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PEN Literary Awards


In 2009, PEN awarded more than 20 prizes to writers at work in a variety of genres. Presented below is work from this year’s winners, as well as audio recordings and photos from the 2009 Awards Ceremony.

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AUDIO & PHOTO GALLERIES

READINGS

Roberto Bolaño: 2666
translated by Natasha Wimmer

When Rosa fell asleep he took off her high-heeled shoes and covered her with a blanket. [More]

The Road
by Cormac McCarthy

By evening they at least were dry. They studied the pieces of map but he’d little notion of where they were. [More]

An Aquarium
by Jeffrey Yang

We have yet to understand
the mystery of the sponge. A phylum
unto itself, sponge . . . 

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ANNOUNCING

2009 Literary Awards Recipients

PEN is pleased to announce the winners of this year's literary awards. [More]

WORLD VOICES AUDIO & PHOTOS

The Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture by Nawal El Saadawi
With Nawal El Saadawi and Kwame Anthony Appiah

The Rattapallax/PEN World Voices Literary Film FeastStanding Before History: Remembering Ken Saro-Wiwa
With Ken Wiwa, Richard North Patterson, Steve Connell, Sekou, and Okey Ndibe

Evolution/Revolution
With Muriel Barbery, Nicole Brossard, Narcís Comadira, Jose Dalisay, Edwidge Danticat, Péter Nádas, Sergio Ramírez, Salman Rushdie, and Raja Shehadeh

The Economic Crisis and How to Deal with It
With Bill Bradley, Niall Ferguson, Paul Krugman, Nouriel Roubini, George Soros, Robin Wells, and Jeff Madrick

PEN MEMBER BLOGS
 
Bestiary (poem)
Posted by: Boria Sax
 
Images of Defiance
Posted by: Lyn Miller-Lachmann
 
BEA09: Writers Shot At Dawn
Posted by: Peter H. Fogtdal
 
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ADVOCACY NEWS

June 24, 2009:
Writers Condemn Formal Arrest of Chinese Colleague Liu Xiaobo


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