Also Italian writer Roberto Saviano received an Oxfam Novib PEN Award. Oxfam Novib director Michiel Servaes handed out the prizes. Nicaraguan writer and poet Gioconda Belli and Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour who currently risk their freedom and lives to seek out and publish the truth were honoured during the prestigious Oxfam Novib PEN Awards ceremony. After that, Canadian writer Madeleine Thien delivered the Free the Word! speech. Then the Mexican-American writer Jennifer Clement, chair of PEN International, delivered a statement about freedom of expression. Buddingh Prize for best Dutch-language poetry debut, started the night off with a reading from her collection Habitus. Robert van Asten, The Hague Elderman for Mobility, Culture and Strategy opened the festival. Opening NIght of the Winternachten festival is dedicated to freedom of expression, featuring poetry, music, the Free the Word! speech, and the Oxfam Novib PEN Awards ceremony. With: Dareen Tatour, Eelco Bosch van Rosenthal, Gioconda Belli, Hassnae Bouazza, Jennifer Clement, Madeleine Thien, Michiel Servaes, Radna Fabias, Raj Mohan, Robert van Asten, Ton van de Langkruis
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