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| Formation | 1921 |
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| Type | NGO |
| Purpose | Promote literature and defend freedom of expression worldwide. |
| Headquarters | London |
Region served | International |
President | Burhan Sönmez |
| Website | www |
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. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ Robert Halsband (10 January 1968). "LeRoi Jones Sentence – Free Preview". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 November 2011.