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PEN Podcast: Kwame Antony Appiah Introduces Writers Rally for Release of Liu Xiaobo

AdvocacyDecember 23, 2015

Kwame Anthony Appiah on Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Christmas Day, 2009. More

Fifth Anniversary of Awarding of Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo

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By: PEN America | December 10, 2015

We revisit the remarks of former PEN American President Kwame Anthony Appiah in support of Liu Xiaobo’s nomination for the prize. More

PEN World Voices Festival Tenth Anniversary Highlights

PEN World VoicesAugust 1, 2013

Founded in 2005 under the direction of Salman Rushdie, the PEN World Voices Festival has hosted more than 1,400 writers from 78 countries, speaking 56 languages. More

PEN International Reiterates Call to Release Liu Xiaobo as Peace Prize Awarded

Press ReleaseDecember 9, 2010

Today in Oslo, PEN International has reiterated its call, echoed by writers, journalists and essayists, as well as political and civic leaders around the world, for the immediate and… More

PEN Election Results: Anthony Appiah Reelected as President of PEN

Press ReleaseMarch 17, 2010

PEN American Center, the largest branch of the world’s oldest literary and human rights organization, announced yesterday the reelection of Kwame Anthony Appiah, the scholar, author, and critic, to… More

Princeton scholar re-elected as PEN president

March 17, 2010

NEW YORK — Author-scholar Kwame Anthony Appiah has been elected to a second one-year term as president of the PEN American Center. In a statement released Wednesday by the… More

Writers Ring in New Year with Call to Free Liu Xiaobo

Press ReleaseDecember 31, 2009

E.L. Doctorow, Don DeLillo, A.M. Homes, Edward Albee and dozens of other members of PEN American Center staged a New Year’s Eve rally this morning on the steps of… More

Kwame Anthony Appiah: 2009 Inaugural Remarks

EssayMarch 20, 2009

March 17, 2009 | PEN American Center | NYCKwame Anthony AppiahI am very honored to have been elected to the Presidency of the PEN American Center. PEN has a… More

PEN Election Results: Kwame Anthony Appiah Named President

Press ReleaseMarch 16, 2009

New York, NY, March 19, 2009—PEN American Center, the 3400-member association of literary writers, editors, and translators, announced yesterday the election of Kwame Anthony Appiah, the acclaimed scholar, author,… More

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