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.
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Help us continue to defend language and freedom of expression.
Sí! El nostre web s'adapta a dispositius mòbils, però encara està en desenvolupament. Per veure-la ara correctament, consulta-la des d'una mida de pantalla major de 1100px ; )
Ciutat de procedència: Sébaco, Matagalpa (Nicaragua)
Ciutat d'acollida: Barcelona
Període d'acollida: 2021-2023
Juan Daniel Treminio is a Nicaraguan journalist. Born in Sébaco, Matagalpa, he studied social communication in the Universidad Centroamericana (UCA). He is passionate about journalism, radio, and digital communication. Since he was very young, he has been involved in political activism to defend human rights and civil liberties.
Since the age of nineteen, he has exercised his profession directing several analysis programs in conjunction with the national radio station Radio Corporación, such as El Estallido (2014-2015), Unidad con Dignidad (2015-2017) and Buenas Tardes Nicaragua (2017-2018.) He was a founder and is co-director of the digital platform Coyuntura and has collaborated with several other platforms such as Managuafuriosa and Revista Cultura Libre. He has participated in several trainings focused on politics and social change.
His direct involvement in reporting corruption cases and documenting human rights violations have made him a target for threats from supporters of the current government. For this reason, in 2018, he was forced into exile with his family. However, this gave him the opportunity to widen his work on issues of migration and vulnerable communities. He has taken on the commitment to continue monitoring and developing investigative journalism that can contribute to the development of his country.
He currently lives in Barcelona and is an ICORN writer in residence being hosted by PEN Català’s Writers in Refuge programme. To learn more about his work, you can follow him on Twitter under @danitreminio.