Articles by PEN America
Burmese poet, Uighur historian to receive 2002 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Awards
(PEN/IFEX) – The following is a PEN American Center press release: Burmese Poet, Uighur Historian to Receive 2002 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Awards New York, New York, April 11, 2002 – PEN American Center today named Aung Myint, a Burmese poet serving a 21-year prison term for distributing a press release to foreign diplomats […]
International PEN president declines Yugoslav award
(PEN/IFEX) – The following is a 7 August 2000 joint PEN American Center and Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) press release: INTERNATIONAL PEN PRESIDENT DECLINES YUGOSLAV AWARD To protest the repression of writers in Serbia, Homero Aridjis, the President of International PEN, is refusing the “Smederevo Golden Key” literary prize at the Smederevo Fall Poetry […]
Threat to suspend museum’s funding
(PEN/IFEX) – The following is a PEN statement regarding the threat to cut subsidies to the Brooklyn Museum of Art: ADD YOUR NAME to PEN Statement on the Brooklyn Museum of Art controversy SIGN ON to the statement (copied below) in defense of artistic freedom at www.pen.org Join the hundreds of writers, artists and concerned […]
Poets’ statement on behalf of imprisoned Albanian poet
(PEN/IFEX) – The following is a PEN poets’ statement addressed to President Slobodan Milosevic on behalf of imprisoned Albanian poet Flora Brovina: **Updates IFEX alerts of 23 June and 30 April 1999** PEN POETS’ STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF IMPRISONED ALBANIAN POET FLORA BROVINA August 27, 1999 As poets, we write to express our outrage at […]
PEN supports appeal for free expression from Iranian writers
(PEN/IFEX) – The following is a PEN American Center press release: PRESS RELEASE July 15, 1999 URGENT MESSAGE FROM IRANIAN WRITERS PEN SUPPORTS APPEAL FOR FREE EXPRESSION PEN American Center calls your attention to the following urgent appeal by Iranian writers in response to the recent wave of violence and censorship. Please circulate widely among […]
Turkish playwright and Syrian poet to receive 1999 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom-to-Write Awards
(PEN/IFEX) – The following is a 29 April PEN American Center press release: April 29, 1999 Turkish Playwright and Syrian Poet to Receive 1999 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom-to-Write Awards Blind Turkish playwright, poet, short story author, screenwriter, and lawyer Esber Yagmurdereli, fifty-three, has been in and out of prison since 1978. He was released in 1991, […]
Florida teacher wins 1999 PEN/Newman’s Own First Amendment Award
(PEN/IFEX) – The following is a 29 April PEN American Center press release: April 29, 1999 Florida Teacher Wins 1999 PEN/Newman’s Own First Amendment Award ReLeah Lent, an English teacher at Mosley High School in Lynn Haven, Florida, has been named winner of the 1999 PEN/Newman’s Own First Amendment Award. Described by her students as […]
PEN expresses its concern over Veran Matic’s detention
(PEN/IFEX) – PEN American Center expressed grave concern about the 24 March 1999 arrest and detention of Radio B92 editor-in-chief Veran Matic, who was released shortly before noon (local time) after being held in police custody for more than eight hours without access to family or lawyers. According to PEN’s information, neither Matic, who is […]