Janus Pannonius Prize for Poetry: Charles Bernstein |
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September 1, 2015, Volume 62, No. 03 |
Charles Bernstein, Donald T. Regan Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Pennsylvania, is a winner of the 2015 Janus Pannonius Grand Prize for Poetry along with Giuseppe Conte of Italy.
Founded in 2012 by the Hungarian PEN Club, the award is modeled after the Nobel Prize for Literature, and is named after the first known and celebrated Hungarian poet. The award honors poets considered heirs to human spirituality and culture.
Mr. Bernstein and Mr. Conte were presented with their prize late last month in Italy and Hungary. Their joint bilingual volume, Tutto il whiskey in cielo/Tutto il meraviglioso in terra (All the Whiskey in Heaven/All the Wonder of the World) was presented at that time. On August 29, an award ceremony was held in Pécs, Hungary, the birthplace of Pannonius. The event was in the courtyard of the Episcopal Palace.
The prize comes with 50,000 euros, or $56,405, which is to be split between the two winners.
This is the second major international poetry prize for Professor Bernstein in 2015. He also won the Münster International Poetry Prize.
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