PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award
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The PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award honours two writers each year from anywhere in the world who have fought courageously in the face of adversity for the right to freedom of expression.
Established in 1987, the award are administered by PEN American Center and underwritten by PEN member Barbara Goldsmith. Awards have been granted to 37 writers from around the world. Of the 30 award winners who were in prison at the time they were honoured, 28 have subsequently been released.
[edit] Recipients
2006 - Mohammad Benchicou, Algeria
- - Rakhim Esenov, Turkmenistan
2005 - Deyda Hydara, Gambia
- - Ali Al-Domaini, Saudi Arabia
2004 - Nasser Zarafshan, Iran
- - Lê Chi Quang, Vietnam
2003 - Zouhair Yahyaoui, Tunisia
- - Bernardo Arévalo Padrón, Cuba
2002 - Aung Myint, Myanmar (Burma)
- - Tohti Tunyaz, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China
2001 - Shahla Lahiji, Iran
- - Mamadali Mahmudov, Uzbekistan
2000 - Flora Brovina, Kosovo
- - Xue Deyun, China
1999 - Faraj Ahmad Birqdar, Syria
- - Esber Yagmurdereli, Turkey
1998 - Ogaga Ifowodo, Nigeria
- - Liu Jingsheng, China
1997 - Godwin Agbroko, Nigeria
- - Ayse Nur Zarakolu, Turkey
1996 - Ma Thida, Myanmar (Burma)
- - Anonymous, Africa
1995 - San San Nweh, Myanmar (Burma)
- - Indamiro Restano Díaz, Cuba
1994 - Edip Polat, Turkey
- - Doan Viet Hoat, Vietnam
1993 - Zoran Mutic, Bosnia
- - Svetlana Slapsak, Serbia
- - Nizar Nayouf, Syria
1992 - Thiagarajah Selvanithy ("Selvi"), Sri Lanka
- - Jean Mario Paul, Haiti
1991 - Abraham Serfaty, Morocco
- - Francisco Valencia, El Salvador
1990 - Jack Mapanje, Malawi
- - Bei Dao, China
1989 - Nguyen Chi Thien, Vietnam
- - Martha Kumsa, Ethiopia
1988 - Maina wa Kinyatti, Kenya
- - Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesia
1987 - Matsemela Manaka, South Africa
- - Nizametdin Akhmetov, former Soviet Union
