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  Conversation: Jeffrey Eugenides & Daniel Kehlmann
 The Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture with Umberto Eco
Featuring a conversation with Adam Gopnik
 In Treatment: A Literary Conversation
With Yael Hedaya & Arnon Grunberg
  The Three Musketeers Reunited
With Umberto Eco, Salman Rushdie, and Mario Vargas Llosa; in conversation with Leonard Lopate
 Inside Out: The Public and Private Lives of Children
With Sharon G. Flake, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Jutta Richter, and Peter Sis; moderated by Elizabeth Levy
 Town Hall Readings: Public Lives/Private Lives
With Ian McEwan, Michael Ondaatje, Francine Prose, Annie Proulx, A.B. Yehoshua, and more
 Crisis Darfur
A Conversation with Mia Farrow & Bernard-Henri Levy
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ADVOCACY NEWS
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 May 6, 2008:
Chinese Authorities Detain Writer Zhou Yuanzhi |
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| Zhou Yuanzhi, a writer and member of the Independent Chinese PEN Center, has been detained in connection with his writings and could face trial for inciting subversion. [More] |
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 April 24, 2008:
PEN Calls Press Conference to Announce Delivery of China Petition |
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| Salman Rushdie, Francine Prose, Edward Albee, Rick Moody and Ma Jian will be among the writers attending a press conference Thursday, May 1, at which PEN will announce the delivery later that morning of a petition to the Chinese Mission to the United Nations. [More] |
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 April 30, 2008:
PEN Writer and Chinese Citizen Yu Zhang Denied Entry to Hong Kong |
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| 101 days before the Olympics, Hong Kong officials refused to allow distinguished Chinese journalist Dr. Yu Zhang, Secretary-General of the Independent Chinese PEN Center, into the country, where he was invited to chair a session at a World Press Freedom Day Conference. [More] |
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 April 9, 2008:
Billy Collins Reads Shi Tao’s “June” as Part of Free Expression Poem Relay |
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| As the Olympic torch reached the United States, U.S. Poet Laureate and PEN American Center Vice President Billy Collins read imprisoned Chinese writer Shi Tao’s poem “June,” a meditation on the 1989 protests and massacre at Tiananmen Square. [More] |
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 March 31, 2008:
British Author Sebastian Horsley Refused Entry to U.S. |
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| On March 18, Sebastian Horsley, author of the memoir Dandy in the Underworld, was refused entry to the U.S. on the grounds of “moral turpitude.” PEN has invited Horsley to participate in this year’s World Voices Festival and is appealing to U.S. officials to review the exclusion and facilitate his entry into the country. [More] |
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 April 11, 2008:
V.A. Nurse to Receive 2008 PEN/Katherine Anne Porter First Amendment Award |
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| PEN American Center has named Laura Berg, a Veterans Administration nurse who faced a sedition investigation after writing a letter to the editor of her local paper criticizing the Bush Administration’s handling of Katrina and the Iraq War, as the recipient of this year’s PEN/Katherine Anne Porter First Amendment Award. [More] |
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 April 11, 2008:
Yang Tongyan to Receive 2008 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award |
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| PEN American Center today named Chinese dissident writer Yang Tongyan, who is currently serving a 12-year prison sentence, as recipient of its 2008 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award. [More] |
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 April 3, 2008:
Hu Jia Sentenced to 3 1/2 Years for “Inciting Subversion” |
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| Leading Chinese human rights, environmental, and AIDS activist Hu Jia was today sentenced to three and a half years in prison for “inciting subversion of state power.” A freelance journalist and blogger, Hu Jia was present at this morning’s sentencing with his two defense lawyers, his wife, and his mother. [More] |
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 April 10, 2008:
Zhu Yufu Receives Tougher Sentence After Re-Trial |
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| Nine months after trying and sentencing internet writer and activist Zhu Yufu to two years in prison for “obstructing the police from carrying out their public duty,” a Chinese court has re-tried the dissident and added two years, four months and 26 days’ deprivation of political rights after release to his original sentence. [More] |
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 April 18, 2008:
PEN Denounces Detention of Jamyang Kyi |
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| Jamyang Kyi, a prominent Tibetan writer, reporter, activist and singer, has been detained in Qinghai Province, raising the number of writers imprisoned in China to 39. [More] |
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May 6, 2008:
Chinese Authorities Detain Writer Zhou Yuanzhi |
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| Zhou Yuanzhi, a writer and member of the Independent Chinese PEN Center, has been detained in connection with his writings and could face trial for inciting subversion. [More] |
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April 24, 2008:
PEN Calls Press Conference to Announce Delivery of China Petition |
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| Salman Rushdie, Francine Prose, Edward Albee, Rick Moody and Ma Jian will be among the writers attending a press conference Thursday, May 1, at which PEN will announce the delivery later that morning of a petition to the Chinese Mission to the United Nations. [More] |
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April 30, 2008:
PEN Writer and Chinese Citizen Yu Zhang Denied Entry to Hong Kong |
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| 101 days before the Olympics, Hong Kong officials refused to allow distinguished Chinese journalist Dr. Yu Zhang, Secretary-General of the Independent Chinese PEN Center, into the country, where he was invited to chair a session at a World Press Freedom Day Conference. [More] |
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April 9, 2008:
Billy Collins Reads Shi Tao’s “June” as Part of Free Expression Poem Relay |
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| As the Olympic torch reached the United States, U.S. Poet Laureate and PEN American Center Vice President Billy Collins read imprisoned Chinese writer Shi Tao’s poem “June,” a meditation on the 1989 protests and massacre at Tiananmen Square. [More] |
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April 3, 2008:
Hu Jia Sentenced to 3 1/2 Years for “Inciting Subversion” |
