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Announcing the 2016 PEN Literary Award Winners
PEN America is thrilled to announce the winners for the 2016 PEN Literary Awards, spanning fiction, drama, sports writing, biography, translation, poetry, and more. More
Letter to My Dear Friend by Shabnam Nadiya
One year ago, Bangladeshi-American writer Avijit Roy was violently murdered on his way home from a book fair with his wife. The writer Shabnam Nadiya, who was a childhood… More
Iran: End 27-Year Threats Against Rushdie
PEN America today released a statement condemning the renewed threats against Salman Rushdie 27 years after Ayatollah Khomenei's 1989 fatwa against him. More
Bangladesh: One Year After Avijit Roy’s Violent Murder, State of Free Expression Has Deteriorated Markedly
Bangladeshi-American writer Avijit Roy was the first of five individuals murdered by Islamist extremists in Bangladesh during an onslaught of attacks during 2015. More
2016 PEN Literary Award Winners
PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction ($25,000): To a distinguished living American author of fiction. JUDGES: Louise Erdrich, Dinaw Mengestu, and Francine Prose WINNER: Toni Morrison PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize… More
End Efforts to Compel Apple to Crack iPhone
The company should not be put in a position where protecting the rights of its customers requires it to defy the law. More
Print Schedule
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Research Consultant on Campus Speech
Research Consultant on Campus SpeechPEN seeks a consultant to research and write a report detailing current challenges to academic freedom and free speech on US university campuses. The report… More
Free Expression, Publishing, and Bookselling Organizations Urge Hong Kong to Take Action on Missing Booksellers
Free expression advocacy, publishing, and bookselling associations representing six continents have sent a letter to Hong Kong's government urging it to do everything in its power to investigate the… More
Introducing the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize Finalists
PEN America is pleased to announce the ten finalists for the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, founded by Barbara Kingsolver. The award is presented biennially to the… More
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