Posted on 11/25/2020 6:39:35 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
NEW YORK - Former President Barack Obama, already a million-selling author, is also a prize-winning author.
PEN America announced Wednesday that Obama will receive its second annual Voice of Influence Award in recognition of how his writings “have traversed political, social, and ideological bounds and framed a self-reflective humanism that has marked his influence on public life.”
During the ceremony, Obama and historian Ron Chernow, a former PEN board president, will discuss freedom of expression and the importance of truth in a world of misinformation.
“As an organization of writers, we have always seen President Obama not just as a leader, but as one of us: an author. His probing and evocative narratives helped introduce the world to his unique background, and the power of his life experience as a prompt toward a more pluralistic and encompassing society,” PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel said in a statement.
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Good Lord.
The Kenyan from Indonesia has been laughing at us since Usurpation Day.
He KNOWS he was never eligible to be President.
ME... ME... ME...
He belongs in the pen. Spit.
The man is an angel of death. In his quiet, smooth way - everything he touched turned to chaos and destruction.
Libya
Syria
Egypt
Ukraine
BLM/Race Politics
Corrupt US Intelligence Agencies
Health care
IRS
feel free to add to the list
I took a nice healthy Barack Obama this morning.
Partition awards. Lame. What does PEN stand for?
Poets,essayists and novelists.
This clown is going to be talking about “truth in a world of disinformation”? Wow.
I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if the PEN America members stand in line to
literally kiss Obama’s butt at this meeting.
As a side note, Obama’s ghostwriters must be fuming. They do all the work, and Barry gets all the glory.
The reinstatement of Barak Obama begins.
Barf inducing article.
Any award he ever receives since being awarded the Nobel for absolutely nothing except being a black leftist president, is a mere gesture and devoid of meaning or recognition of any real achievement, and he’s as vapid as he seems if even he doesn’t realize this in his innermost soul.
They all do.
The Big BO getting another unearned award - who takes that seriously?
PEN ?
P oorly
E ducated
N egro
?
Let me guess...PEN America stands for book burning?
Like the Oscars you get a prize for doing nothing.
If there was any justice in this country, 0bama would be in a pen for the rest of his miserable life.
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