Dear PEN members, Dear friends, First, best wishes to all of you for the New Year. Some of you have already celebrated your official date; others are about to do so. Last year saw a remarkable growth in PEN’s work....
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Dear PEN members, Dear friends, I am writing this on November 15 th , the Day of the Imprisoned Writer. A year ago some twenty of us from around the world were in Istanbul and Ankara with PEN Turkey, meeting...
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Dear PEN members, Dear friends, First a regret. Ethiopian PEN has just held its annual Congress. Last year I was able to be there for the first ever gathering which took place in uncertain circumstances. I am very sorry not...
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Dear PEN members, Dear friends, This letter covers two months – February and March. I have been constantly on the road, which is never good for writing. The main news I have comes out of a trip back to Mexico...
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Dear PEN members, Dear friends, As many of you know, the entire Board of Directors of PEN Turkey is now under investigation for having insulted the Turkish Republic, as laid out in Article 301. Of course, there are already some...
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