Burhan Sonmez
@burhansonmez.bsky.social
P E N ✒️ 📚 International
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PEN International President Burhan Sonmez speaks with Corriere della Sera about publishing his first Kurdish novel and its meaning for identity, memory, and literary freedom — also featured on Rai Radio 3’s Pagina 3 (in Italian).
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Il programma radiofonico di approfondimento delle pagine culturali e dello spettacolo, che dà voce a scrittori, intellettuali e saggisti, fra le firme italiane più prestigiose, ma anche a giovani tale...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
PEN International President Burhan Sonmez speaks with Corriere della Sera about publishing his first Kurdish novel and its meaning for identity, memory, and literary freedom — also featured on Rai Radio 3’s Pagina 3 (in Italian).
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Burhan Sonmez will be in Rome with acclaimed writers and members of the aspiring PEN Rome Centre to discuss freedom of speech and press.
Joining Janeczek, Lipperini, @robertosaviano.bsky.social and Veronesi at an event by Più libri più liberi.
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Joining Janeczek, Lipperini, @robertosaviano.bsky.social and Veronesi at an event by Più libri più liberi.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Burhan Sonmez will be in Rome with acclaimed writers and members of the aspiring PEN Rome Centre to discuss freedom of speech and press.
Joining Janeczek, Lipperini, @robertosaviano.bsky.social and Veronesi at an event by Più libri più liberi.
Find out more (IT): plpl.it/news/event/l...
Joining Janeczek, Lipperini, @robertosaviano.bsky.social and Veronesi at an event by Più libri più liberi.
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#Türkiye: We welcome the release of journalist and author Furkan Karabay after 201 behind bars on spurious grounds.
We call for his conviction to be overturned and for his judicial harassment to end once and for all.
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We call for his conviction to be overturned and for his judicial harassment to end once and for all.
bianet.org/haber/gazete...
Gazeteci Furkan Karabay hakkında ceza ve tahliye kararı
İstanbul 25. Ağır Ceza Mahkemesinde görülen duruşmada mahkeme başkanı Karabay’ın beyanını kesti. Savcı, iddianame doğrultusunda cezalandırma istedi. Mahkeme, Karabay'a 4 yıl 3 ay hapis cezası vererek ...
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December 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
#Türkiye: We welcome the release of journalist and author Furkan Karabay after 201 behind bars on spurious grounds.
We call for his conviction to be overturned and for his judicial harassment to end once and for all.
bianet.org/haber/gazete...
We call for his conviction to be overturned and for his judicial harassment to end once and for all.
bianet.org/haber/gazete...
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Su La Lettura - Corriere della Sera di oggi ho intervistato Burhan Sönmez sul suo nuovo romanzo "Gli amanti di Franz K."; sulla Letturina, in edicola solo oggi col Corriere e/o con la Lettura, ho scritto di librigame.
November 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Su La Lettura - Corriere della Sera di oggi ho intervistato Burhan Sönmez sul suo nuovo romanzo "Gli amanti di Franz K."; sulla Letturina, in edicola solo oggi col Corriere e/o con la Lettura, ho scritto di librigame.
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With just 8 days left of our Day of the Imprisoned Writer campaign, we call on our community to stand with #MohamedTadjadit #YalqunRozi #MziaAmaglobeli #RoryBranker. This campaign reminds us that freedom of expression survives through solidarity and collective action.
December 2, 2025 at 11:17 AM
With just 8 days left of our Day of the Imprisoned Writer campaign, we call on our community to stand with #MohamedTadjadit #YalqunRozi #MziaAmaglobeli #RoryBranker. This campaign reminds us that freedom of expression survives through solidarity and collective action.
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We mourn the passing of Hege Newth (1966–2025), a tireless champion for persecuted writers and former Secretary General of Norsk PEN. Her dedication, wisdom, and courage leave a lasting legacy. Our deepest condolences to her family, friends, and colleagues. norskpen.no/nyheter/hege...
Hege Newth (1966 – 2025) - Norsk PEN
Det er med stor sorg vi i går kveld fikk beskjed om at tidligere generalsekretær i Norsk PEN, Hege Newth er gått bort.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We mourn the passing of Hege Newth (1966–2025), a tireless champion for persecuted writers and former Secretary General of Norsk PEN. Her dedication, wisdom, and courage leave a lasting legacy. Our deepest condolences to her family, friends, and colleagues. norskpen.no/nyheter/hege...
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@maazamengiste.bsky.social writes to imprisoned writer #RoryBranker: “There are more people than you realise who stand with you in your fight for freedom.”
