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RARE PHOTOS: Pen america cancels 2024 awards after authors drop out over gaza - The Real Truth

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list of recipients includes lorne michaels and salman rushdie — Program notes at last year’s PEN America event. Photograph: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for PEN America

The writers group PEN America canceled its 2024 annual awards on Monday, just a week before the ceremony, after facing widespread and mounting criticism over its response to Israel’s war on Gaza.

Sixty-one authors and translators were nominated for awards, but 28 of them withdrew their books from consideration, according to a statement released on Monday.

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