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Adriana E. Ramírez takes first annual $10,000 PEN/Fusion Prize for “Dead Boys”
NEW YORK—Emcee and author James Hannaham presented the PEN/Fusion Emerging Writers Prize to Adriana E. Ramírez of Pittsburgh for her manuscript Dead Boys at the annual PEN Literary Awards… More
PEN Awards Jack Livings $25,000 Bingham Prize For “The Dog”
Claudia Rankine, Ian Buruma Take Other Top Prizes in Live Announcement at New York CeremonyNEW YORK— PEN American Center named Jack Livings winner of the 2015 PEN/Robert W. Bingham… More
New PEN Report Reveals Politically Motivated Censorship in Chinese Translations
Many Western authors, agents, and publishers have not paid close attention to what happens to their books when published in China, to the point where many are not even… More
PEN Concerned by New York Cancellation of Play Referencing Mohammed
The cancellation of a series of plays about artistic censorship by a New York performance space on the grounds that it might be would be offensive to Muslims could… More
PEN Joins Renewed Cry for Saudi Activist’s Release
On the one year anniversary of his unjust imprisonment, PEN American Center joins the international call for the immediate release of Saudi writer and activist Raif Badawi and an… More
PEN outraged by yet another deadly attack on a blogger in Bangladesh
PEN American Center is appalled by the murder of blogger Ananta Bijoy Das on the morning of May 12, 2015—the third in a disturbing string of fatal attacks targeting… More
Griswold, Howe, and Jones among recipients for 2015 PEN Literary Awards
NEW YORK— PEN American Center today announced the winners for the 2015 PEN Literary Awards. Among the recipients are Eliza Griswold, winner of the prestigious PEN Translation Prize for… More
Book Groups, Librarians Support USA FREEDOM Act
The Campaign for Reader Privacy, a coalition including PEN American Center and booksellers, publishers, librarians, and authors, is asking the House of Representatives to quickly pass without weakening the… More
PEN warmly welcomes the release of writer and activist Enoh Meyomesse
On 27 April 2015, the award-winning writer and activist Enoh Meyomesse was finally freed from Kondengui Prison in Yaoundé, Cameroon, after almost three and a half years in prison. More
Alain Mabanckou to Present Award to Charlie Hebdo
Acclaimed French-Congolese writer Alain Mabanckou will present the PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Freedom of Expression Courage Award to Charlie Hebdo at the annual PEN Literary Gala in New… More
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