2023 World Voices Festival
On May 10-13, 2023 PEN America presented the 18th annual World Voices Festival, featuring 40 events with over 100 writers, translators, journalists, and screenwriters from 27 countries in celebration of international literature.
Events in NYC were held at various venues in historic literary hub Greenwich Village including Joe's Pub, The New School, Church of the Village, AIA Center for Architecture, Cooper Union, and Washington Square Park.
2023 May New York, NY
2023 Festival Chairs Ayad Akhtar, Marlon James, and Ottessa Moshfegh
Producer Jenny Tibbels
Production Management Q&A Events and Production
Photos Beowulf Sheehan
About the Artist
The World Voices Festival, founded in 2004 by Salman Rushdie, Michael Roberts, and Esther Allen, is a celebration of international literature. Uniting writers and readers to celebrate creative expression and the freedom to write for all, the Festival was founded in the wake of 9/11 to broaden the channels of dialogue between the United States and the world. Featured authors in the 2023 festival included Marlon James, Roxane Gay, R.F. Kuang, Padma Lakshmi, Min Jin Lee, Ben Okri, José Olivarez, Imani Perry, and Sarah Polley. Ta-Nehisi Coates delivered the festival’s keynote, the annual Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture.
