PEN/Edward and Lily Tuck Award for Paraguayan Literature

The PEN/Edward and Lily Tuck Award for Paraguayan Literature is awarded by the PEN America (formerly PEN American Center) to honor an author of a major work of Paraguayan literature and the English translator. The award was established by author Lily Tuck to assist with the translation of Paraguayan literature from Spanish or Guarani into English.[1] Tuck won a National Book Award in 2004 for The News from Paraguay, which was set in 19th century Paraguay.[1] Michael Orthofer of complete review called it "my new favorite American literary award,"[2] for its coverage of an overlooked area of world literature.

Candidates are nominated by Paraguayan publishers.

The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN in over 145 PEN centers around the world. The PEN American Center awards have been characterized as being among the "major" American literary prizes.[3]

Winners
  • 2010 Esteban Bedoya, El Apocalipsis según Benedicto[4]
  • 2012 Delfina Acosta, Versos de amor y de locura[5][6]
  • 2014 Raúl Silva Alonso, En Tacumbú[7][8]
  • 2016 Nathalia María Echauri Castagnino, Doce Lunas Llenas: Poesias sobre la Divina Energia Femenina[9][10]
  • 2018 Javier Viveros, Fantasmario[11][12][13]
  • 2020 Liz Haedo, Pieles de papel[14]

References
  1. Elizabeth Taylor (literary editor) (November 16, 2011). "Editor's choice: Paraguayan Literature". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
  2. "2012 PEN Literary Awards". complete review. August 29, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
  3. Alfred Bendixen (2005). "Literary Prizes and Awards". The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 689.
  4. "PEN/Edward and Lily Tuck Award for Paraguayan Literature". PEN. Archived from the original on August 3, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  5. Laurie Hertzel (August 28, 2012). "PEN literary awards announced". Star Tribune. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
  6. "2012 PEN/Edward and Lily Tuck Award for Paraguayan Literature". pen.org. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  7. Ron Charles (July 30, 2014). "Winners of the 2014 PEN Literary Awards". Washington Post. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  8. "2014 PEN/Edward and Lily Tuck Award for Paraguayan Literature". pen.org. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  9. Maggie Galehouse (March 1, 2016). "PEN Literary Award winners announced". Chron. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  10. "2016 PEN Literary Award Winners". PEN. March 1, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  11. John Maher (February 21, 2018). "Long Soldier, Zhang, Le Guin Win At 2018 PEN Literary Awards". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  12. "The 2018 PEN America Literary Awards Winners". PEN America. February 20, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  13. Porter Anderson (January 31, 2018). "Industry Notes: PEN America's Finalists". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  14. "PEN America Literary Awards". March 5, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2020.


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