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Imprisoned Writers Who Could Not Be Silenced

The newest issue of World Literature Today (Nov/Dec 2009) includes a special section: “Voices Against the Darkness: Imprisoned Writers Who Could Not Be Silenced.” This 26-page section has also generously been made available full-text on the WLT website. The section includes an introduction by Editor Daniel Simon, and a page with “How to Get Involved”: organizations and links, and “Voices Against the Darkness: A Guide to Essential Reading.” Writers whose works are featured include U Win Tin, Breyten Breytenbach, Orhan Kemal, Nâzım Hikmet, Omar Al-Kikli, Tha Zin, Nahid Persson Sarvestani, Saadi Youssef, and Amer Hanna Fatuhi.

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