Zadie Smith to receive PEN America literary service award

The PEN Literary Award “is given to an important author whose work has attracted a wide audience and who has helped us to understand the human condition in a fundamental and powerful way.” And this year, the Penn / Audible Literary Service Award will be given to author Jade Smith, 46, making her the youngest recipient of the award.

“Jadi Smith’s influence cannot be underestimated … he is not only one of the most groundbreaking voices in contemporary fiction, but also one of our most insightful critical minds. , Said in a statement on March 11, 2022.

Smith is known for collecting novels, including White Teeth and NW, and essays such as Changing My Mind and Intimation.

In 2002, Smith was elected a Fellow of the prestigious Royal Society of Literature, United Kingdom. She won the Orange Prize for Fiction (now known as the Women’s Prize for Fiction) for her novel White Teeth in 2006. Jade Smith’s ‘White Teeth’ was also included in Time magazine’s list of the 100 best English language novels. From 1923 to 2005, “according to Wikipedia.

Smith will be a guest at the PEN America’s annual literary festival, which will be held May 23 at the Museum of Natural History in Manhattan. Other recipients of the award will include audible founder Donald Katz, PEN cited as this year’s Business Visionary Honorary.

The PEN Literary Services Award was previously given to Tony Morrison, Stephen Soundheim and Margaret Atwood.

(With input from AP)

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