Irish PEN Award

Irish PEN Award for Literature is an annual literary award presented by Irish PEN since 1999. Its intent is to honour an Irish-born writer who has made an outstanding contribution to Irish literature. The award is for a significant body of work and is open to novelists, playwrights, poets, and scriptwriters.

In 2012, the award was presented to novelist Joseph O'Connor by the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins.^[1]^[2]

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

^ Higgins, Michael D. (10 February 2012). "Presentation of the Irish PEN Award for Literature". Office of the President of Ireland. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
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[1] Higgins, Michael D. (10 February 2012). "Presentation of the Irish PEN Award for Literature". Office of the President of Ireland. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2012.

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