Edwidge Danticat Wins PEN/Malamud Award 2023

In a statement published on their website on June 16th, the PEN/Faulkner Foundation announced that Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat is the winner of the 2023 PEN/Malamud Award. The author of "The Dew Breaker" is recognized for her excellence in the genre of the short story. She will officially receive the award on December 1st, 2023.

"Edwidge Danticat is a truly unique writer who transforms the landscape of fiction by creating stories that elevate the human experience into the realm of the mythical. It is impossible to read Danticat's beautifully crafted stories and not come away transformed. Lilie. Lamort. Princesse. Elsie. Anika. They will not be forgotten! Danticat's stories are a gift to us all," stated Dolen Perkins-Valdez, chair of the PEN/Malamud Award committee, in the press release.

The writer expressed deep honor in receiving the PEN

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