The PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction is awarded by PEN America (formerly PEN American Center) "to a distinguished living American author of fiction whose body of work in English possesses qualities of excellence, ambition, and scale of achievement over a sustained career which place him or her in the highest rank of American literature."
The PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction is awarded by PEN America (formerly PEN American Center) to a distinguished living American author of fiction whose entire literary legacy in English demonstrates exceptional qualities, grandeur, and lasting impact over an extended period, establishing their reputation as one of the most prominent figures in American literature.