Word: sisyphus
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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According to Greek mythology, the gods punished Sisyphus after his death by making him constantly push a heavy stone up a hill. Whenever Sisyphus neared the top, the stone would escape his grasp and roll down to the bottom of the hill, condemning the ancient king to another painful trip...
...regularly writes to the prisoners: "We may never hear from them but we keep writing, for years." She rejoices that now for the first time Russian writers are in PEN and Czech writers are back in the fold. "It's a labor of Sisyphus," she sighs. "Just as they are let out in Russia, they've increased in Turkey and Kenya...