In 2004, the Australian PEN Centres established a new biennial award, the PEN Keneally Award, recognising an achievement in promoting freedom of expression, international understanding and access to literature as expressed in the Charter of International PEN.
The award is named in honour of Thomas Keneally AO for ‘his lifetime’s commitment to the values of PEN’.
The inaugural winner, awarded in 2005, was Joesoef Isak, an Indonesian publisher and translator who was imprisoned from 1967-1977, without charge or trial, in Indonesia and who suffered years of intimidation for his work in publishing important literary works, including the novels of Pramoedya Ananta Toer.
Source: http://pen.org.au/about-us/pen-keneally-award Sighted 10/12/2013.
'The Award is given by the Australian PEN Centres in recognition of an achievement in promoting freedom of expression, international understanding and access to literature as expressed in the charter of International PEN. The Award is named in honour of Thomas Keneally, writer, citizen and PEN member, for his lifetime's commitment to the values of PEN.'
(Source: Sydney PEN website, http://www.pen.org.au/, sighted 04/04/2005)
