‘Citizen’ wins 2015 PEN Center USA Literary Award for Poetry | Intimate Excellent

Claudia Rankine

Claudia Rankine has won the 2015 PEN Center USA Literary Award for poetry for her acclaimed book ‘Citizen: An American Lyric’. Our smash hit sold-out stage adaptation of Citizen by Stephen Sachs, directed by Shirley Jo Finney, has earned rave reviews, been hailed as Critic’s Choice in the Los Angeles Times and is extended to October 11.

‘Citizen: An American Lyric’ at the Fountain Theatre

The Los Angeles-based PEN Center USA Literary Awards honor work in eleven categories—fiction, creative nonfiction, research nonfiction, poetry, children’s/young adult, graphic literature, translation, journalism (print and NEW online), drama, screenplay, and teleplay—produced or published in 2015 by writers living west of the Mississippi River.

Citizen: An American Lyric extended to Oct 11th. More Info/Get Tickets

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