PEN Announces Barbara Kingsolver Partnership for Socially Engaged Fiction Prize
PEN American Center, the largest branch of the world’s oldest literary and human rights organization, announced today that it will assume administration of the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged… More
PEN/Steven Kroll Award to Honor Author of an Illustrated Children’s Book
PEN American Center, the largest branch of the world’s oldest literary and human rights organization, announced today the establishment of the PEN/Steven Kroll Award Honoring the Author of an… More
Book Community Urges Congress to Restore Safeguards for Bookstore and Library Records
With a key Patriot Act provision set to expire next week, the Campaign for Reader Privacy is asking supporters to urge their members of Congress to reject a six-year… More
ACLU, PEN, and the Film Society of Lincoln Center Present “Reckoning with Torture”
The American Civil Liberties Union, PEN American Center and the Film Society of Lincoln Center will present a special performance of “Reckoning With Torture: Memos and Testimonies From the… More
PEN Urges CUNY Trustees to Grant Honorary Degree to Tony Kushner
PEN American Center has sent a letter to the Board of Trustees of the City University of New York urging the body to review a decision to remove playwright… More
Statement from PEN International and the Council of Europe on Press Freedom Day
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland, and the President of PEN International, John Ralston Saul, today made the following joint statement to mark World Press… More
PEN American Center Mourns Suicide of Iranian Journalist Siamak Pourzand
PEN American Center joined with free expression champions around the world today in mourning the death of journalist and critic Siamak Pourzand, who reportedly committed suicide on Friday following… More
Jailed Iranian Writer and Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Honored in New York
Salman Rushdie, E. L. Doctorow, Michael Ondaatje, and Jhumpa Lahiri were among the more than 570 PEN luminaries and supporters joining PEN American Center last night in honoring Nasrin… More
PEN American Center Announces Freedom to Write Fellowship
PEN American Center announced today that it has received a grant from the Ford Foundation to fund the position of Freedom to Write Fellow, a full-time, 18-month fellowship in… More
Banned Writer Liao Yiwu, Salman Rushdie Exchange Messages, Solidarity
In a remarkable exchange of letters made necessary by the Chinese government’s refusal to allow acclaimed writer Liao Yiwu to travel to New York for the PEN World Voices… More