That first sighting set his calling as a scientist.ĭespite a wingspan of six feet and a height of over two feet, the Blakiston’s fish owl is highly elusive. Soon he was on a five-year journey, searching for this enormous, enigmatic creature in the lush, remote forests of eastern Russia. He snapped a quick photo and shared it with experts. Bigger than any owl he knew, it looked like a small bear with decorative feathers. Slaght had a chance encounter with one of the most mysterious birds on Earth. When he was just a fledgling birdwatcher, Jonathan C. No scientist had seen a Blakiston’s fish owl so far south in a hundred years. I saw my first Blakiston’s fish owl in the Russian province of Primorye, a coastal talon of land hooking south into the belly of Northeast Asia. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award judges are Nassir Ghaemi, Christine Kenneally, Erin Macdonald, Banu Subramaniam.
The winner receives a cash award of $10,000 and is honored at the PEN Literary Awards. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, which celebrates writing that exemplifies literary excellence on the subject of physical and biological sciences. PEN American Center, the largest branch of the world’s leading literary and human rights organization, announced this week the winners and runners-up of the 2021 PEN Literary Awards, the most comprehensive literary awards program in the country. This is a compelling book that deftly weaves the cultural challenges of field research, and the entangled worlds of humans, technology, and nature with novelistic dexterity.” His lush narrative transports the reader to the wilds of Eastern Russia, chronicling the harsh winters and winds, and the utter joy of owl duets. In beautiful and lyrical prose, Slaght presents a detailed and absorbing account of the joys and challenges of a conservation biologist. Slaght for his fascinating chronicle following the elusive Blakiston’s fish owl. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award to Jonathan C. “It is an honor to present the 2021 PEN/E.O. Slaght, Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Winner is: Jonathan C.
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