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2009 PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction
WinnerThe PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction goes to a distinguished living American author of fiction whose body of work in English possesses qualities of excellence, ambition,… More
Thought Is Free
PEN American Center and The Public Theater are proud to present a program in support of writers and artists who have been imprisoned or imperiled for speaking truth to… More
The Bhayanak Rasas, or the Rasas of Terror
The cover of PEN America 13: Lovers features a painting by Daisy Rockwell, aka Lapata, called Couple. For our online feature, we’re presenting a series of Rockwell’s paintings, part… More
Venezuelan PEN Challenges Country’s Human Rights Record at UN
Last Friday in Geneva, it was Venezuela’s turn to be examined by the Universal Periodic Review of the United Nations. Venezuelan PEN worked closely with International PEN to submit… More
Ai Weiwei’s Release Gives Reason for Hope
We were much relieved to learn that Ai Weiwei was released this week on bail, though we know from the experiences of others in his situation—and his brief comments… More
Prison Writing Award Winners: 1986-1987
PoetryFirst PrizeCharles CulhaneOssing, NYOf Cold PlacesSecond PrizeGary WaitkeepeJamestown, CATo Sleep on a SubmarineThird Prize (tie)Thomas BerkelbaughPittsburgh, PAThe Short on Q (As In Cucumber) RangeNolan GelmanFrackville, PAFairhill PrisonHonorable MentionsWajih M.… More
Priority Campaigns
PEN America is engaged in several large-scale initiatives to protect freedom of expression and promote fundamental rights in the United States and around the world. Read below to learn… More
Take Action
SPREAD THE WORD:The simplest and most effective response to censorship and the silencing of voices is to spread the word: to write and tell the stories of those who… More
PEN Programs
“PEN is the voice of cultures truthfully addressing one another rather than governments or armies in confrontation. The object is not to win something, but to illuminate something.”—Arthur MillerPEN… More
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