PEN Honors Eskinder Nega; His Wife Serkalem Fasil Accepts Award
Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega was honored Tuesday evening with PEN America’s “Freedom to Write” award at the literary organization’s annual gala dinner held at the American Museum of Natural… More
Heroic Ethiopian Journalist Eskinder Nega, Turkish Publisher Ragip Zarakolu Honored
Edward Albee, Margaret Atwood, E.L Doctorow, Zadie Smith, and Kwame Anthony Appiah were among the more than 500 PEN luminaries and supporters who joined last night in honoring Eskinder… More
Jailed Ethiopian journalist garners press freedom award
A jailed Ethiopian journalist will be recognized on May 1 for his fight to advance press freedom in his country – an effort that was elevated by the National… More
That Bravest and Most Admirable of Writers: PEN Salutes Eskinder Nega
To call this year’s winner of the PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award a hero would be an understatement. Eskinder Nega, one of Ethiopia’s leading advocates for freedom of… More
That Bravest and Most Admirable of Writers: PEN Salutes Eskinder Nega
To call this year’s winner of the PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award a hero would be an understatement. Eskinder Nega, one of Ethiopia’s leading advocates for freedom of… More
Top PEN Prize to Honor Eskinder Nega, Jailed Ethiopian Journalist and Blogger
PEN American Center today named Eskinder Nega, a journalist and dissident blogger in Ethiopia, as the recipient of its 2012 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award. Nega, a leading… More