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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