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2020 PEN America Literary Awards Convened Luminaries, Literary Enthusiasts to Celebrate Range of Writers in Public Ceremony Hosted by Seth Meyers

Press ReleaseMarch 3, 2020

(New York, NY) – Last night, PEN America spotlighted diverse voices and bestowed more than $330,000 of transformative support to writers and translators at the 2020 PEN America Literary… More

Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard, M. NourbeSe Philip, Tanya Barfield, Rigoberto González to Receive PEN America Honorary and Career-Achievement Literary Awards

Press ReleaseFebruary 12, 2020

“Fostering and celebrating international literature is central to the mission of the PEN America Literary Awards; we seek to champion original and promising writers of the global community and… More

Opening Night 2015: Tom Stoppard (audio)

PEN World VoicesAugust 20, 2015

"We are not trapped in our narrative." More

2015 World Voices Festival Opening Night: Tom Stoppard (video)

PEN World VoicesMay 7, 2015

For this flagship event, speakers gave original, lyrical, and humorous insights for what the world will look like in the year 2050. More

2015 World Voices Festival Opening Night (full audio)

PEN World VoicesMay 6, 2015

For this flagship event, speakers gave original, humorous, and lyrical insights for what the world will look like in the year 2050. More

2015 World Voices Festival Opening Night (full video)

PEN World VoicesMay 6, 2015

For this flagship event, speakers gave original, lyrical, and humorous insights for what the world will look like in the year 2050. More

After weeklong controversy, Charlie Hebdo receives PEN award at literary gala in NYC

By: Hillel Italie | May 6, 2015

Under armed security and a cloud of conflicted opinions and emotions, the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo was presented a freedom of expression award on Tuesday night from the… More

2015 PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award

March 25, 2015

Tom Stoppard "The idea of society is not intelligible to me without the idea of the artist, the poet—there were no… More

May 5 PEN Literary Gala Honors Free Expression Defenders on the Front Lines

Press ReleaseMarch 25, 2015

In a year bloodied by violent attacks on expression, PEN will honor Tom Stoppard, Charlie Hebdo, and Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle. More

Opening Night: The Future Is Now

Monday, May 4, 2015 | 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
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