This article is about the writers' association. For the hearing impairment group, see PEN-International.
PEN International
Formation
1921; 103 years ago (1921)
Type
NGO
Purpose
Promote literature and defend freedom of expression worldwide.
Headquarters
London
Region served
International
President
Burhan Sönmez
Website
www.pen-international.org
PEN International (known as International PEN until 2010)[1] is a worldwide association of writers, founded in London in 1921[2] to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere. The association has autonomous International PEN centres in more than 100 countries.
Other goals included: to emphasise the role of literature in the development of mutual understanding and world culture; to fight for freedom of expression; and to act as a powerful voice on behalf of writers harassed, imprisoned and sometimes killed for their views.
^"Our History". PEN International. 10 November 1995. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
^Robert Halsband (10 January 1968). "LeRoi Jones Sentence – Free Preview". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
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