PEN World Voices
DEFIANCE: The Spirit of ’89

Show Description

DEFIANCE: The Spirit of ’89
A PEN Freedom to Write Event
Participants: Eszter Babarczy, Jose Dalisay, Nick Flynn, Sergio Ramírez, Hwang Sok-yong, János Térey, and Paul Verhaeghen.

June 5, 1989: an unidentified man faces down a column of tanks a day after hundreds are massacred in Tiananmen Square. It is one of the most enduring images from that spring of ferment and rebellion, and an iconic representation of a timeless and universal gesture: individual, nonviolent resistance to tyrannical authority. Join writers and artists from around the world for an evening of literature celebrating the power of one person, one body, one imagination to stand against the state.

PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature: A week-long celebration of world literature, featuring 160 writers, from 41 countries, speaking 18 different languages, exploring the theme of Evolution/Revolution.  Don't miss this exciting cross-cultural literary exchange including conversations, panel discussions, readings, film screenings, a translation slam and a cabaret night! New York City, April 27-May 3, 2009. http://www.pen.org/festival

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