PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award
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The PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award honours writers 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 is administered by PEN American Center and underwritten by PEN trustee Barbara Goldsmith. Awards have been granted to 42 writers from around the world. Of the 32 award winners who were in prison at the time they were honoured, 30 have subsequently been released.
[edit] Recipients
- 2007
- - Normando Hernández González, Cuba
- 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, Soviet Union