For #DayoftheImprisonedWriter, add your voice.
💌 Write your own message: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
For #DayoftheImprisonedWriter, add your voice.
💌 Write your own message: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
@maazamengiste.bsky.social writes to imprisoned writer #RoryBranker: “There are more people than you realise who stand with you in your fight for freedom.”
For #DayoftheImprisonedWriter, add your voice.
💌 Write your own message: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
For #DayoftheImprisonedWriter, add your voice.
💌 Write your own message: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
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K24'teki yeni yazım Burcu Karakaş'ın, on yıl önce 28 Kasım 2015'te katledilen Diyarbakır Barosu başkanı Tahir Elçi'nin hayatını ve mücadelesini ele aldığı kapsamlı araştırması Hakikatin Peşinde Tahir Elçi üzerine. Adalete ve barışa adanmış bir hayat:Tahir Elçi – K24 www.k24kitap.org/adalete-ve-b...
Adalete ve barışa adanmış bir hayat: Tahir Elçi – K24
BEHÇET ÇELİK – “Bu kitap ömrünü adalete ve barışa adamış bir hukukçunun, bir aydının hayat hikâyesinden ve mücadelesinden ibaret değil. Anlatılanlar toplumsal tarihimizin ve ülkemizdeki hukuk sisteminin de hikâyesi aynı zamanda.”
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November 28, 2025 at 5:51 AM
K24'teki yeni yazım Burcu Karakaş'ın, on yıl önce 28 Kasım 2015'te katledilen Diyarbakır Barosu başkanı Tahir Elçi'nin hayatını ve mücadelesini ele aldığı kapsamlı araştırması Hakikatin Peşinde Tahir Elçi üzerine. Adalete ve barışa adanmış bir hayat:Tahir Elçi – K24 www.k24kitap.org/adalete-ve-b...
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PEN International celebrates @smohyeddin.bsky.social, winner of the 2025 Ken Filkow Prize from @pencanada.bsky.social for her courageous journalism and defence of free expression.
Learn more about the prize and its past recipients:
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Learn more about the prize and its past recipients:
pencanada.ca/defend-expre...
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
PEN International celebrates @smohyeddin.bsky.social, winner of the 2025 Ken Filkow Prize from @pencanada.bsky.social for her courageous journalism and defence of free expression.
Learn more about the prize and its past recipients:
pencanada.ca/defend-expre...
Learn more about the prize and its past recipients:
pencanada.ca/defend-expre...
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For #DayoftheImprisonedWriter, Lauren Groff has written a letter of hope to imprisoned Algerian poet #MohamedTadjadit. Join us in sending Mohamed your own message of solidarity.
💌 Read Lauren’s letter and take action here: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
💌 Read Lauren’s letter and take action here: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
For #DayoftheImprisonedWriter, Lauren Groff has written a letter of hope to imprisoned Algerian poet #MohamedTadjadit. Join us in sending Mohamed your own message of solidarity.
💌 Read Lauren’s letter and take action here: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
💌 Read Lauren’s letter and take action here: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
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This is journalist, Furkan Karabay, 29 yrs old who has been held in pre-trial detention in Turkey since May 2025, charged with insulting his president in his news reports. His next trial is 2nd December & he faces 6-15 years in prison if sentenced. We call for his release. Please repost for Furkan.
November 26, 2025 at 11:42 AM
This is journalist, Furkan Karabay, 29 yrs old who has been held in pre-trial detention in Turkey since May 2025, charged with insulting his president in his news reports. His next trial is 2nd December & he faces 6-15 years in prison if sentenced. We call for his release. Please repost for Furkan.
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#India: We join partner PEN Centres and free-press groups urging the Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner to urgently probe death threats against journalist Rana Ayyub and her father.
Read our joint letter ⬇️
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Read our joint letter ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/news/pen-int...
India: PEN International joins call for a police investigation into death threats against journalist and writer, Rana Ayyub — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression...
24 November : Last week, PEN International joined PEN Centres and free press organisations in sending an open letter to Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner Milind Bharambe, calling for an urgent police i...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
#India: We join partner PEN Centres and free-press groups urging the Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner to urgently probe death threats against journalist Rana Ayyub and her father.
Read our joint letter ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/news/pen-int...
Read our joint letter ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/news/pen-int...
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This made me cry at my desk
Going to end on one of the most beautiful commercials ever made with the reminder and a call to remember the small things. They make a big difference to others.
Love all, help all.
Go Jackets.
Love all, help all.
Go Jackets.
November 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This made me cry at my desk
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The Saturday Mothers have won the 2025 Freedom of Expression Award in the Campaigning category! The group were awarded for their dedicated peaceful human rights movement which has run for the last 30 years in #Turkey: www.indexoncensorship.org/awards-2025-...
Awards 2025 campaigning winner The Saturday Mothers - Index on Censorship
Turkey’s Saturday Mothers are the winners of Index on Censorship’s 2025 Freedom of Expression Awards in campaigning
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November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The Saturday Mothers have won the 2025 Freedom of Expression Award in the Campaigning category! The group were awarded for their dedicated peaceful human rights movement which has run for the last 30 years in #Turkey: www.indexoncensorship.org/awards-2025-...
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Together with @irishpen.bsky.social & the Estate of Seamus Heaney, we’re delighted to announce the PEN Heaney Prize 2025 shortlist. The winner will be announced on 1 December at a ceremony held at @nlireland.bsky.social.
Find out more & book now ⤵️
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Find out more & book now ⤵️
www.englishpen.org/posts/news/p...
PEN Heaney Prize 2025 shortlist - News & Events - English PEN
English PEN announces the six shortlisted titles for the PEN Heaney Prize 2025
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October 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Together with @irishpen.bsky.social & the Estate of Seamus Heaney, we’re delighted to announce the PEN Heaney Prize 2025 shortlist. The winner will be announced on 1 December at a ceremony held at @nlireland.bsky.social.
Find out more & book now ⤵️
www.englishpen.org/posts/news/p...
Find out more & book now ⤵️
www.englishpen.org/posts/news/p...
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Bingeha veguherînê, têgihiştin e.
Jiyan, ji me napirse, em ji jiyanê dipirsin.
Xwendin, rêya têgihiştina hişmendiyê ye.
Tişt û heyberan weke ku hene qebûl bike, ne weke ku tu dixwazî.
Em mirovên din weke heyberan (objects) dibînin, ne weke mirovan.
Deriyê derûnnasiyê
(Gateway to psychology)
Jiyan, ji me napirse, em ji jiyanê dipirsin.
Xwendin, rêya têgihiştina hişmendiyê ye.
Tişt û heyberan weke ku hene qebûl bike, ne weke ku tu dixwazî.
Em mirovên din weke heyberan (objects) dibînin, ne weke mirovan.
Deriyê derûnnasiyê
(Gateway to psychology)
November 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Bingeha veguherînê, têgihiştin e.
Jiyan, ji me napirse, em ji jiyanê dipirsin.
Xwendin, rêya têgihiştina hişmendiyê ye.
Tişt û heyberan weke ku hene qebûl bike, ne weke ku tu dixwazî.
Em mirovên din weke heyberan (objects) dibînin, ne weke mirovan.
Deriyê derûnnasiyê
(Gateway to psychology)
Jiyan, ji me napirse, em ji jiyanê dipirsin.
Xwendin, rêya têgihiştina hişmendiyê ye.
Tişt û heyberan weke ku hene qebûl bike, ne weke ku tu dixwazî.
Em mirovên din weke heyberan (objects) dibînin, ne weke mirovan.
Deriyê derûnnasiyê
(Gateway to psychology)
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Today @peninternational.bsky.social and PEN centers worldwide launch the #DayoftheImprisonedWriter campaign—a global call to release writers behind bars for their words.
Join us & take action for #RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit & #MziaAmaglobeli: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
Join us & take action for #RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit & #MziaAmaglobeli: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2025 — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
“Across the world, writers continue to pay a heavy price for speaking truth. Rory Branker, Yalqun Rozi, Mohamed Tadjadit, and Mzia Amaglobeli remind us that words can shake the powerful — and that cou...
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November 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Today @peninternational.bsky.social and PEN centers worldwide launch the #DayoftheImprisonedWriter campaign—a global call to release writers behind bars for their words.
Join us & take action for #RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit & #MziaAmaglobeli: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
Join us & take action for #RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit & #MziaAmaglobeli: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
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Tomorrow, PEN International launches a global call to free writers jailed for their words: #RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit #MziaAmaglobeli. Follow & stay tuned to take action. #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
November 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Tomorrow, PEN International launches a global call to free writers jailed for their words: #RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit #MziaAmaglobeli. Follow & stay tuned to take action. #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
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#Iran: PEN International is deeply concerned about the enforced disappearance of Iranian writers Shirin Karimi, Mahsa Assadollahnejad, Mohammad Maljoo & Parviz Sedaghat. We urge authorities to reveal their whereabouts and end the crackdown on writers.
