Nearly half of the nominees for the organization’s book awards have withdrawn in protest of its response to the war in Gaza.
The event had been set for April 29, but weeks of escalating criticism of the organization’s response to the war had led ...
Prominent literary organization PEN America has canceled its annual awards ceremony, which was due to be held next week, ...
Some 28 of the 61 authors and translators nominated for awards had withdrawn their books over PEN America's Gaza stance.
Following months of criticism over the organization's response to the war in Gaza, which culminated last week in 28 authors ...
This story has been updated. Playwright and screenwriter Tony Kushner told NPR he will donate the $25,000 purse that comes with the PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award, for which he is ...
On Friday, PEN America, the largest writers advocacy organization in the US, canceled its main annual event, the World Voices Festival, scheduled for next month in New York City and Los Angeles ...
PEN America has cancelled its annual Literary Awards ceremony after nearly half of the authors nominated withdrew in protest ...
Prominent literary organization PEN America has canceled its annual awards ceremony, which was due to be held next week, after 28 authors chose to withdraw their books from consideration.
Some 1,300 writers signed an open letter criticising the free speech group for failing to support Palestinians ...