Golden PEN Award

Not to be confused with Golden Pen Awards.

Golden PEN Award
Awarded for"A Lifetime's Distinguished Service to Literature"
CountryEngland
Hosted byEnglish PEN
First awarded1993
Last awardedActive
WebsiteGolden Pen Award

The Golden PEN Award is a literary award established in 1993 by English PEN given annually to a British writer for "a Lifetime's Distinguished Service to Literature".[1] The winner is chosen by the Board of English PEN. The award has previously been called the S.T. Dupont Golden Pen Award.

The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN affiliates in over 145 PEN centres around the world.

  1. ^ Alison Flood (3 December 2012). "Linton Kwesi Johnson wins Golden PEN award". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2012.