#  Jamaica Kincaid receives PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award 

 





April 10, 2026

 

 

"PEN America, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting free speech, held its 62nd annual Literary Awards ceremony March 31, where the organization awarded nearly $350,000 in prizes.

Two New England-based writers were honored at the ceremony in *New* York City.

Boston University assistant professor of neurology Pria Anand received the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award for her book 'The Mind Electric: A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains,' and Vermont-based writer Jamaica Kincaid received the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay for her collection 'Putting Myself Together: Writing 1974.'"  
  
Read more from *The Boston Globe* [here.](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/02/arts/six-new-england-tied-authors-honored/)



 

 

 



 

 

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