PEN/Jean Stein Book Award is awarded by the PEN America to honor a "a book-length work of any genre for its originality, merit, and impact". The award of $75,000 is one of the richest prizes given by the PEN American Center. It was first awarded in 2017.
The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN affiliates in more than 145 PEN centers around the world. The PEN American Center awards have been characterized as being among the "major" American literary prizes.[1]
- ^ Alfred Bendixen (2005). "Literary Prizes and Awards". The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 689. Archived from the original on February 24, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2018.