PEN America to Honor 'Charlie Hebdo' Staff

Mar 25, 2015

The PEN American Center announced it will be giving the PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Freedom of Expression Courage Award to Charlie Hebdo magazine at the annual PEN gala on May 5 in New York City.  

The award will be received by staff member Jean-Baptiste Thoret, who arrived to work late on January 7, barely escaping the attack that killed eight of his co-workers and four others. 

Playwright Tom Stoppard will also be receiving PEN’s highest honor, the PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award for his "extraordinary career as a dramatist and his abiding commitment to the defense of creative freedom worldwide."

To read the full press release, click here. 

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