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Jailed Iranian Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Ends Hunger Strike
PEN American Center is relieved to learn that lawyer and journalist Nasrin Sotoudeh today suspended her 48-day hunger strike after authorities reportedly lifted travel restrictions on her 12-year-old daughter.… More
The Public Intellectual
With Manuel de Lope, Peter Godwin, Pierre Guyotat, Linda Polman, and Hervé Le Tellier; moderated by Jane CiabattariFor Ralph Waldo Emerson the public intellectual was the preserver of the… More
PEN Mourns Loss of Distinguished Translator, Philanthropist Michael Henry Heim
PEN American Center announced today that the recently deceased Michael Henry Heim, 69, one of the world’s greatest translators and Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at UCLA, was… More
PEN Condemns Threats Against Salman Rushdie
PEN American Center today denounced renewed threats against the life of author and former PEN American Center president Salman Rushdie, calling the announcement by Iranian cleric Ayatollah Hassan Sane’i… More
Hailemariam Desalegn: Free Ethiopia’s Besieged Press
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, whose assault on press freedom led to the jailing of a number of journalists—and the exodus of many more—died last week in Brussels. Now… More
Board of Trustees: 2012-2013
President Peter Godwin Executive Vice-President John Troubh Vice-President Ron Chernow Victoria Redel Treasurer John Oakes Secretary Elinor Lipman Trustees Cara Benson Susan Bernofsky Ed Burlingame Anne Burt Morgan Entrekin Wendy Gimbel Jeri Laber Joanne Leedom-Ackerman Claudia Menza Christian Oberbeck Tess O'Dwyer Hannah Pakula Gregory Pardlo Walter Pozen Theresa Rebeck Susanna Reich Hamilton Robinson, Jr. Elissa Schappell Clinton Ives Smullyan… More
Board of Trustees: 2013-2014
President Peter Godwin Executive Vice-President John Troubh Vice-Presidents Jeri Laber Victoria Redel Treasurer John Oakes Secretary Elinor Lipman Executive Director Suzanne Nossel Trustees Cara Benson Susan Bernofsky Ed Burlingame Roxanne Donovan Jennifer Egan Nathan Englander Morgan Entrekin Jeanmarie Fenrich Wendy Gimbel Annette Gordon-Reed Tom Healy Samuel Heins Tracy Higgins Joanne Leedom-Ackerman Erroll McDonald Claudia Menza Sevil Miyhandar Christian Oberbeck Tess O’Dwyer Hannah… More
Board of Trustees: 2014-2015
President Peter Godwin Executive Vice-President John Troubh Vice-Presidents Jeri Laber Joanne Leedom-Ackerman Annette Tapert Treasurer John Oakes Secretary Theresa Rebeck Executive Director Suzanne Nossel Trustees Edward Burlingame Roxanne Donovan Jennifer Egan Nathan Englander Morgan Entrekin Jeanmarie Fenrich Masha Gessen Wendy Gimbel Barbara Goldsmith Annette Gordon-Reed Tom Healy Samuel Heins Tracy Higgins Elinor Lipman Erroll McDonald Sevil Miyhandar Paul Muldoon Christian Oberbeck Tess… More
PEN Decries Harsh Sentencing of Eskinder Nega
New York City, July 13, 2012—PEN American Center reacted angrily to the sentencing of journalist Eskinder Nega to 18 years in prison on bogus terrorism charges in Ethiopia, calling… More
New York Review of Books: Free Eskinder Nega!
The New York Review of Books has published a PEN-initiated letter calling on President Obama and all world leaders to condemn the conviction of journalist and 2012 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith… More
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