Pamela Heller-Stern studied English Literature at the University of Cape Town and Rhodes University and obtained a doctorate and lectureship at the University of the Witwatersrand. She lectured in English literature, was involved in the art world and is now...
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PEN SA’s Executive Vice President Mandla Langa has been longlisted in the Fiction category of the FT/OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Awards for his book, The Texture of Shadows. PEN SA member Petina Gappah has also been longlisted in that category for...
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The international meeting of the PEN International Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee (TLRC) was held in Barcelona from 21st – 23rd April 2015. Adré Marshall, PEN South Africa’s representative on the Committee, attended the meeting and presented an article. You...
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The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International has shared vidoes from the WiPC Conference held in Amsterdam in May this year. Watch the videos below: Keynote address by David Kaye Free Speech vs. Hate Speech: Creative Resistance The...
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12 June 2015 RAN 09/15 Writer and film producer Mostafa Azizi was arrested on 1 February 2015 and convicted of national security-related offences by Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran and sentenced to eight years in prison. Though...
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