Prize [SEP] conferred by
PEN Pinter Prize
The PEN Pinter Prize and the Pinter International Writer of Courage Award both comprise an annual literary award launched in 2009 by English PEN in honour of the late Nobel Literature Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter, who had been a Vice President of English PEN and an active member of the International PEN Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC). The award is given to "a British writer or a writer resident in Britain of outstanding literary merit who, in the words of Pinter’s Nobel speech ['Art,
Library, on or around 10 October, the anniversary of Pinter's birth.
The PEN Pinter Prize is one of the many PEN literary awards sponsored by PEN International affiliates in "more than 100" PEN International Centers located around the world.
Recipients.
Recipients 2009.
- PEN Pinter Prize: Tony Harrison, poet and playwright
- International Writer of Courage Award: Zarganar (Maung Thura), Burmese artist
Recipients 2010.
- PEN Pinter Prize: Hanif Kureishi
- International Writer of Courage Award: