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Jaunary 2016 PEN America Free Expression Program Internship – Russian Language Skills Required
PEN American Center is seeking an intern to focus on a program for Russian writers for the period September-December 2015. More
Unjustified Takedown of Facebook Accounts Critical of Russia Threatens Free Expression
Amid an ever-growing trend of Russian internet censorship, PEN American Center is gravely concerned by reports of Facebook’s unwarranted content removal and account deactivation or suspension of Ukrainian and… More
Russian Censorship Sweeps Maus Off Shelves, Chills Expression
Moscow bookstores' decision to pull Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel Maus from shelves over concern about 'fascist symbols' is a clear example of the chilling effect of sweeping government censorship,… More
The Russian Woodpecker
Winner of a Grand Jury Prize at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, this conspiracy thriller documentary follows eccentric Ukrainian artist Fedor Alexandrovich as he unmasks a Chernobyl disaster cover-up… More
Russian Publisher Irina Balakhonova to Receive Jeri Laber International Freedom to Publish Award
Irina Balakhonova, founder of the Samokat Publishing House and a pioneer in publishing works on gay themes in defiance of Russia’s homophobic laws and culture, was chosen as the… More
PEN Members Participate in Russian Literature Week, December 1–5 in NYC
Read Russia will hold its first annual Russian Literature Week in New York City from Monday, December 1, to Friday, December 5, 2014. PEN is proud to have several… More
PEN International Conference on the Russian/Ukrainian Situation
Russian and Ukrainian PEN affirm their unity against the waves of propaganda destroying the language of public discussion. More
Leading Ukrainian and Russian writers come together to promote peaceful solution to Ukraine crisis
Prominent Russian author Lyudmila Ulitskaya, leading Ukrainian writer and scholar Aleksandra Hnatiuk, and Swedish PEN President and novelist Ola Larsmo come together this week to discuss the increasing number… More
Statement from Russian PEN Center
The Russian PEN Center notes that Russian state-controlled media channels are being used to conduct an intense campaign of misleading propaganda leading to a dangerous rise in nationalistic sentiment… More
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