PEN International launches its Manifesto on the Defence of Nature
Image Credit: Gorodenkoff/ Shutter Stock “The Manifesto on the Defence of Nature [...]
Sep
PEN International’s resolutions to defend free expression, gender diversity, human rights, and climate justice
“At this 91st Congress we affirmed that freedom of expression cannot be [...]
Sep
Freedom of Words – Words of the Free: Highlights from PEN International’s 91st Congress in Kraków, Poland
Image Credit: Katarzyna Kukielka “At this Congress in Kraków we saw the [...]
Sep
PEN INTERNATIONAL: Nobel Laureate Olga Tokarczuk joins PEN International leadership as Vice President
“We are honoured to welcome Olga Tokarczuk as Vice President of PEN [...]
Sep
Literary giants Olga Tokarczuk, Margaret Atwood and Burhan Sonmez to open PEN International’s 91st Congress in Kraków
“This rare and timely public conversation between Tokarczuk and Sonmez comes [...]
Aug
OPT/Israel: The assassination of Aljazeera journalists is another desperate attempt to hide the truth about Israel’s crimes in Gaza
Image: Edward Crawford (Shutterstock) “We mourn and condemn the killing of five [...]
Aug
Georgia: Release renowned poet and translator Zviad Ratiani
‘Zviad Ratiani is facing overly harsh criminal punishments on account of his [...]
Jul
OPT/Israel: There is no safe place in Gaza. Impose an arms embargo and end the genocide now
“Genocide is the ultimate form of silencing. The ideal of one humanity [...]
Jun
Documentary in Deutsche Welle about PEN International
My respect for this organization has no borders … PEN has been so fierce, so consistent and ferocious in its efforts that it is hard to ignore their worldwide impact.
Founding Team & Goals
The goals of the Greek PEN are the effort to strengthen the extroversion of Greek literature, the creation of communication channels between Greek authors and people from other literary backgrounds, the contribution to the dissemination of literacy at the national level, the undertaking of actions and the support of initiatives aimed at preserving and safeguarding the right to freedom of expression and the circulation of ideas.
PEN CHARTER
The Charter of PEN International has guided, unified and inspired its members for over 60 years. Its principles were implicit at the organisation’s founding in 1921. However, like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the PEN Charter was forged amidst the harsh realities of World War Two. It was approved at the 1948 PEN Congress in Copenhagen.
ABOUT PEN INTERNATIONAL
PEN International was founded in 1921 and is one of the largest international organizations in the field of promoting literature and protecting freedom of expression. Its members include (or have been included at times) great names in literature and the intellectual world – from James Baldwin, Margaret Adwood, Tony Morrison, Philip Roth, John Steinbeck, Thomas Mann and M. Hain, Joseph Conrad, Arthur Miller, Norman Mailer, Susan Sontag, and Don Delilo.
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FULL INTERVIEW: Barack Obama and the Freedom to Write
Former President Barack Obama on Tuesday received the PEN America Voice of Influence Award during the literary and free expression organization’s annual gala celebration. Accepting the prize, the former president ruminated on race and his political fortunes, human rights, the global contest for ideas amid resurgent authoritarianism, a free press, and the precariousness of social progress in a wide-ranging discussion with historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow.
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In a world where independent voices are increasingly stifled, PEN is not a luxury, it’s a necessity.
In times of division between countries, PEN is one of the rare institutions to keep a bridge constantly open.