PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir Winners

The PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir was given to an American author for his or her first published memoir, distinguished by qualiti ...more

Winners

	If This Be Treason: Translation and its Dyscontents by Gregory Rabassa 3.68 avg rating — 139 ratings PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Another Bullshit Night in Suck City by Nick Flynn 3.80 avg rating — 11,102 ratings PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles by Anthony Swofford 3.67 avg rating — 11,047 ratings PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Black Veil: A Memoir with Digressions by Rick Moody 3.09 avg rating — 480 ratings PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Chica: Two Worlds, One Childhood by Marie Arana 3.70 avg rating — 843 ratings PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Misgivings: My Mother, My Father, Myself by C.K. Williams 3.66 avg rating — 38 ratings PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir (2001)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where the Roots Reach for Water: A Personal and Natural History of Melancholia by Jeffery Smith 3.79 avg rating — 107 ratings PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir (2000)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Truth Comes in Blows: A Memoir by Ted Solotaroff 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir (1999)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Dog of Fate: An American Son Uncovers His Armenian Past by Peter Balakian 4.20 avg rating — 1,596 ratings PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir (1998)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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