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| Leading Chinese human rights, environmental, and AIDS activist Hu Jia was today sentenced to three and a half years in prison for “inciting subversion of state power.” A freelance journalist and blogger, Hu Jia was present at this morning’s sentencing with his two defense lawyers, his wife, and his mother. [More] |
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April 18, 2008:
PEN Denounces Detention of Jamyang Kyi |
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| Jamyang Kyi, a prominent Tibetan writer, reporter, activist and singer, has been detained in Qinghai Province, raising the number of writers imprisoned in China to 39. [More] |
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April 11, 2008:
Yang Tongyan to Receive 2008 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award |
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| PEN American Center today named Chinese dissident writer Yang Tongyan, who is currently serving a 12-year prison sentence, as recipient of its 2008 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award. [More] |
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April 11, 2008:
V.A. Nurse to Receive 2008 PEN/Katherine Anne Porter First Amendment Award |
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| PEN American Center has named Laura Berg, a Veterans Administration nurse who faced a sedition investigation after writing a letter to the editor of her local paper criticizing the Bush Administration’s handling of Katrina and the Iraq War, as the recipient of this year’s PEN/Katherine Anne Porter First Amendment Award. [More] |
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April 10, 2008:
Zhu Yufu Receives Tougher Sentence After Re-Trial |
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| Nine months after trying and sentencing internet writer and activist Zhu Yufu to two years in prison for “obstructing the police from carrying out their public duty,” a Chinese court has re-tried the dissident and added two years, four months and 26 days’ deprivation of political rights after release to his original sentence. [More] |
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March 31, 2008:
British Author Sebastian Horsley Refused Entry to U.S. |
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| On March 18, Sebastian Horsley, author of the memoir Dandy in the Underworld, was refused entry to the U.S. on the grounds of “moral turpitude.” PEN has invited Horsley to participate in this year’s World Voices Festival and is appealing to U.S. officials to review the exclusion and facilitate his entry into the country. [More] |
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PRIORITY CASES
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April 24, 2008:
PEN Calls Press Conference to Announce Delivery of China Petition |
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| Salman Rushdie, Francine Prose, Edward Albee, Rick Moody and Ma Jian will be among the writers attending a press conference Thursday, May 1, at which PEN will announce the delivery later that morning of a petition to the Chinese Mission to the United Nations. [More] |
| |
May 6, 2008:
Chinese Authorities Detain Writer Zhou Yuanzhi |
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| Zhou Yuanzhi, a writer and member of the Independent Chinese PEN Center, has been detained in connection with his writings and could face trial for inciting subversion. [More] |
| |
April 30, 2008:
PEN Writer and Chinese Citizen Yu Zhang Denied Entry to Hong Kong |
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| 101 days before the Olympics, Hong Kong officials refused to allow distinguished Chinese journalist Dr. Yu Zhang, Secretary-General of the Independent Chinese PEN Center, into the country, where he was invited to chair a session at a World Press Freedom Day Conference. [More] |
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April 3, 2008:
Hu Jia Sentenced to 3 1/2 Years for “Inciting Subversion” |
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| Leading Chinese human rights, environmental, and AIDS activist Hu Jia was today sentenced to three and a half years in prison for “inciting subversion of state power.” A freelance journalist and blogger, Hu Jia was present at this morning’s sentencing with his two defense lawyers, his wife, and his mother. [More] |
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April 9, 2008:
Billy Collins Reads Shi Tao’s “June” as Part of Free Expression Poem Relay |
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| As the Olympic torch reached the United States, U.S. Poet Laureate and PEN American Center Vice President Billy Collins read imprisoned Chinese writer Shi Tao’s poem “June,” a meditation on the 1989 protests and massacre at Tiananmen Square. [More] |
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April 11, 2008:
Yang Tongyan to Receive 2008 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award |
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| PEN American Center today named Chinese dissident writer Yang Tongyan, who is currently serving a 12-year prison sentence, as recipient of its 2008 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award. [More] |
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April 18, 2008:
PEN Denounces Detention of Jamyang Kyi |
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| Jamyang Kyi, a prominent Tibetan writer, reporter, activist and singer, has been detained in Qinghai Province, raising the number of writers imprisoned in China to 39. [More] |
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March 31, 2008:
British Author Sebastian Horsley Refused Entry to U.S. |
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| On March 18, Sebastian Horsley, author of the memoir Dandy in the Underworld, was refused entry to the U.S. on the grounds of “moral turpitude.” PEN has invited Horsley to participate in this year’s World Voices Festival and is appealing to U.S. officials to review the exclusion and facilitate his entry into the country. [More] |
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April 11, 2008:
V.A. Nurse to Receive 2008 PEN/Katherine Anne Porter First Amendment Award |
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| PEN American Center has named Laura Berg, a Veterans Administration nurse who faced a sedition investigation after writing a letter to the editor of her local paper criticizing the Bush Administration’s handling of Katrina and the Iraq War, as the recipient of this year’s PEN/Katherine Anne Porter First Amendment Award. [More] |
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April 10, 2008:
Zhu Yufu Receives Tougher Sentence After Re-Trial |
| |
| Nine months after trying and sentencing internet writer and activist Zhu Yufu to two years in prison for “obstructing the police from carrying out their public duty,” a Chinese court has re-tried the dissident and added two years, four months and 26 days’ deprivation of political rights after release to his original sentence. [More] |
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ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS
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Anne Landsman
Gini Alhadeff
Richard Grayson
