pen

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In a joint statement on Monday, some 20 NGOs including Amnesty International and writers' rights group PEN America said the allegations against Tadjadit were "baseless" and called for his release.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

In 2024, the translated English compilation of Mushtaq's five short story collections published between 1990 and 2012 - Haseena and Other Stories - won the PEN Translation Prize.

From BBC • May 20, 2025

The book won Daum the PEN Center USA Literary Award for creative nonfiction; more than a decade later, it still entertains.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025

In a recent survey, the nonprofit PEN America conversely found more than 10,000 instances of book bans in the 2023-2024 school year, nearly triple the number from the previous school year.

From Salon • Sep. 23, 2024

They held up their right hands and read the oath Nick had written out: From this day on and forever, I will never use the word PEN again.

From "Frindle" by Andrew Clements