The prominent literary and free expression group cancelled its awards after a backlash from nominees.
Authors and translators say PEN America has ‘had no criticism of American complicity in the bombardment of Gaza’, in stark contrast to other national centres of the organisation Thirty-one authors and translators have withdrawn their work from consideration for or declined PEN America’s 2024 literary awards over the organisation’s “failure to protect” Palestinian writers in Gaza.Nine out of 10 longlistees for the PEN/Jean Stein book award, worth $75,000 (£60,143), have withdrawn their books....
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Some 28 of the 61 authors and translators nominated for awards had withdrawn their books over PEN America's stance on Gaza.
Salman Rushdie, Ada Limón, Walter Mosley and Nicola Yoon have books publishing in the coming months.
Salman Rushdie, Ada Limón, Walter Mosley and Nicola Yoon have books publishing in the coming months.
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