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PEN Pinter Prize

Index PEN Pinter Prize

The PEN Pinter Prize and the Pinter International Writer of Courage Award both comprise an annual literary award launched in 2009 by English PEN in honour of the late Nobel Literature Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter, who had been a Vice President of English PEN and an active member of the International PEN Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC). [1]

32 relations: Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury, Amnesty International, Associated Press, BBC News, British Library, Carol Ann Duffy, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, David Hare (playwright), English PEN, Hanif Kureishi, Harold Pinter, International PEN centres, Iryna Khalip, James Fenton, List of PEN literary awards, Literary award, Lydia Cacho, Margaret Atwood, Mazen Darwish, Michael Longley, PEN International, Prison literature, Raif Badawi, Reuters, Roberto Saviano, Salman Rushdie, Samar Yazbek, The Guardian, The Irish Times, Tom Stoppard, Tony Harrison, Zarganar.

Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury

Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury (also Tutul) is a Bangladeshi publisher and writer.

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Amnesty International

Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a London-based non-governmental organization focused on human rights.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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British Library

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and the largest national library in the world by number of items catalogued.

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Carol Ann Duffy

Dame Carol Ann Duffy HonFBA HonFRSE (born 23 December 1955) is a Scottish poet and playwright.

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (was born on 15 September 1977) is a Nigerian novelist, writer of short stories, and nonfiction.

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David Hare (playwright)

Sir David Hare (born 5 June 1947) is an English playwright, screenwriter and theatre and film director.

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English PEN

English PEN is the founding centre of PEN International, the worldwide writers’ association.

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Hanif Kureishi

Hanif Kureishi, CBE (born 5 December 1954) is a British playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker and novelist of Pakistani and English descent.

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Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter (10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a Nobel Prize-winning British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor.

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International PEN centres

International PEN centers are affiliates of International PEN.

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Iryna Khalip

Iryna Khalip (or Irina Khalip; Iрына Халiп, Ирина Халип) (born November 12, 1967) is a Belarusian journalist, reporter and editor in the Minsk bureau of Novaya Gazeta, known for her criticism of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

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James Fenton

James Martin Fenton FRSL FRSA (born 25 April 1949, Lincoln) is an English poet, journalist and literary critic.

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List of PEN literary awards

This is a list of awards sponsored by International PEN centres. There are over 145 PEN centres on the world, some of which hold annual literary awards.

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Literary award

A literary award is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work.

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Lydia Cacho

Lydia María Cacho Ribeiro (born Mexico City, 12 April 1963) is a Mexican journalist, feminist, and human rights activist.

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Margaret Atwood

Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, inventor, teacher and environmental activist.

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Mazen Darwish

Mazen Darwish (مازن درويش) is a Syrian lawyer and free speech advocate.

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Michael Longley

Michael Longley, CBE (born 27 July 1939) is a poet from Belfast in Northern Ireland.

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PEN International

PEN International (known as International PEN until 2010) is a worldwide association of writers, founded in London in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere.

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Prison literature

Prison literature is a literary genre characterized by literature that is written while the author is confined in a location against his will, such as a prison, jail or house arrest.

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Raif Badawi

Raif Badawi (رائف بدوي, also transcribed Raef Badawi; born 13 January 1984) is a Saudi writer, dissident and activist, as well as the creator of the website Free Saudi Liberals.

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Reuters

Reuters is an international news agency headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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Roberto Saviano

Roberto Saviano (Naples, September 22, 1979) is an Italian journalist, writer and essayist.

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Salman Rushdie

Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (born 19 June 1947) is a British Indian novelist and essayist.

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Samar Yazbek

Samar Yazbek (سمر يزبك) is a Syrian writer and journalist.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Irish Times

The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper launched on 29 March 1859.

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Tom Stoppard

Sir Tom Stoppard (born Tomáš Straussler; 3 July 1937) is a Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter.

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Tony Harrison

Tony Harrison (born 30 April 1937) is an English poet, translator and playwright.

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Zarganar

Maung Thura "Zarganar" (also called Zaganar (ဇာဂနာ; also Zargana); born 27 January 1961) is a popular Burmese comedian, film actor, and a film director as well as a fierce critic and often political prisoner of the Burmese military government.

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Redirects here:

International Writer of Courage Award, PEN/Pinter Prize, PEN/Pinter prize, Pinter International Writer of Courage Award.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEN_Pinter_Prize

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