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Our Coverage of PEN International

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PEN America Calls for Protection of Writers, Cultural Actors in Afghanistan

In News by Porter AndersonAugust 17, 2021

The cultural heritage of Afghanistan, like its people and their allies, is newly at risk, PEN warns, in the unfolding crisis.

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PEN America and the UN’s Karima Bennoune on Artists and Risk

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonFebruary 3, 2021

PEN’s new ‘Safety Guide for Artists’ outlines issues, protocols, and resources for those working for freedom of expression and publication.

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PEN America Names Ayad Akhtar Its Next President

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonSeptember 8, 2020

Following Jennifer Egan in the post, the playwright and novelist Ayad Akhtar takes up the PEN America presidency in December.

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Belarus Crisis: IPA and Publishers Federation Join With the European Writers’ Council

In News by Porter AndersonAugust 26, 2020

With Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich declining to testify before the State Investigative Committee, Belarusian writers ask for support.

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Belarus Crisis Prompts Alarm from European Writers’ Council, PEN International

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonAugust 21, 2020

The unrest in Belarus has alarmed humanitarian activists and the European authors’ association, as political pressure mounts in Minsk.

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English PEN’s Pinter Prize: Poet and Reggae Artist Linton Kwesi Johnson

In News by Porter AndersonJuly 7, 2020

Recognizing his ‘colossal and multi-generational’ impact, English PEN’s Pinter Prize jury honors poet and reggae artist Linton Kwesi Johnson.

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PEN America Slams Trump, English PEN Names Sissay for Pinter Prize

In News by Porter AndersonJune 4, 2019

PEN chapters on both sides of the Atlantic are launching new criticism of Donald Trump and a 2019 Pinter Prize laureate in the UK.

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PEN’s Jennifer Clement on ‘Gun Love’ and Women’s Rights

In Feature Articles by Olivia SnaijeApril 13, 2018

PEN International president Jennifer Clement’s fourth novel, ‘Gun Love,’ is focused on the United States’ firearm culture and is set in Florida. At London Book Fair, she focused on that and on challenges in women’s equality.

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The International Publishers Association’s Prix Voltaire 2018 Is Formally Awarded to Gui Minhai

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonFebruary 12, 2018

Citing ‘an optimism that in the face of unimaginable cruelty still believes in change,’ UK-based Angela Gui accepts for her father, Gui Minhai, the International Publishers Association’s Prix Voltaire for courage in the face of attempts to suppress the freedom to publish.

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The Complexities of Humanitarian Awards: Gui Minhai’s Daughter on the Freedom To Publish

In News by Porter AndersonFebruary 11, 2018

In a turn of events reported by world news media, the Chinese detainee Gui Minhai, a publisher, has said in a videotaped ‘briefing’—which critics say is forced—that he does not want the Prix Voltaire. His daughter denies this is true.

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