To mark Day of the Imprisoned Writer, the Canadian Booker prize winner has joined fellow authors in sending messages of support to five persecuted writers around the world, including Aslı Erdoğan
Margaret Atwood has written to Asli Erdoğan on her 91st day behind bars to tell the imprisoned Turkish novelist that her “words still shape the fight for freedom and the right to free expression”.
The Canadian Booker prize winner is one of a group of authors sending messages of solidarity to five writers currently in prisons around the world. The letters are intended to mark the Day of the Imprisoned Writer, which has been commemorated on 15 November by PEN International and members of PEN from around the world since 1981. PEN said that in the 12 months since last year’s event, at least 35 writers have been killed for their work.
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