Oxfam Novib/PEN Award

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.

Honorees

• 2005^[1]
  • Sihem Bensedrine (Tunisia), journalist and human rights activist
  • Neziha Rejiba (Tunisia), journalist and editor
  • Sarah Mkhonza (Swaziland), novelist and columnist
  • Claudia Anthony (Sierra Leone), journalist
  • Duong Thu Huong (Vietnam), novelist
• 2006^[2]
  • Simon Mol (Poland), journalist
  • Andrej Dyńko (Belarus)
  • Roya Toloui (Iran/Kurdistan)
  • Faraj Bayrakdar (Syria)
  • Hrant Dink (Turkey)
• 2007^[3]
  • Fatou Jaw-Manneh (Gambia), journalist
  • Svetlana Alexievich (Belarus), writer
  • Lydia Cacho Ribeiro (Mexico), writer
  • Ekbal Baraka (Egypt)
• 2008^[4]
  • Dejan Anastasijevic (Serbia), journalist
  • Pierre Roger Lambo Sanjo (Cameroon), writer
  • Christopher Mlalazi and Raisedon Baya (Zimbabwe), playwrights
  • Maung Thura and Saw Wei (Burma), poets
• 2009^[5]
  • Chi Dang (Vietnam), writer
  • Maziar Bahari (Iranian-Canadian), journalist
  • Irakli Kakabadze (Georgia), writer
  • Sonali Samarasinghe Wickrematunge (Sri Lanka), journalist
  • Daniel Coronell (Colombia), columnist
• 2010 [no award]
• 2011^[6]
  • Andrei Nekrasov (Russia), film and journalist
  • Sakit Zahidov (Azerbaijan), journalist and poet
  • Nedim Şener (Turkey), journalist
  • J.S. Tissainayagam (Sri Lanka), journalist
• 2012^[7]
  • Asieh Amini (Iran), journalist, blogger and activist
  • Jesús Lemus Barajas (Mexico), journalist and writer
  • Mikhail Bekhetof (Russia), journalist
  • Rachid Nini (Morocco), newspaper editor
  • Alhaj Warrag and Abdul Moniem Suleman (Sudan), newspaper founder/editor; and columnist (respectively)
• 2013^[8]
  • Samar Yazbek (Syria), writer and journalist
  • Enoh Meyomesse (Cameroon) Writer, activist
  • Nargess Mohammadi (Iran), journalist activist
  • Deo Namujimbo (Congo), journalist
  • Busra Ersanli (Turkey), writer, academic
• 2014^[9]
  • Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim (Somalia), freelance journalist
  • Oksana Chelysheva (Russia), journalist, activist
  • Dina Meza (Honduras), journalist, activist
• 2015^[10]
  • Bahman Ahmadi-Amouee and Jila Bani Yaghoub (Iran), journalists
  • Razan Naiem Almoghrabi (Libya), writer, journalist, and advocate of women's rights
  • Abdelmoneim Rahama (Sudan), poet, writer and journalist
• 2016^[11]
  • Amanuel Asrat (Eritrea), poet, writer and editor-in-chief
  • Can Dündar (Turkey), writer and journalist
  • Omar Hazek (Egypt), poet and writer
• 2017^[12]
  • Ashraf Fayadh (Saudi Arabia), imprisoned poet
  • Malini Subramaniam (India), journalist
• 2018^[13]
  • Eskinder Nega (Ethiopian), journalist
  • Milagros Socorro (Venezuelan), journalist
• 2019^[14]
  • Dareen Tatour (Palestinian), poet
  • Gioconda Belli (Nicaraguan), author
  • Roberto Saviano (Italian), journalist
• 2020^[15]
  • Stella Nyanzi (Ugandan), academic, writer and feminist activist.
• 2021^[16]
  • Tsitsi Dangarembga (Zimbabwean), author

References

1. Jan Baeke (December 2005). "Novib / PEN Awards for persecuted writers". The Power of Culture. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
2. "Writer Wins Freedom Award". The Warsaw Voice. 29 November 2006. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
3. "Fatou Jaw Manneh Amongst Four Writers Honoured By Oxfam Novib/PEN". FOROYAA Newspaper. 20 February 2008. Archived from the original on 7 January 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
4. "Oxfam Novib/PEN Award". PEN International. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
5. "Irakli Kakabadze among the recipients of the Oxfam Novib/PEN Award". ICORN. November 2009. Archived from the original on 20 April 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
6. "Human rights ambassador presents PEN award to Russian filmmaker and journalist". Government of the Netherlands. 20 January 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
7. Loubna Flah (21 January 2012). "Rachid Nini Wins the Oxfam/Pen Award, As a Recognition for His Ordeal Behind Bars". Morocco World News. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
8. Fred Geelen (22 February 2013). "Oxfam Novib/PEN Award 2013". Oxfam Novib. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
9. "Oksana Chelysheva, Dina Meza and Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim win the 2014 Oxfam Novib/PEN International Free Expression Award". PEN International. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
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.
12. "Ashraf Fayadh and Malini Subramaniam win the 2017 Oxfam Novib/PEN Awards for Freedom of Expression". PEN International. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
13. "Writers Eskinder Nega and Milagros Socorro receive the 2018 Oxfam Novib/PEN International Award for Freedom of Expression". PEN International. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
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.