PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
1 appearances
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Edition 45 (2020) Winner
Ruchika Tomar
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Ruchika Tomar
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- United States
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Writer
- Active Years
- 2019-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel | A Prayer for Travelers | デビュー小説賞 | PEN America (in cooperation with the Hemingway Foundation) | 受賞 |
PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
2020
Work:
A Prayer for Travelers
Category:
デビュー小説賞
Organization:
PEN America (in cooperation with the Hemingway Foundation)
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
A Prayer for Travelers
2019 Literary fiction 352 pagesDebut novel set near the California–Nevada border that follows the friendship between two young women, Cale and Penny, and the sudden disappearance of one of them. A mystery and coming-of-age story that uses desolate landscapes and travel scenes to explore isolation and solidarity.
MysteryComing-of-ageFemale friendshipBorderland lifeDisappearance
Bibliography
- A Prayer for Travelers (2019)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Visually evocative and lyrical descriptionsNoir-tinged realist styleTight structure and restrained narration
- Recurring Motifs
- Desolate landscapesGas stations and travel scenesIsolation and solidarityComplexities of female relationships
Legacy
Her debut received critical acclaim and the PEN/Hemingway Award, establishing her as a notable emerging writer; praised for vivid depictions of American borderlands and nuanced portrayals of female relationships.
Quotes
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"a remarkable piece of writing, astute in style and structure and also in the story that it tells."
Source: PEN/Hemingway Award judges (2020)
Trivia
- Debut novel A Prayer for Travelers was published by Riverhead Books in 2019.
- The novel won the 2020 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel.
- Literary fiction in English, 352 pages (ISBN: 9780525537038).