Tom Stoppard & ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Staff Lauded By PEN As Free-Speech Exemplars: Media

Stoppard, a fevered friend of free expression and foe of bad writing, will receive the PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award for his “extraordinary career as a dramatist and his abiding commitment to the defense of creative freedom worldwide.” It’s the highest honor bestowed by the American chapter of the global human-rights organization of writers and editors. Stoppard’s plays include Arcadia, The Real Thing and most recently, The Hard Problem, currently running at…

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