Announcing the Winners of the
2020 PEN America Literary Awards
 PEN America is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2020 PEN America Literary Awards. See all the winners here »
“Late Night” host, comedian, and “influential recommender of books” (The New York Times) Seth Meyers hosted the ceremony at The Town Hall. In his opening speech, Meyers offered some evergreen advice to the audience: “If you’re one of those writers that wakes up every day at seven, without fail, makes a coffee, and writes for eight hours, just keep it to yourself.” Watch last night's ceremony in full here »
Yiyun Li, author of Where Reasons End, emerged as the winner of the $75,000 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, which recognizes a book-length work of any genre for its originality, merit, and impact, for the remarkably poignant Where Reasons End. Accepting the award, Li said, “There are too many people to thank, and I can’t list all of them—so I’ll just list one very special person: my son Vincent, who helped me write this book.’”
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