The author of Bad Feminist honoured for ‘exceptional courage in the defence of free expression’
Bad Feminist author Roxane Gay has been named winner of PEN USA’s Freedom to Write award, a prize that goes to individuals who have “demonstrated exceptional courage in the defence of free expression”.
The news was announced via Literary Hub, and follows John Kiriakou’s winning of PEN USA’s first amendment award. Kiriakou, the former CIA agent who confirmed the US government’s use of waterboarding and was subsequently jailed, was praised by PEN for his “bravery in the face of unspeakable adversity” [PDF]. Both Kiriakou and Gay will receive their prizes at PEN’s annual literary awards festival on 16 November.
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