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PEN America Demands Immediate Release of Belarusian Translator Volha Kalackaja PEN America Demands Immediate Release of Belarusian Translator Volha Kalackaja Author Margaret Atwood says Belarus must halt its cruel assault on those seeking democracy FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 17, 2021 (New York, NY) The Friday detention of the Belarusian translator Volha Kalackaja is yet another alarming example of the increasing crackdown on the creative community in Belarus, PEN America said today, and she must immediately be released and any charges against her dropped. Kalackaja has translated books by Margaret Atwood, Virginia Woolf, Tennessee Williams, and William Golding into Belarusian, as well as providing translations for films and cartoons. Since the beginning of mass protests in Belarus, following the rigged presidential elections last August, Kalackaja has been supporting peaceful demonstrators in her neighborhood. ....