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PEN Canada
Formation1926[1]
TypeNon-profit Organization, Literary society, Lobbying[1]
Legal statusAssociation
PurposePublication, Advocacy, Lobbying, Literary Awards[1]
HeadquartersLondon, UK
Location
  • Toronto, Canada[1]
Coordinates43°38′56″N 79°24′09″W / 43.648819°N 79.402571°W / 43.648819; -79.402571
Region served
Canada[1]
Official language
English
President
Grace Westcott
Key people
Board of Directors[1]
Parent organization
International PEN
AffiliationsInternational Freedom of Expression Exchange
Websitepencanada.ca
RemarksPEN Canada is the representative of International Pen, for whole of Canada

PEN Canada is one of the 148 centres of PEN International. Founded in 1926, it has a membership of over 1,000 writers and supporters who campaign on behalf of writers around the world who are persecuted, imprisoned and exiled for exercising their right to freedom of expression.[1]

Since its founding, various PEN Centers around the world have campaigned on behalf of such acclaimed writers as Czech playwright Václav Havel, Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma, novelist Salman Rushdie and Turkey's 2006 Nobel laureate in literature, Orhan Pamuk. PEN Canada is a member of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange network.[2]

Over the years, PEN Canada membership has included many of the leading figures in the Canadian literary and cultural establishment, including Margaret Atwood, Adrienne Clarkson, John Ralston Saul, David Cronenberg and Yann Martel.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "About PEN Canada". PENCanada.ca. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
  2. ^ "PEN Canada is IFEX Member". IFEX.org. Retrieved 2012-02-01.

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