Kwame Dawes is among the honorees for this year’s PEN America Literary Awards Career Achievement.
Kwame Dawes is being awarded for the PEN/Nora Magid Award for Magazine Editing ($2,500) which honors a magazine editor whose “high literary standards and taste have, throughout their career, contributed significantly to the excellence of the publication they edit.”
The panel of judges praised Dawes as a “bold and visionary editor” who has “proved the ongoing validity of the literary journal and taken it to new places. His publication, Prairie Schooner, constantly demonstrates excellence and innovation. For a decade it has consistently published work that is rigorous, aesthetically diverse, and compelling. Nine years ago, Dawes oversaw an expansion into podcasts, with Air Schooner.”
PEN America honors outstanding careers and lifetime contributions to the world of literature and drama of our era, as well as the promise of emerging talents. Those to be honored this year will receive their recognition in the categories of PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award, PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature, PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award, PEN/Nora Magid Award for Magazine Editing, and PEN/Manheim Award for Translation.
Visit here to see other honorees.
The 2021 Career Achievement Awards will be celebrated at the 2021 Literary Awards Ceremony, held virtually and open to a global audience on April 8 at 7pm ET. Registration is free and tickets can be reserved here
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