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PEN Centre Germany upholds the objectives of PEN International in protecting the freedom of intellectual expression throughout the world. PEN Centre Germany supports two main programmes: Writers in Prison and Writers in Exile. Founded in 1999, Writers in Exile is a programme supporting international
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fled into exile as soon as the Nazis took power and in January 1935, under difficult political circumstances, PEN Centre Germany became known as the Union of National Writers. This organisation was supportive of Nazism and heavily criticised by PEN International for its failure to condemn the
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writers who are given the opportunity to live and work in safety, with accommodation provided in Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg and Munich together with living expenses.
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in 1933. In response to these circumstances, in 1934 a PEN centre was set up for German writers in exile based in London, with
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PEN Centre Germany is also a participant in the annual Writers for Peace Committee founded in 1984.
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P.E.N. Die internationale Schriftstellervereinigung. Ihre deutsche Geschichte. Ihre Aufgaben.
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Versuchte Gleichschaltung durch das NS-Regime, die Auflösung und Flucht ins Exil (1933-1945)
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is part of the worldwide association of writers founded in London in 1921, now known as
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The German branch of International PEN was founded in 1924 under the direction of
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PEN Centre Germany: the first meeting held in Hamburg on 12 April 1949.
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pp. 8–33. Exhibition catalogue, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Berlin 2011
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Handbuch PEN. Geschichte und Gegenwart der deutschsprachigen Zentren.
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Handbuch PEN. Geschichte und Gegenwart der deutschsprachigen Zentren.
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and a united PEN Centre Germany was finally established in 1998.
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Index

PEN International
Darmstadt
Hesse

Hermann Kesten Prize
Ludwig Fulda
John Galsworthy
Nazism
Alfred Kerr
burning of books by the Nazis
Heinrich Mann
Göttingen
German Reunification
"PEN-Zentrum Deutschland | Das PEN-Zentrum Deutschland ist eine der weltweit ĂĽber 140 Schriftstellervereinigungen, die im Internationalen PEN vereint sind"
"Writers-in-Prison / Writers-at-Risk"
"Writers-in-Exile"
ISBN
978-3-11-026067-0
ISBN
978-3-11-026067-0
Official website
Categories
International PEN centers
German writers' organisations
Freedom of expression organizations
Organizations established in 1999
1999 establishments in Germany

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