PEN International
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This article is about the writers' association. For the hearing impairment group, see PEN-International.
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.
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Formation | 1921; 103 years ago (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 |
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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.