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Arundhati Roy wins prestigious PEN Pinter Prize 2024
NEW DELHI [Maha Media]: Booker Prize-winning author Arundhati Roy, under the shadow of potential prosecution over historic comments on Kashmir from 14 years ago, was honored with the esteemed PEN Pinter Prize 2024 on Thursday for her 'unflinching and unswerving' literary contributions.
The prize, established in 2009 by the charity English PEN, aims to defend freedom of expression and commemorate Nobel-Laureate playwright Harold Pinter. Expressing her gratitude, Roy highlighted the critical need for such recognition in an 'incomprehensible turn' the world is witnessing.
'I am delighted to accept the PEN Pinter prize. I wish Harold Pinter were with us today to address the almost incomprehensible turn the world is taking. Since he isn't, it falls to some of us to do our utmost to fill his shoes,' said the 62-year-old author.
