PEN International
PEN International
PEN Internacional
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Contact Details
URL: https://www.pen-international.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peninternational
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pen_int
Founded
1921-10 London UK
History
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As a world association of writers, editors and translators in all branches and classes of literature, journalism, poetry, drama, fiction, history, biography, science, translation and philosophy, promote and maintain friendship and intellectual cooperation among writers and readers in all countries in the interests of literature, freedom of expression and international goodwill; enable the unhampered transmission of thought within and among nations. PEN's Charter affirms that literature should remain common currency in spite of political or international upheavals and that works of art are the property of humanity at large.
Events
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- Accredited by: Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Advisor to: F-XJ2622 - International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN). Links with: F-XF3974 - Africa Free Media Foundation; F-XF5575 - Free Vietnam Alliance (FVA); C-XC4199 - Association internationale de la critique littéraire (AICL); B-XC2036 - International Federation of Translators; U-XF3155 - International Parliament of Writers (IPW); E-XF1424 - South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre (SAHRDC); U-XD0503 - Union of Writers of the African Peoples (UWAP); K-XK2019 - Writers International and Friends of Literature and Culture Association (WIFLAC).
- Member of: Global Net Neutrality Coalition
- Member of: IFEX
- Member of: International Conference of NGOs
- Supports: Foundation PEN Emergency Fund
Publications
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XB2343
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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