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Gary Shteyngart
Gary Shteyngart was born in Leningrad in 1972 and came to the United States when he was seven years old. He is the author of the novels The Russian Debutante’s Handbook, which… More
Peter Constantine
Peter Constantine (born 1963, London, United Kingdom) is a British and American award-winning literary translator who has translated literary works from German, Russian, French, Modern Greek, Ancient Greek, Italian, Albanian, Dutch, and… More
Michael Scammell
Michael Scammell is the author of Solzhenitsyn: A Biography, which won the Los Angeles Times and English PEN prizes for best biography. He is the editor of The Solzhenitsyn Files, Unofficial Art from… More
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The PEN World
International PEN, the worldwide association of writers, was founded in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual cooperation among writers everywhere; to emphasize the role of literature in the development… More
Pussy Riot Band Members Jailed For Two Years
PEN International is shocked by the two-year prison sentence handed down today to the three members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot—Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Ekaterina Samusevich—under… More
Tanya Lokshina
Tanya Lokshina is deputy director of Human Rights Watch’s Moscow office. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch, Lokshina ran a prominent Moscow-based human rights think-tank, Center “Demos,†which implemented research and advocacy projects… More
Rogelio Gutierrez
I was born in San Antonio, Texas. I’m thirty-four years old and have been in prison since I was sixteen. Since being here, I’ve earned an Associates degree in… More
Ram Devineni
Ram Devineni is a filmmaker, publisher, and founder of Rattapallax films, press, and magazine, based in New York City, São Paulo, and New Delhi. He produced, edited, and directed the feature documentary… More
Monika Zgustová
Monika Zgustova is an award winning author (Amat Piniella Award for the best novel of the year, Gratias Agit, and The City of Barcelona awards among others) whose works (six novels,… More