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2017 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award: Oleg Sentsov
Acclaimed filmmaker Oleg Sentsov was sentenced to 20 years in a Russian prison on charges of terrorism. Many international governments believe that he has been convicted on groundless charges… More
The PEN Ten with Rion Amilcar Scott
The only responsibility of a writer is to zealously chase his or her obsessions to every weird logical and illogical end. More
Detention and Sentencing of Protesters Continues in Belarus
Detaining peaceful protesters is a clear violation of human rights, and Belarus must immediately and unconditionally drop all charges and free them, says PEN America. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Advocates file Freedom of Information Act after seizure of electronics at border, world media leaders pen letter to Trump about media suppression, and more. More
Hisham Matar Takes $75,000 Prize for Book of the Year at Reimagined PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony
Hisham Matar was awarded the inaugural PEN/Jean Stein Book Award for his memoir The Return (Penguin Random House) Monday night at the PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony in a… More
2017 PEN/NABOKOV AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE
Winner Adonis The PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature is given to a living author whose body of work, either written in or translated into English, is of… More
2017 PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE FOR DEBUT FICTION
Winner Rion Amilcar Scott for Insurrections (University Press of Kentucky) The PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction honors an exceptionally talented fiction writer whose debut work—a novel or collection of… More
Algeria: Writer Anouar Rahmani under imminent threat of arrest for blasphemy
PEN is deeply worried about the writer and human rights defender Anouar Rahmani (أنور رحماني), who is currently the subject of a criminal investigation for allegedly insulting Islam following… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Democrats introduce a bill to make Trump's Mar-a-Lago meetings more transparent, hundreds of protestors were arrested in Belarus, and more. More
2017 PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR THE ART OF THE ESSAY
Winner Angela Morales for The Girls in My Town (University of New Mexico Press) The PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay aims to preserve the dignity and esteem that… More
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