AustLit
History
In 2004, the Australian PEN Centres established a new biennial award, the PEN Keneally Award, recognising an achievement in promoting freedom of expression, international understanding and access to literature as expressed in the Charter of International PEN.
The award is named in honour of Thomas Keneally AO for ‘his lifetime’s commitment to the values of PEN’.
The inaugural winner, awarded in 2005, was Joesoef Isak, an Indonesian publisher and translator who was imprisoned from 1967-1977, without charge or trial, in Indonesia and who suffered years of intimidation for his work in publishing important literary works, including the novels of Pramoedya Ananta Toer.
Source: http://pen.org.au/about-us/pen-keneally-award Sighted 10/12/2013.
Notes
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'The Award is given by the Australian PEN Centres in recognition of an achievement in promoting freedom of expression, international understanding and access to literature as expressed in the charter of International PEN. The Award is named in honour of Thomas Keneally, writer, citizen and PEN member, for his lifetime's commitment to the values of PEN.'
(Source: Sydney PEN website, http://www.pen.org.au/, sighted 04/04/2005)
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2009
winner David Marr -
Year: 2007
Works About this Award
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A Champion of Human Rights and Freedom of Speech 2009 single work column
— Appears in: Sydney Pen Magazine , November 2009; (p. 6-7) -
Past Success Promises a Solid Future 2009 single work column
— Appears in: Sydney Pen Magazine , November 2009; (p. 4-5) -
Moorhouse Calls for Rethink on the Economy of the Arts 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Quarterly : Sydney PEN Centre , May no. 127 2007; (p. 3) -
Brave Deeds of a PEN Friend 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2-3 April 2005; (p. 10) A coumn canvassing current literary news including references to a new PEN award honouring Thomas Keneally and to the 2005 London Book Fair.
