Colby College: Claire Jimenez '06 Wins 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
April 30, 2024
April 30, 2024
WATERVILLE, Maine, April 30 (TNSres) -- Colby College issued the following news:
By Laura Meader
All her life, Claire Jimenez '06 has reached for books by Puerto Rican writers. This spring, people are reaching for her book.
What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez, the debut novel by Jimenez, has won the 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The book emerged as the "first among equals" of the nation's most prestigious peer-juried literary award.
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By Laura Meader
All her life, Claire Jimenez '06 has reached for books by Puerto Rican writers. This spring, people are reaching for her book.
What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez, the debut novel by Jimenez, has won the 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The book emerged as the "first among equals" of the nation's most prestigious peer-juried literary award.
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