A celebration of world literature featuring more than 130 writers,
40 countries, and 50 events

The PEN World Voices festival of International Literature will bring together more than 160 writers from across the globe for an exciting week of cross-cultural literary exchange,  April 26–May 2, 2010.  A stellar line-up of established and emerging authors will take the stage in venues across New York City for conversations, panels, readings and performances. Chaired by Salman Rushdie and now celebrating its sixth anniversary, the festival has featured such luminaries as Umberto Eco, Nadine Gordimer, Nuruddin Farah, Neil Gaiman, Etgar Keret, Ian McEwan, Toni Morrison, Orhan Pamuk, Zadie Smith, Wole Soyinka, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Jeannette Winterson, to name just a few.

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