PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (2012) Winner
Dan Jenkins
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Dan Jenkins
Aliases:
Daniel Thomas Jenkins
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1928-12-02 （Fort Worth, Texas）
- Died
- 2019-03-07 （Fort Worth, Texas） age 90
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Fort Worth, Texas
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Sports journalist, Amateur golfer
- Active Years
- 1950-2019
- Affiliations
- Sports Illustrated, Golf Digest
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Christian University | — | Varsity Golf Team | — | — | United States |
Texas Christian University
Varsity Golf Team
Country:
United States
Played on the varsity golf team
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Texas Golf Hall of Fame | — | Distinguished Service | Texas Golf Hall of Fame | 受賞 |
| 2012 | PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing | — | — | PEN/ESPN | 受賞 |
| 2012 | World Golf Hall of Fame | — | Lifetime Achievement | World Golf Hall of Fame | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Red Smith Award | — | — | Associated Press | 受賞 |
| 2015 | Old Tom Morris Award | — | — | Golf Course Superintendents Association of America | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Ring Lardner Award | — | Excellence in Sports Journalism | — | 受賞 |
Texas Golf Hall of Fame
1993
Category:
Distinguished Service
Organization:
Texas Golf Hall of Fame
Result:
受賞
PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing
2012
Organization:
PEN/ESPN
Result:
受賞
World Golf Hall of Fame
2012
Category:
Lifetime Achievement
Organization:
World Golf Hall of Fame
Result:
受賞
Red Smith Award
2013
Organization:
Associated Press
Result:
受賞
Old Tom Morris Award
2015
Organization:
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
Result:
受賞
Ring Lardner Award
2017
Category:
Excellence in Sports Journalism
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Semi-Tough
1972 Sports novelHumorous novel about NFL players.
SportsHumorAmerican Football
Dead Solid Perfect
1974 Golf novelHumorous novel about golf.
GolfHumor
Baja Oklahoma
1981 NovelStory about cowboys and music.
American cultureMusic
Bibliography
- The Dogged Victims of Inexorable Fate
- Semi-Tough
- Saturday's America
- Dead Solid Perfect
- Limo: A Novel
- Baja Oklahoma
- Life Its Ownself
- Fast Copy: A Novel
- You Call It Sports, But I Say It's a Jungle Out There
- You Gotta Play Hurt
- Bubba Talks: Of Life, Love, Sex, Whiskey, Politics, Movies, Food, Foreigners, Teenagers, Football
- Fairways and Greens
- The Best American Sports Writing 1995
- Rude Behavior
- The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist: A Novel
- Slim and None
- The Franchise Babe: A Novel
- Jenkins at the Majors: Sixty Years of the World's Best Golf Writing, from Hogan to Tiger
- His Ownself: A Semi-Memoir
- Stick a Fork in Me: A Novel
- The Reunion at Herb's Café
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Raucous proseHumorousSatirical
- Recurring Motifs
- SportsGolfAmerican society
Legacy
Renowned as a master of sports writing, recipient of numerous awards. His daughter Sally Jenkins is also a sports columnist.
In Popular Culture
- Semi-Tough adapted into a film
Trivia
- Daughter Sally Jenkins is a sports columnist for The Washington Post.
- Played golf at Texas Christian University.