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The '''PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature''', commonly referred to as the '''PEN/Nabokov Award''', is awarded biennially by [[PEN America]] (formerly PEN American Center) to writers, principally novelists, "whose works evoke to some measure [[Vladimir Nabokov|Nabokov]]'s brilliant versatility and commitment to literature as a search for the deepest truth and the highest pleasure— what Nabokov called the 'indescribable tingle of the spine'."<ref>[http://www.pen.org//page.php/prmID/1605 PEN/Nabokov Award] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517213102/http://www.pen.org//page.php/prmID/1605 |date=2008-05-17 }}, official website.</ref> The winner is awarded $50,000 as of 2016. The award is financed by the [[Vladimir Nabokov Foundation]], founded by [[Dmitri Nabokov]]. It has been called one of the most prestigious PEN prizes.<ref>{{cite book |title=When She Was Good |url=https://archive.org/details/whenshewasgood00roth_0 |url-access=registration |author=Philip Roth |date=1995 |author-link=Philip Roth |publisher=Vintage|isbn=978-0-679-75925-6 }} [https://books.google.com/books?id=PZaaMB3Q60IC&pg=PT2 external link]</ref>

In 2016, after an eight year hiatus, the award was revived with changes. The prize money was increased from US$20,000 to US$50,000, and the name was changed from PEN/Nabokov Award for Fiction to PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. The criteria of the award was changed to those born or residing outside the United States, meaning previous winners Ozick, Roth, and Gass wouldn't have qualified for this version of the award.

The award is [[List of PEN literary awards|one of many PEN awards]] sponsored by [[International PEN]] affiliates in over [[International PEN centres|145 PEN centres]] around the world. The PEN American Center awards have been characterized as being among the "major" American literary prizes.<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LyJqIfNPSgcC&pg=PA689 |title=The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature |chapter=Literary Prizes and Awards |publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group |author=Alfred Bendixen |year=2005 |page=689 |isbn=978-0-8264-1777-0 |access-date=2016-10-23 |archive-date=2023-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224194004/https://books.google.com/books?id=LyJqIfNPSgcC&pg=PA689 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Award winners==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+PEN/Nabokov Award
!Year
!Recipient
!Country/Reference
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|[[2000 in literature|2000]]
|{{sortname|last=Gass|first=William H.}}
|{{USA}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gelder |first=Lawrence Van |date=2000-05-15 |title=This Week |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/15/books/this-week.html |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2018-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911002657/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/15/books/this-week.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=PEN/Nabokov Award |url=https://www.britannica.com/art/PEN-Nabokov-Award |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=[[Britannica]] |language=en |archive-date=2023-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220122506/https://www.britannica.com/art/PEN-Nabokov-Award |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[2002 in literature|2002]]
|{{sortname|last=Llosa|first=Mario Vargas}}
|{{PER}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gelder |first=Lawrence Van |date=2002-05-02 |title=Footlights |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/02/books/footlights.html |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2016-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826104027/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/02/books/footlights.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Flood |first=Alison |date=2016-08-11 |title=PEN/Nabokov award relaunched to promote 'global voices' in US |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/11/pen-america-launches-new-literary-award-to-promote-global-voices-in-us-nabokov |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2022-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129071439/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/11/pen-america-launches-new-literary-award-to-promote-global-voices-in-us-nabokov |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[2004 in literature|2004]]
|{{sortname|last=Gallant|first=Mavis}}
|{{CAN}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gelder |first=Lawrence Van |date=2004-05-03 |title=ARTS BRIEFING |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/03/theater/arts-briefing.html |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2018-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911002658/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/03/theater/arts-briefing.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[2006 in literature|2006]]
|{{sortname|last=Roth|first=Philip}}
