NEW YORK (AP) β Louise Erdrich has won the PEN/Saul Bellow prize, a lifetime achievement honor for American writers that comes with a $25,000 cash award.
The PEN American Center announced the award Tuesday as judges E.L. Doctorow, Zadie Smith and Edwidge Danticat praised the “awesome” breadth of Erdrich’s work.
Erdrich’s novels include “Love Medicine” and “The Round House,” winner of the National Book Award in 2012. Previous winners of the Bellow prize include Doctorow and Philip Roth.
