Throughout the ceremony, Obama and historian Ron Chernow, a former PEN board president, will talk about freedom of expression and the significance
Throughout the ceremony, Obama and historian Ron Chernow, a former PEN board president, will talk about freedom of expression and the significance of fact in a world of misinformation.
Obama’s earlier books embrace “Goals from My Father” and “The Audacity of Hope.”
“As a company of writers, now we have all the time seen President Obama not simply as a pacesetter, however as one among us: an creator. His probing and evocative narratives helped introduce the world to his distinctive background, and the ability of his life expertise as a immediate towards a extra pluralistic and encompassing society,” PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel mentioned in a press release.
PEN offered its first Voice of Affect Award in 2019 to filmmaker Ava DuVernay.