PEN America to Honor Imprisoned Iranian Writers, Free Expression Advocates Baktash Abtin, Keyvan Bajan, Reza Khandan Mahabadi at 2021 Gala
September 17, 2021
September 17, 2021
NEW YORK, Sept. 17 (TNSOps) -- PEN America issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2021:
PEN America today announces three imprisoned Iranian writers and free expression advocates--celebrated poet, screenwriter, and filmmaker Baktash Abtin; novelist and journalist Keyvan Bajan; and author, literary critic, and popular culture researcher Reza Khandan Mahabadi--as recipients of the 2021 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award. All centrally involved in the historic and vital--yet fre . . .
PEN America today announces three imprisoned Iranian writers and free expression advocates--celebrated poet, screenwriter, and filmmaker Baktash Abtin; novelist and journalist Keyvan Bajan; and author, literary critic, and popular culture researcher Reza Khandan Mahabadi--as recipients of the 2021 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award. All centrally involved in the historic and vital--yet fre . . .