These are poets and fiction writers and everything in between who have been working for generations out of sense of urgency and love, and not always visible rewards. “I want to acknowledge a special debt to the Filipino-American and Filipino literary community. “This book was such a private labor of love for so long, and I feel incredibly lucky that it found a team of people that cared about it almost as much as I did, if not more,” said Alvar as she accepted the prize, presented by Chair of PEN’s Awards Committee and winner of the 2004 PEN/Bingham Prize Monique Truong. “It is rare to find a debut of such depth and breadth, work singing with the grace of a thousand doomed lifetimes compressed into stories both luminous and empathic, populated by memorable characters facing such keenly felt challenges,” judges Helon Habila, Elizabeth McCracken, Edie Meidav, and Jess Row wrote in their citation for the award. Knopf, In the Country comprises nine stories giving voice to the Filipino diaspora as its characters reflect on their cultural identities to confront the traumas of the past and the uncertainties of the future. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction this evening at a ceremony in New York for her short story collection In the Country. NEW YORK- PEN America named Mia Alvar winner of the 2016 PEN/Robert W. PEN Literary Award Winners include Lauren Redniss, Rick Barot, and Ta-Nehisi Coates 2023 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony.
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