PEN International and Fondazione Feltrinelli have announced the 2026 PEN-Inge Feltrinelli Writing as Resistance Award shortlist, which "highlights the many ways in which literature can resist repression, preserve cultural identity and give voice to marginalized communities." The recipient will be named during BookCity Milano in November. The shortlisted writers are:
Aziz Isa Elkun (Uyghur, China): poet, writer, translator, and editor
Samay Hamed (Afghanistan): poet, writer, publisher, composer, and filmmaker
Gioconda Belli (Nicaragua): poet, novelist, and essayist
Miguel Ángel Oxlaj Cúmez (Maya Kaqchikel, Guatemala): poet, translator, editor, and cultural organizer
Andrey Kurkov (Ukraine): writer, journalist, and screenwriter
Yavuz Ekinci (Türkiye): author
Zukiswa Wanner (South Africa): novelist, editor, publisher, and activist
Leila Guerriero (Argentina): journalist, writer, and editor
Group nomination--Amanuel Asrat, Dawit Isaak, Idris Said "Abu Are," and Fessehaye "Joshua" Yohannes (Eritrea): among the 12 journalists and authors arbitrarily arrested by the Eritrean authorities and held incommunicado since September 2001.