Des de 1922, defensem la llibertat d'expressió i els drets lingüístics, salvaguardem el patrimoni literari català i promovem el diàleg intercultural.
Since 2006, PEN Català has coordinated the Writers In Refuge Programme. This programme, with its roots in the Shelter Cities programme which was promoted by the International Parliament of Writers, aims to host a writer who is threatened, persecuted or at risk of being imprisoned as a consequence of their writing.
PEN Català promotes literary translation to overcome the linguistic barrier that prevents understanding between people and cultures. It works for both the promotion of Catalan literature in the world and to support the translation of universal literary works into Catalan. It is within this framework that the digital magazine Visat is published.
PEN is committed to the respect of all languages, and the protection and promotion of minority languages. PEN's central and guiding principles on linguistic rights are laid out in the Girona Manifesto, promoted by PEN Català.
PEN Català monitors human rights violations against writers, editors, translators and journalists around the world and organises campaigns to support them.
You can become a full member if you are a writer in any field, journalist, editor or translator and share the founding values of PEN.
If you are not a writer and want to join the defense of languages and freedom of expression, you can be part of the Circle of Friends of PEN.
Help us continue to defend language and freedom of expression.
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Josep M. López-Picó
1922
Pompeu Fabra
1923-1924
Carles Riba i Bracons
1928 -1934 i 1939 - 1959
Joan Oliver i Sallarès
1973 - 1976
Josep Palau i Fabre
1976 - 1979
Maria Aurèlia Capmany i Farnés
1979 - 1983
Jordi Sarsanedas
1983 - 2001
Dolors Oller i Rovira
2001 - 2010
Carme Arenas i Noguera
2010 - Now
Foundation of PEN International
Barcelona, 19th April 1922
London, May 1923. First Congress...
From Paris (1925) to Oslo (1928)
Dubrovnik, a historic congress
Barcelona. 20th-25th May, 1935. 13th...
Congresses in times of war:...
34 years of solidarity and exile
Avel·lí Artís Gener (Tísner) and...
Barcelona-Espluga del Francolí. The Catalan...
International Assembly and Internal Crisis
New Headquarters and towards the...
The International Congress in the...
World Conference on Linguistic Rights
The path towards the Universal...
Implications for the Catalan-speaking territories...
Involvement in international networks
Leading the defence of linguistic...
Change in the Presidency
90th Anniversary: Institutional recognition
The Present (2012-2017)
Més antic
Més recent
On 5th October 1921, C. A. Dawson brought together all of the English PEN writers for the first time. PEN International was established on 26th...
The dining room of the Ritz Hotel. The founding dinner of the Catalan branch of the PEN Club is taking place. The group of people...
Under John Galsworthy’s presidency, the eleven centres that make up the PEN International Club are meeting. One of these, the Catalan PEN centre, is represented...
Since its inception, enthusiasm and energy have been part of PEN Català: Stimulating literature that aspires to be active and open and that is convinced,...
The political instability which engulfed Spain from the late 1920’s until the early 1930’s (the fall of the monarchy, the proclamation of the Second Republic...
165 writers, representatives of 25 centres from all over the world meet in Barcelona, at a congress which is to test the organizational capacity of...
Despite the country being at war, PEN Català was able to maintain an active presence at the 1937 Congress, as well as those in 1938...
The sequence of events which we will see unfold here is, for PEN International, a moving story of solidarity, which researchers will be able to...
The establishment owned by the French PEN Club , at number 66 Rue Pierre Charron, right next to the Champs Elysées, is a welcome centre...
1973: It is only two years until the death of the dictator and the Francoist regime is starting to dissolve. Preparations to initiate the process...
Palau i Fabre substitutes Joan Oliver as the organisation’s president at almost exactly the same that that ‘Tísner’, having attended the 1977 Congress in Sydney,...
The Committee presided over by Maria Aurèlia Capmany was formed of Santiago Pey as Vice-President, Àlex Brock as Secretary General, Joaquim Soler as Treasurer, Anton...
In April 1992, Barcelona, as host of the 57th International Congress of the PEN Club, became the literary capital of the world for the third...
Since the Congress in Lugano (1987), PEN Català has been gaining prominence within PEN International’s working committee, formerly known as the Translations and Programme Committee....
From 1996 onwards, participation within the Committee was intensified thanks to the presence of Carles Torner in the international secretariat and with Rosa Igartua, who...
The new board, led by Dolors Oller as President and Carme Arenas as General Secretary, is determined to maintain the organisation’s prestige and make its presence...
With PEN Català’s participation in the Universal Forum of Cultures a new phase begins, with two overarching principles: PEN Català’s projection abroad with the aim...
PEN Català has always held great prestige within the framework of PEN International, and has been considered as one of its most active and influential...
During the 74th PEN International Congress, held in September of 2008 in the Colombian capital of Bogotá, Josep M. Terricabras was chosen as president of...
The general meeting of PEN Català’s members, held on 17th June 2010, elected Carme Arenas as the organisation’s new president, replacing Dolors Oller whose mandate...
On 19th April 2012, PEN had been in existence for 90 years and working towards its primary objectives for 90 years. In spite of the...
For the last five years, in spite of the difficulties as a result of the economic crisis, PEN Català has not stopped fighting to grow and...