PEN America

Summary

PEN America is a writers union^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of writers_union entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• PEN America received the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award^[3].
• PEN America was a member of National Coalition Against Censorship^[4].
• PEN America was a member of International Freedom of Expression Exchange^[5].
• PEN America was a member of Rebuild Local News^[6].
• PEN America is in the country of United States^[7].
• PEN America's image is recorded as Pen Box tagline lrg.jpg^[8].
• PEN America's instance of is recorded as writers union^[9].
• PEN America's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization^[10].
• PEN America's instance of is recorded as human rights organization^[11].
• PEN America's headquarters location is recorded as New York City^[12].
• PEN America's ISNI is recorded as 000000012180169X^[13].
• PEN America's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 147744031^[14].
• PEN America's GND ID is recorded as 1214612784^[15].
• PEN America's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80060672^[16].
• PEN America's part of is recorded as Q206811^[17].
• PEN America's Commons category is recorded as PEN America^[18].
• PEN America's industry is recorded as international activities^[19].
• PEN America's chairperson is recorded as Booth Tarkington^[20].
• PEN America's chairperson is recorded as Henry Carlisle^[21].
• PEN America's chairperson is recorded as Jennifer Egan^[22].
• PEN America's chairperson is recorded as Jennifer Finney Boylan^[23].
• +1922-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of PEN America^[24].
• PEN America's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05t0g1^[25].
• PEN America's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as xx0185332^[26].
• PEN America's official website is recorded as https://pen.org/^[27].

Body

Founding

+1922-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of PEN America^[24].

Identity

PEN America's part of is recorded as Q206811^[17].

Leadership

Chairpersons include Booth Tarkington^[20], a playwright^[28], 1869–1946^[29], of United States^[30], awarded the William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters^[31]; Henry Carlisle^[21], a translator^[32], 1926–2011^[33], of United States^[34]; Jennifer Egan^[22], a writer^[35], b. 1962^[36], of United States^[37], awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship^[38]; and Jennifer Finney Boylan^[23], a writer^[39], b. 1958^[40], of United States^[41], specialised in prose^[42].

Operations

PEN America's headquarters location is recorded as New York City^[12].

Industry

PEN America's industry is recorded as international activities^[19].

Recognition

PEN America received the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award^[3].

Why It Matters

PEN America ranks in the top 5% of writers_union entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month).^[2] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]

FAQs

What awards did PEN America receive?

Honors received include Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award^[3].