Pen Pinter Prize

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Pen Pinter Prize

British children’s writer and performance poet Michael Rosen has been awarded the prestigious PEN Pinter Prize 2023.

 About Michael Rosen 

  • Rosen was the sixth British Children’s Laureate between 2007 and 2009 and is known for making poetry accessible to children through his work and performances. 
  • His themes are often social, political and ethical.
  • He is among the first poets who visited schools extensively across the UK and even overseas, talking about poetry and literature and the ways it can help us see the world around us with humour and empathy.
  • Some of Rosen’s most well-known books include You Can’t Catch Me (1982), which won the Signal Poetry Award; You Wait Till I Am Older Than You (1996), Rover (2007), Fantastic Mr Dahl (2012). 

PEN Pinter Prize 

  • The the Pinter International Writer of Courage Award both comprise an annual literary award launched in 2009 by English PEN in honour of the late Nobel Literature Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter.
  • The winner must be the author of a significant body of plays, poetry, essays, or fiction of outstanding literary merit, written in English.
  • Previous winners of the PEN Pinter Prize include Hanif Kureishi (2010), Salman Rushdie (2014), Lemn Sissay (2019). 

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