Nearly half of the nominees for the organization’s book awards have withdrawn in protest of its response to the war in Gaza.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 ...
PEN America canceled its awards ceremony after 28 authors withdrew books from consideration in protest over the org’s ...
Some 28 of the 61 authors and translators nominated for awards had withdrawn their books over PEN America's Gaza stance.
PEN America announced Monday the cancellation of its annual literary awards ceremony after nearly half of the nominated ...
Following months of criticism over the organization's response to the war in Gaza, which culminated last week in 28 authors ...
PEN America has canceled its annual festival, as well as its literary awards, after scores of authors withdrew from both ...
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 ...
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.