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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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...
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 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...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
PEN Català, along with the signatories listed below, denounces the excessive restrictions on the right to freedom of expression as a result of the disproportionate charges of rebellion and sedition filed against writers and civil society leaders Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sànchez, who have been...
On Thursday January 17, the European project Engage led by PEN Català will be participating in a meeting to evaluate the projects that promote participation and access to European literary culture organised by SILO (Socially Inclusive Literature Operations). The meeting is in the Serbian city of...
Conversing about literature with a group of boys and girls in the third and fourth years of secondary school On November 9, and in the framework of the European project Engage Young Producers, lead by PEN Català we visited the Institut d’Educació Secundària Viladomat, located in...
The European project, Engage! led by PEN Català continues with its activities. We are planning 2 focus groups in November in collaboration with the Secondary School IES Viladomat in Barcelona. The first one will take place on November 9th and will be formed by 14 girls...
"It was extremely surprising. I have never experienced such good partners, thematic… everything was extremely useful and helpful", Tina Popovič, Ljubljana UNESCO City of Literature (Slovenia) “This workshop was designed to challenge us to look at literature broadly, in different formats. We will take the inspiration...