Oxfam Novib/PEN Award

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Oxfam Novib/PEN Award for Freedom of Expression is a literary award made in collaboration with PEN International Writers in Prison Committee, the PEN Emergency Fund, and Oxfam Novib (the Dutch affiliate of the international Oxfam organization). The award is to recognize writers who have been persecuted for their work and continue working despite the consequences. Honorees receive € 2,500.

The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN affiliates in over 145 PEN centres around the world.

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  10. ↑ "Oxfam Novib/PEN Awards for Freedom of Expression 2015". PEN International. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "2016 Oxfam Novib/PEN Awards for Freedom of Expression". PEN International. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
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  14. ↑ "Oxfam Novib/PEN International 2019 award for freedom of expression announced". PEN International. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  15. ↑ "Stella Nyanzi wins Oxfam Novib/PEN International Award 2020". PEN International. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  16. ↑ "The PEN Award for Freedom of Expression 2021". PEN International. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
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