The second edition of PEN’s Freedom to Write Index sees an alarming jump in writer detentions from 238 detainees in 2019 to at least 273 in 2020, in 35 countries.
PEN America’s 2021 Awards Winners Include Translators Emma Ramadan, Steve Bradbury
The annual presentation of literary awards and career achievement honors was produced digitally for a second year.
PEN America To Honor Five Career Achievement Prize Recipients
In Thursday’s program, special honorees are George C. Wolfe, Anne Carson, Daniel Alexander Jones, Kwame Dawes, and Pierre Joris.
PEN America Literary Awards Announce the 2021 Finalists
From these finalists for the PEN America Literary Awards, winners will be announced on April 8 and receive a total of more than US$380,000.
PEN America and the UN’s Karima Bennoune on Artists and Risk
PEN’s new ‘Safety Guide for Artists’ outlines issues, protocols, and resources for those working for freedom of expression and publication.
PEN America Gala Features Obama, Yovanovitch, Albright, Streep
‘James Baldwin didn’t have to go out and get votes,’ says Barack Obama in a taped interview in the PEN America gala.
PEN America Names First Recipients of L’Engle-Rahman Prize
Based in PEN’s long-running program of writing mentorship for prison inmates, the new prize recognizes four pairs of mentors and mentees .
PEN America, Penguin Random House Partner on ‘Book the Vote’
First rolled out during the 2018 US midterm elections, the ‘Book the Vote’ program offers voter information and political literature.
Vietnamese Publishing House Co-Founder Arrested Ahead of Frankfurt Appearance
The IPA Prix Voltaire-winning author and former spokesperson is reported to have been arrested in Ho Chi Minh City.
PEN America Names Ayad Akhtar Its Next President
Following Jennifer Egan in the post, the playwright and novelist Ayad Akhtar takes up the PEN America presidency in December.