Homegoing Wins $25,000 PEN/Hemingway Award
March 22, 2017
March 22, 2017
BOSTON, March 22 -- The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum issued the following news release:
PEN New England announced that Yaa Gyasi has won the 2017 PEN/Hemingway Award, honoring a distinguished first book of fiction, for her novel Homegoing (Knopf). Patrick Hemingway, the son of Ernest Hemingway, will present the prestigious literary award to Ms. Gyasi on Sunday, April 2, at a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston.
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PEN New England announced that Yaa Gyasi has won the 2017 PEN/Hemingway Award, honoring a distinguished first book of fiction, for her novel Homegoing (Knopf). Patrick Hemingway, the son of Ernest Hemingway, will present the prestigious literary award to Ms. Gyasi on Sunday, April 2, at a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston.
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