Read more ⬇️
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Read more ⬇️
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Iran: End latest crackdown on civil society, freedom of expression
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organisation League for the Defence of Human Rights in Iran (LDDHI) condemn (…)
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November 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
#Iran: PEN International is deeply concerned about the enforced disappearance of Iranian writers Shirin Karimi, Mahsa Assadollahnejad, Mohammad Maljoo & Parviz Sedaghat. We urge authorities to reveal their whereabouts and end the crackdown on writers.
Read more ⬇️
www.fidh.org/en/region/as...
Read more ⬇️
www.fidh.org/en/region/as...
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Selçuk Kozağaçlı:
Korkmayın, yılmayın, vazgeçmeyin; henüz hiçbir şey bitmedi, hatta yeni başlıyor
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Korkmayın, yılmayın, vazgeçmeyin; henüz hiçbir şey bitmedi, hatta yeni başlıyor
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November 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Selçuk Kozağaçlı:
Korkmayın, yılmayın, vazgeçmeyin; henüz hiçbir şey bitmedi, hatta yeni başlıyor
t24.com.tr/haber/selcuk...
Korkmayın, yılmayın, vazgeçmeyin; henüz hiçbir şey bitmedi, hatta yeni başlıyor
t24.com.tr/haber/selcuk...
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PEN International welcomes the release of French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal, granted a humanitarian pardon after a year in prison. We reaffirm our call for all writers to be free to express themselves without fear.
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
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Algeria to pardon French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal
Algeria accepted a German proposal to pardon French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, the presidency said Wednesday, adding that he was being transferred to Germany for medical treatment after a year in...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
PEN International welcomes the release of French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal, granted a humanitarian pardon after a year in prison. We reaffirm our call for all writers to be free to express themselves without fear.
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
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I juli 2025 åtalades den kurdiska författaren Yavuz Ekinci återigen för terrorpropaganda på grund av innehållet i hans bok Rüyası Bölünenler. Den 10 november beslöt turkisk domstol att avvisa åtalet eftersom preskriptionstiden gått ut.
Läs mer via länken.
Läs mer via länken.
Åtalet mot författaren Yavuz Ekinci läggs ner – igen — Svenska PEN
I juli 2025 åtalades den kurdiska författaren Yavuz Ekinci återigen för terrorpropaganda på grund av innehållet i hans bok Rüyası Bölünenler . Anklagelserna mot honom avvisades i december 2024 men de...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I juli 2025 åtalades den kurdiska författaren Yavuz Ekinci återigen för terrorpropaganda på grund av innehållet i hans bok Rüyası Bölünenler. Den 10 november beslöt turkisk domstol att avvisa åtalet eftersom preskriptionstiden gått ut.
Läs mer via länken.
Läs mer via länken.
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#Turkey 🇹🇷 @peninternational.bsky.social calls for all charges to be dropped against PEN member and editor-in-chief of 'TELE 1', Merdan Yanardağ, who was arrested in October. The authorities also seized control of the media outlet.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
#Turkey 🇹🇷 @peninternational.bsky.social calls for all charges to be dropped against PEN member and editor-in-chief of 'TELE 1', Merdan Yanardağ, who was arrested in October. The authorities also seized control of the media outlet.
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#Türkiye: Kurdish writer Yavuz Ekinci (@yavuzekinci.bsky.social) stands trial again on 10 November for his book Dream Divided. Preposterous terrorism charges must be dropped once and for all.
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Türkiye: Writer Yavuz Ekinci on trial again as spurious terror-propaganda case resumes — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
‘That Kurdish writer Yavuz Ekinci finds himself in court again for his writings after the case against him was dismissed exposes the authorities of Türkiye’s pernicious pursuit of those who dare explo...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
#Türkiye: Kurdish writer Yavuz Ekinci (@yavuzekinci.bsky.social) stands trial again on 10 November for his book Dream Divided. Preposterous terrorism charges must be dropped once and for all.
www.pen-international.org/news/trkiye-...
www.pen-international.org/news/trkiye-...
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Looking forward to @irishpen.bsky.social event @dublinbookfest.bsky.social It will be incredible to hear İlhan Sami Çomak read his poetry in person.
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Day of the Imprisoned Writer - LAST TICKETS REMAINING - Dublin Book Festival
İlhan Sami Çomak is an award-winning and internationally regarded Kurdish poet who was imprisoned in Istanbul for 30 years, before finally being released in 2024. This year, to mark the Day of the Imp...
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November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Looking forward to @irishpen.bsky.social event @dublinbookfest.bsky.social It will be incredible to hear İlhan Sami Çomak read his poetry in person.
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