|{{USA}}<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2012-11-16 |title=2006 PEN/Nabokov Award |url=https://pen.org/2006-pennabokov-award/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=[[PEN America]] |language=en |archive-date=2022-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129080739/https://pen.org/2006-pennabokov-award/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Van Gelder |first=Lawrence |date=2006-05-03 |title=Arts, Briefly |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/03/arts/03arts.html |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2023-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222035324/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/03/arts/03arts.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1" />
|-
|[[2008 in literature|2008]]
|{{sortname|last=Ozick|first=Cynthia}}
|{{PER}}<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2012-11-16 |title=2008 PEN/Nabokov Award |url=https://pen.org/2008-pennabokov-award/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=[[PEN America]] |language=en |archive-date=2022-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815222354/https://pen.org/2008-pennabokov-award/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
|-
|[[2017 in literature|2017]]
|[[Adunis]]
|{{SYR}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tubb |first=Nathaniel |date=2017-03-27 |title=2017 PEN/NABOKOV AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE |url=https://pen.org/2017-pennabokov-award-achievement-international-literature/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=[[PEN America]] |language=en |archive-date=2021-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506124559/https://pen.org/2017-pennabokov-award-achievement-international-literature/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=In Praise of Adonis, Winner of the Pen/Nabokov Award! |url=https://www.albertine.com/events/in-praise-of-adonis-winner-of-the-pennabokov-award/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=ALBERTINE |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204122857/https://www.albertine.com/events/in-praise-of-adonis-winner-of-the-pennabokov-award/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[2018 in literature|2018]]
|{{sortname|last=O'Brien|first=Edna}}
|{{IRE}}<ref>{{cite web |date=February 2017 |title=2018 PEN American Lifetime Career and Achievement Awards |url=https://pen.org/2018-lifetime-career-achievement-honorees/ |access-date=February 7, 2018 |website=[[PEN America]] |publisher= |archive-date=October 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005141853/https://pen.org/2018-lifetime-career-achievement-honorees/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Onwuemezi |first=Natasha |date=2018-02-07 |title=O'Brien given $50k PEN/Nabokov Award |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/obrien-awarded-pennabokov-award-international-literature-727221 |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=The Bookseller |language=En |archive-date=2019-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824173011/https://www.thebookseller.com/news/obrien-awarded-pennabokov-award-international-literature-727221 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Doyle |first=Martin |date=2018-02-21 |title=Edna O'Brien: Lolita author Nabokov was 'scathing of women' |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/edna-o-brien-lolita-author-nabokov-was-scathing-of-women-1.3399269 |access-date=2023-02-26 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205123035/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/edna-o-brien-lolita-author-nabokov-was-scathing-of-women-1.3399269 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[2019 in literature|2019]]
|{{sortname|last=Cisneros|first=Sandra}}
|{{PER}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-05 |title=PEN America to Honor Sandra Cisneros for Achievement in International Literature at February 26 Ceremony In New York |url=https://pen.org/press-release/sandra-cisneros-achievement-international-literature-nabokov-award/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=[[PEN America]] |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216101403/https://pen.org/press-release/sandra-cisneros-achievement-international-literature-nabokov-award/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-02-05 |title=Cisneros Wins PEN/Nabokov |url=https://locusmag.com/2019/02/cisneros-wins-pen-nabokov/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=[[Locus Online]] |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325050026/https://locusmag.com/2019/02/cisneros-wins-pen-nabokov/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Schaub |first=Michael |date=2019-02-05 |title=Sandra Cisneros to receive PEN/Nabokov Award for international literature |url=https://www.latimes.com/books/la-et-jc-sandra-cisneros-pen-nabokov-award-20190205-story.html |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205161811/https://www.latimes.com/books/la-et-jc-sandra-cisneros-pen-nabokov-award-20190205-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sandra Cisneros receives PEN/Nabokov Award |url=https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/latest-links/sandra-cisneros-receives-pen-nabokov-award/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=[[American