Indian author Arundhati Roy was selected by PEN English for telling 'urgent stories of injustice with wit and beauty.'
ndian writer Arundhati Roy has been awarded the PEN Pinter prize, two weeks after Indian authorities approved legal action overvia a press release by PEN English. “I wish Harold Pinter were with us today to write about the almost incomprehensible turn the world is taking. Since he isn't, some of us must do our utmost to try to fill his shoes,” Roy, 62, said after winning the prize.
"While India remains an important focus, she is truly an internationalist thinker, and her powerful voice is not to be silenced," Borthwick added.
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