J. K. Rowling receives PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award

Q.  J. K. Rowling is the latest author to receive the PEN/ALLEN Foundation Literary Service Award. Who are some of the other winners of this award?
- Published on 27 Jan 16

a. Toni Morrison
b. Salman Rushdie
c. Tim Stoppard
d. All of the above

ANSWER: All of the above
 
Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling has received the PEN ALLEN Foundation Literary Service Award. She will be receiving the award at the May 16th literary and human rights group annual spring gala. Previous winners of this award include Tim Stoppard, Salman Rushdie and Toni Morrison. PEN has awarded the honour to Rowling for free expression and her two charitable trusts Volant and Lumos. PEN will also honour CEO Michael Pietsch of Hachette Book Group, a US publisher of Rowling’s detective novels under the pen name Robert Galbraith.

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