
Pen
An Illustrated History
Interlink Books (Publisher)
Published on 2. November 2021
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-62371-902-9 (ISBN)
Description
What was PEN's role in shaping the very concept of human rights even before it was adopted by the United Nations in 1948? How did PEN develop fundamental ideas on free speech as well as the equality of languages and literatures? This book tells the extraordinary story of how writers from around the world placed the celebration of literature and the defense of free speech at the center of humanity's struggle against repression and terror. The extraordinary writers who have been PEN cases is a history of bravery and include, Federico Garcâia Lorca, Stefan Zweig, Musine Kokalari, Wole Soyinka, Salman Rushdie, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Anna Politkovskaya, Hrant Dink, Svetlana Alexievich, and many others. PEN was founded in London in 1921 to promote friendship, intellectual co-operation, and exchange between writers from around the world. It has grown into a worldwide network of writers, a community extended to more than 100 countries who for 100 years has worked to celebrate all literatures without exception and protect freedom of expression. Today, PEN plays a unique part in the defense of free expression, celebration of literary excellence, amplification of marginalized voices, and the fostering of dialogue across political and ideological boundaries"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Massachusetts
United States
Publishing group
Interlink Publishing Group, Inc
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
500 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 305 mm
Width: 241 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
1928 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62371-902-9 (9781623719029)
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Persons
Carles Torner was PEN International Executive Director from 2014 to 2020 and is currently the director of the PEN Centenary. He has also participated in several missions for imprisoned writers.
Jan Martens is a publisher and co-founder, with Bato Tomasevic, of the Motovun Group of International Publishers.
Jan Martens is a publisher and co-founder, with Bato Tomasevic, of the Motovun Group of International Publishers.