The 2020 PEN/Malamud Award Ceremony was held on December 4, 2020, and celebrated Lydia Davis, the 2020 winner of the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. Awarded annually to writers who have demonstrated exceptional achievement, the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story is one of the nation’s most significant literary prizes for the short story form.
This ceremony featured a reading as well as an in-depth conversation/Q&A about Ms Davis’ work. The event also featured remarks by Janna Malamud Smith, Bernard Malamud’s daughter, and was hosted in partnership with the MFA Program in Creative Writing at American University.
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