Category Archives: PEN International News

PEN International’s Assembly of Delegates calls for release of three imprisoned writers in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and China

2 October, 2014

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Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan – PEN International’s Assembly of Delegates, meeting at the organisation’s 80th international Congress Continue reading

The 80th PEN International Congress Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

DSC_0035-1024x682This week, over 200 delegates and PEN members have gathered in Bishkek for the 80th PEN International Congress. Continue reading

Writers from 80 PEN Centres from across the globe gather in Bishkek for the annual PEN International Congress

September 26, 2014

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan – Over 200 delegates and PEN members will gather in Bishkek next week for the 80th PEN International Congress, bringing together prominent writers, journalists and poets from across Continue reading

China: Life sentence for Uyghur PEN member Ilham Tohti is further stain on China’s abysmal freedom of expression record

London, 23 September 2014

The draconian sentence passed on Ilham Tohti, an academic and member of China’s Uyghur minority is a travesty of justice, PEN International said today, as it reiterated its call for his immediate and unconditional release.

The Urumqi People’s Intermediate Court found Tohti guilty of “separatism” after a two-day trial that ended last week and sentenced him to life Continue reading

English PEN promotes new writing from Albanian, Chinese and Lebanese authors

Another month, another great set of books and events for PEN supporters to enjoy! We’re proud to be promoting not one but three books this coming October, Continue reading

BREAKING NEWS: 2014 SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED!

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BREAKING NEWS: 2014 SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED!

‘The Fabulous Five’ by Kasim Bazil (Central Asian PEN)

‘The Frogs’ Chorus’ by Marina Babanskaya (St Petersburg PEN Chapter)

‘Vankila, and other poems’ by Amalia Cernat (Romanian PEN) Continue reading

The PEN Ten with Uwem Akpan

By: Uwem Akpan

PUBLISHED ON JUNE 23, 2014

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Image courtesy of Flickr/Shawn
The PEN Ten is PEN America’s biweekly Continue reading

‘While the Gods Were Sleeping’

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Posted August 14th, 2014 by Tasja Dorkofikis & filed under Press.

To commemorate the centenary of The Great War, PEN Atlas Continue reading