Labrisz Leszbikus Egyesület and the “Tiny Books” project win the first edition of the European PETIT PEN award
PEN Català awards the PETIT PEN prize to the Hungarian association Labrisz Leszbikus Egyesület and the international project Tiny Books from Baltic Authors. PEN Català celebrates 100 years since its birth and looks to the future with the creation of an award in the field of...
Take action for José Rubén Zamora Marroquín (Guatemala)
BACKGROUND José Rubén Zamora Marroquín is a renowned Guatemalan journalist and founder of three of the most read newspapers in Guatemala and Central America: Siglo Veintiuno, Nuestro Diario and elPeriódico. One of the most outspoken critics of the Guatemalan government led by President Alejandro Giammattei, together...
Take action for Server Mustafayev (Ukraine)
BACKGROUND Server Mustafayev is a Crimean Tatar citizen journalist and human rights defender, founder and coordinator of the grassroots, human rights movement Crimean Solidarity in Russian-occupied Crimea. On 21 May 2018, Federal Security Services (FSB) officers raided Mustafayev’s house in Bakhchisaray, southern Crimea, before taking him to...
Take Action for Tsitsi Dangarembga (Zimbabwe)
BACKGROUND Tsitsi Dangarembga is an award-winning Zimbabwean novelist, filmmaker, playwright, activist, and founding member of PEN Zimbabwe. Dangarembga was arrested with her friend Julie Barnes on 31 July 2020 by members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police with neither warrant nor explanation, while peacefully protesting government corruption on...
Take Action for Narges Mohammadi (Iran)
BACKGROUND Narges Mohammadi is an Iranian writer, journalist, human rights defender and Honorary Member of the Danish, Belgian, Norwegian and Swedish PEN centres. She is the former Vice-President and spokesperson of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC), co-winner of the 2013 Oxfam Novib / PEN...
Statement on the situation in Iran by PENa Kurd
Throughout the forty years rule of the current regime in the “Islamic Republic of Iran”, the peoples of the country have continuously been subjected to many kinds of oppressions and sever persecution, especially those who revolt as a result of the deteriorating political, social and...
New deadline! PEN Residency 2023 for Young Catalan and Palestinian Playwrights
PEN Català, in collaboration with the Ramon Llull Institute and Èter editorial services, is opening a call for applications to participate in a literary residency in Catalonia in April 2023, available to six young Catalan and Palestinian playwrights. Two years ago, PEN Català and the...
“Translation in Motion”: open call for literary translation residencies
Translation in Motion is a RECIT's program that aims to enrich and intensify the flow of translated literature in contemporary Europe, and specifically between the Western Balkans countries and the EU member states. The residencies offer EU translators working from or into the languages of the...
LiterACTION: Engage Final conference
Get acquainted with some of the most interesting literary initiatives for young people on the European and international level. Young people who think critically about their culture and cities, teams who include young people in their governing bodies, literary festivals organized by teenagers, secondary school students...
Swedish librarians discover the creativity of Catalan libraries
“Young people are in a moment of their lives full of decisions about their identity and their place into society. For this reason it's important to dialogue with them.” Gemma Rodríguez On April 8th, took place the 8th Public Library and Social Cohesion Conference, organized by the Consorci...
Turfu les Éditions impresses Barcelona youth
The young french editors explain how they created their business in school and how they established it asa a model of success, withiin the framework of the european project Engage! The young students of the Viladomat secondary school in Barcelona have gotten to know first-hand the...
“Engage” Partners’ Meeting in Barcelona
During the meeting, attended by the representatives of Det Fria Ordets Hus (Sweden), the Krakow Festival Office (Poland) and the National Centre for Writing (UK), the calendar of Engage!’s 2019 activities has been presented. The attendees have evaluated each institution’s evolution and results since the beginning...
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