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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Under the umbrella of PEN International’s Imprisoned Writer Committee, PEN Català’s Imprisoned Writer Committee follows the cases of writers who suffer persecution as a result of exercising their right to freedom of expression, equality and human rights, defended peacefully and through their intellectual labour. Investgations undertaken by PEN International are analysed and disseminated by PEN Català.
With the aim of pressurising undemocratic regimes to free and/or cease to threaten writers, the Committee is involved in campaigns of condemnation organised by PEN International, undertaking a variety of denouncement and pressurising actions against governments, such as the writing of letters demanding release. The Committee also highlights PEN International’s sponsored writers: some of the cases of imprisoned writers identified by PEN International.
In order to recognise, and draw the attention of the Catalan population to, the bravery and task faced by writers who stand out as defenders of freedom of expression, each year PEN Català awards the Veu Lliure Prize (Free Voice Prize). The winner is awarded during acts for the International Day of the Imprisoned Writer, on 15th November, which occupies a significant place in the organisation’s annual calendar.