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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 centers in over 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. History The first PEN Club was founded at the Florence Restaurant in London on October 5, 1921, by Catherine Amy Dawson Scott, with John Galsworthy as its first president. Its first members included Joseph Conrad, Elizabeth Craig, George Bernard Shaw, and H. G. Wells. PEN originally stood for "Poets, Essayists, Novelists", but now stands for "Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, Novelists", and includes writers of any form of literatur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burhan Sönmez
Burhan Sönmez is a Kurdish prize-winning novelist from Turkey. He is the President of PEN International, elected at the Centennial Congress in 2021. Sönmez is the author of five novels. His first novel, ''North'' (Kuzey), was published in 2009 in Turkey. His second novel, ''Sins and Innocents'' (Masumlar), was published in 2011. His third novel, Istanbul Istanbul', was published in 2015. Labyrinth', his fourth novel, got published in 2018. His last novel is Stone and Shadow', published in 2021. He received "Disturbing the Peace" award given bVaclav Havel Library Foundationin New York (2017). He was awarded thin London (2018) for his novel ''Istanbul Istanbul''. ''Sins and Innocents'' has received the Sedat Simavi Literature Prize, and ''Stone and Shadow'' received the Orhan Kemal Novel Award. His novels are being published in more than forty countries such as by Gallimard (France)Other Press(USA)Random House(Germany)Nottetempo(Italy). Biography Burhan Sönmez is a dual T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
