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.
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Apply here Bases in English Bases in Catalan Bases in Spanish Bases in French PEN Català is announcing the second edition of the Roissy-en-Brie Prize for refugee writers in Europe. The aim is to recognize the literary talent of those who, for various reasons, have been forced to leave their...
Catalan PEN named the Iranian writer Mehdi Bahman an honorary member of the organization in January 2023, after he was sentenced to death by the Iranian regime for his work for interfaith dialogue and for the rights of religious minorities in his country. One month...
The PEN Català organizes three international residencies from June 17 to July 9, in collaboration with the Barcelona City Council and with the support of the Culture Moves Europe program, at the MUHBA Vil·la Joana. This year, the main objective of the residencies is to promote...
PEN Català, in collaboration with Barcelona City of Literature, and with the support of the program Culture Moves Europe, issues a call for applications for 3 international literary residencies in 2024 within the framework of UNESCO Cities of Literature. The second edition of the call is...
Last 12th of may was the deadline for submitting applications to the call for two international residencies organized by PEN Català, in collaboration with the City Council of Barcelona and in the framework of the UNESCO Cities of Literature. The aim of the residencies is to...
Within the framework of UNESCO Cities of Literature, PEN Català, in collaboration with Barcelona city hall, is offering two international literary residencies. The aim of the residencies is to promote the mobility of authors connected to ICORN and PEN centres, two International networks to which PEN Català...
PEN Català, in collaboration with the Institut Ramon Llull and Serveis editorials Èter, has closed the call for applications for the literary residency for 6 young Catalan and Palestinian playwrights who wish to participate in a literary residency in Catalonia. A total of fifteen applications were...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...