Libraries]] magazine |language=en-US |archive-date=2019-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513024827/https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/latest-links/sandra-cisneros-receives-pen-nabokov-award/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 26, 2019 |title=Sandra Cisneros accepts PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature |url=https://writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/resources/news/sandra-cisneros-accepts-pennabokov-award-achievement-international-literature |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=[[ Iowa Writers' Workshop]] |archive-date=2022-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007211706/https://writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/resources/news/sandra-cisneros-accepts-pennabokov-award-achievement-international-literature |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[2020 in literature|2020]]
|{{sortname|last=Philip|first=M. NourbeSe}}
|{{CAN}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-12 |title=2020 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature |url=https://pen.org/pen-nabokov-award-2020/ |access-date=2021-03-29 |website=[[PEN America]] |language=en |archive-date=2020-12-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223011322/https://pen.org/pen-nabokov-award-2020/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=van Koeverden |first=Jane |date=2020-02-12 |title=Toronto poet M. NourbeSe Philip awarded $66K PEN/Nabokov Award for International Literature |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/toronto-poet-m-nourbese-philip-awarded-66k-pen-nabokov-award-for-international-literature-1.5461486 |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-date=2022-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928230754/https://www.cbc.ca/books/toronto-poet-m-nourbese-philip-awarded-66k-pen-nabokov-award-for-international-literature-1.5461486 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[2021 in literature|2021]]
|{{sortname|last=Carson|first=Anne}}
|{{CAN}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-23 |title=Roster of Breakthrough Literary Visionaries to Receive 2021 PEN America Career Achievement Prizes |url=https://pen.org/press-release/roster-of-breakthrough-literary-visionaries-to-receive-2021-pen-america-career-achievement-prizes/ |access-date=2021-03-29 |website=PEN America |language=en |archive-date=2021-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324191047/https://pen.org/press-release/roster-of-breakthrough-literary-visionaries-to-receive-2021-pen-america-career-achievement-prizes/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=[[CBC Books]] |date=2021-04-07 |title=Anne Carson to receive $63K PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/anne-carson-to-receive-63k-pen-nabokov-award-for-achievement-in-international-literature-1.5978531 |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-date=2022-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111080513/https://www.cbc.ca/books/anne-carson-to-receive-63k-pen-nabokov-award-for-achievement-in-international-literature-1.5978531 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Drudi |first=Cassandra |date=2021-04-08 |title=Anne Carson to be honoured with $63K PEN/Nabokov Award - Quill and Quire |url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/anne-carson-to-be-honoured-with-63k-pen-nabokov-award/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=[[Quill and Quire ]] |language=en |archive-date=2021-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423080315/https://quillandquire.com/omni/anne-carson-to-be-honoured-with-63k-pen-nabokov-award/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[2022 in literature|2022]]
|{{sortname|last=Thiong’o|first=Ngũgĩ wa}}
|{{KEN}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ibeh |first=Chukwuebuka |date=February 4, 2022 |title=Ngugi wa Thiong'o Awarded Prestigious PEN America Honors |url=https://brittlepaper.com/2022/02/ngugi-wa-thiongo-awarded-the-pen-nabokov-award-for-achievement-in-international-literature/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=[[Brittle Paper]] |archive-date=2022-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228060348/https://brittlepaper.com/2022/02/ngugi-wa-thiongo-awarded-the-pen-nabokov-award-for-achievement-in-international-literature/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2023
|[[Vinod Kumar Shukla]]
|{{IND}}<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/hindi-writer-vinod-kumar-shukla-wins-us-literary-award/articleshow/98322159.cms</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Arora |first=Sumit |date=2023-03-06 |title=Writer Vinod Kumar Shukla wins 2023 PEN/Nabokov Lifetime Achievement Award |url=https://currentaffairs.adda247.com/writer-vinod-kumar-shukla-wins-2023-pen-nabokov-lifetime-achievement-award/ |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=adda247 |language=en-IN}}</ref>
|}

==Notes==
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==External links==
*[http://www.pen.org/grants-and-awards/pennabokov-award PEN/Nabokov Award], official website.

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