![]() ![]() She also wrote the acclaimed memoir Widow Basquiat (on the painter Jean Michel Basquiat and New York City in the early 1980s). In 2014 she was awarded the Sara Curry Humanitarian Award for her novel Prayers for the Stolen that involved over ten years of research on the stealing of young girls in Mexico.Ĭlement is the author four novels Gun Love, Prayers for the Stolen, A True Story Based on Lies and The Poison That Fascinates. ![]() Human rights issues have motivated her writing. She has an MFA from the University of Southern Maine.įrom 2009 to 2012, Clement was president of PEN Mexico and her work focused on the disappearance and killing of journalists. She studied English Literature and Anthropology at New York University and also studied French Literature in Paris, France. Jennifer Clement is the President of PEN International and the first woman to be elected since the organization was founded in 1921. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |