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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Magí Morera i Galícia
1924-1927
Laura Huerga
2022-current
Àngels Gregori
2018-2022
Laura Huerga is editor and founder of the publishing house Raig Verd, where she has published authors of great relevance in the fields of work and action of PEN, such as Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Svetlana Aleksievitx, Simona Levi and Ali Smith.
As an activist, she has worked in defence of freedom of expression and linguistic rights, and has co-written with Blanca Busquets the book Tu, calla! Sobre el dret a la llibertat a la llibertat d’expressió i manifestació.