Charlie Hebdo magazine, Tom Stoppard to receive PEN awards
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Charlie Hebdo, the Parisian satirical magazine that was a target of a deadly shooting in January, will be honored at this spring's PEN American Center gala.
The literary and human rights organization announced Wednesday that Charlie Hebdo will receive the PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Freedom of Expression Courage Award. Jean-Baptiste Thoret, a film critic who arrived at the Hebdo offices after eight of his colleagues had been killed, will accept the award on behalf of the magazine.
Also at the May 5 gala in Manhattan, playwright Tom Stoppard will be given the PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award, and Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle will be cited for "his leadership role in the global literary community."
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Previous PEN honorees include authors Toni Morrison, Philip Roth and Salman Rushdie.