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Saul Bellow, Allen Ginsberg, Nadine Gordimer, Salman Rushdie & Others
There has never been much rapport between government and art in the United States. The thing was set up only, on the political level, to create a kind of… More
Photocopies of Photocopies: On Bao Ninh
Bao Ninh, now living in Hanoi, became a novelist in the second half of his life. Until the age of forty, he served in the North Vietnamese Army, fighting… More
The 48th Congress of International PEN
The 48th Congress of International PEN, the global writers’ organization dedicated to spreading the word and defending its servants, was quite a show. Norman Mailer, president of PEN American… More
Najat El Hachmi: The Little One
Mimoun would have been a normal man if his childhood hadn’t been plagued by so many unusual incidents, the first being the order in which he was born. If… More
Congress Fails to Protect Reader Privacy Again
Organizations representing booksellers, librarians, publishers, and authors today expressed frustration and disappointment at the decision by Congress yesterday to reauthorize the expiring provisions of the USA Patriot Act for… More
PEN Appeal: Jesús Lemus Barajas
May 25, 2011 Lic. Felipe De Jesús Calderón Hinojosa Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Residencia Oficial de los Pinos Casa Miguel Alemán Col. San Miguel Chapultepec, C.P. 11850 Distrito Federal, México Fax: (+ 52… More
Writers and Journalists Sentenced
Writers and journalists who had been detained in Belarus on December 19, 2010, following demonstrations against the flawed presidential elections, have now been sentenced. More
PEN Appeal: Ahmad Qatamesh
May 26, 2011 Major-General Avi Mizrahi Commander of the IDF – West Bank GOC Central Command Military Post 01149 Battalion 877 Israel Defense Forces, Israel Fax: +972 2 530 5741 / 530 5724 Ehud Barak Deputy Prime Minister… More
Writer and Academic Detained Without Charge
Prominent Palestinian writer and academic Dr. Ahmad Qatamesh has been held without charge by the Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank since April 21, 2011. More
Two Sentenced for Murder of Anastasiya Baburova and Stanislav Markelov
PEN International welcomes the conviction and sentencing of two people in connection to the 2009 double murder of freelance journalist Anastasiya Baburova and human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov, in… More