Christopher Durang, Will Eno, Adam Rapp Win PEN Literary Awards

Playwrights Christopher Durang, Will Eno and Adam Rapp are honored along with authors Susan Nussbaum and Vanessa Veselka

Playwrights Christopher Durang, Will Eno and Adam Rapp are among the recipients of the 2012 PEN Literary Awards, announced Wednesday.

Getty ImagesDurang (left), a 2006 Pulitzer Prize finalist for "Miss Witherspoon," received PEN's Master American Dramatist award, which carries a $7,500 prize.

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Durang was nominated for a Tony Award in 1978 for Best Book of a Musical for "A History of the American Film." His off-Broadway works include "Sister Mary Ignatius," "The Marriage of Bette and Boo" and "Betty's Summer Vacation,"  he received Obie Awards for all three works.

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