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PEN International
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worldwide association of writers, founded in London in 1921
PEN International is a worldwide association of writers that was founded in London in 1921. It brings together authors from around the globe to support literary culture and advocate for writers' interests and freedoms.
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Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Other
- Founded
- 1921
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Also known as
- International Pen
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.499453.6 · ISNI 0000 0001 1422 5452
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- international non-governmental organization
- Official name
- PEN International
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Founded by
- Catherine Amy Dawson Scott
- Headquarters
- London
- Chairperson
- Jennifer Clement
- Employees
- 14
- Revenue
- 1736000
- Official website
- www.pen-international.org
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- member category
- Category:Members of PEN International
- inception
- 1921-10-21
- topic's main category
- Category:PEN International
- Commons category
- PEN International
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- archives at
- Harry Ransom Center
- social media followers
- 45688
- P8168
- Tymienica Nowa
- partnership with
- UNESCO
- donations
- 484000
- funder
- Open Society Foundations
- bequest income
- 7000
- number of volunteers
- 5
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Encyclopedic overview
Catherine Amy Dawson Scott, co-founder of PEN International PEN International (known as International PEN until 2010) is a worldwide association of writers, founded in London in 1921 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “PEN International” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.