On March 20, 2017, poet and human rights activist Ahmed Mansoor was arrested and subsequently sentenced to ten years in prison in the UAE. On this, the third anniversary of his arrest, we are honoured to be publishing Adam Baron’s poem for Ahmed, ‘The Egret’, alongside translations of Ahmed’s own poetry.
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Galician poet Chus Pato and Canadian poet and translator Erín Moure discuss collaboration, Francoism, language rights and iconoclasm. PEN Transmissions is English PEN’s magazine for international and translated voices. PEN’s members are the backbone of our work, helping us to support international literature, campaign for writers at risk, and advocate for the freedom to write…
Read MoreI never consciously make a decision about what to say in a poem: the poem itself says itself. So the poem happens. It doesn’t happen because I have decided that it should happen. It wasn’t a conscious decision to write about nature. The nature just bubbled out.
Read MoreAndrew McMillan reads the poetry of Ashraf Fayadh, a Palestinian-born writer and artist imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for his work.
Read MoreInua Ellams discusses how his heritage and his multi-placed identity laid the foundations for his new collection #Afterhours.
Read MoreTwo members of the Bards Without Borders poetry collective reveal their split opinions on Shakespeare in the lead-up to the 400th anniversary of his death.
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