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PEN America to Honor Imprisoned Myanmar Journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo with 2018 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award

Press ReleaseFebruary 13, 2018

“By simply doing their jobs, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo demonstrated exceptional courage, knowing full well the risks they were taking in pursuing this story. Yet they continued... More

The Whale Room at the American Museum of Natural History

2018 PEN America Literary Gala & Free Expression Awards

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Tuesday, May 22, 6:30pm American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street, New York City Watch videos and read transcripts from the night of the 2018 PEN America Literary… More

2018 PEN America Literary Service Award: Stephen King

ProfileJanuary 12, 2018

King is an impassioned advocate of freedom of expression, literacy, and access to information, which he and his wife Tabitha support through their philanthropy. More

Oleg Sentsov Letter

Oleg Sentsov: I don’t want my children to live in a country of slaves

AdvocacyMay 10, 2017

The you of today looks back at the you of yesterday, more sober, more shrewd, and in some ways even more cruel. More

2016 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award: Ahmed Naji

May 20, 2016

Ahmed Naji is the author of three books, a journalist at literary magazine Akhbar al-Adab, and a frequent contributor to other newspapers and websites in which he has criticized… More

JK Rowling defends Donald Trump’s right to be ‘offensive and bigoted’

By: Alison Flood | May 19, 2016

JK Rowling has said that while she finds almost everything that Donald Trump says “objectionable”, he still has her full support to come to the UK and “be offensive… More

Works Sighted: J.K. Rowling on Donald Trump and Free Speech

By: The Editors | May 17, 2016

When J.K. Rowling mentioned a petition to keep Donald Trump out of the United Kingdom, her audience at the PEN Literary Gala and Free Expression Awards on Monday laughed… More

JK Rowling Honored At 2016 PEN Literary Gala — Here Are Inspiring Quotes From Her Speech

By: Sadie L. Trombetta | May 16, 2016

The 2016 PEN Literary Gala & Free Expression Awards was Monday night at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, where author and ardent defender of… More

Toni Morrison

2008 PEN/Borders Literary Service Award: Toni Morrison

RemarksJune 21, 2008

On April 28, 2008, Toni Morrison accepted the PEN/Borders Literary Service Award at the PEN Literary Gala, held at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.… More

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