PEN Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Remarks | PEN Bosnia and Herzegovina is the representative of International Pen, for whole of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
PEN Center of Bosnia and Herzegovina (P.E.N. Centar u Bosni i Hercegovini / П.Е.Н. Центар у Босни и Херцеговини) is one of the 148 centres of
History
PEN Center of Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the 148 centres of PEN International, and is based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The admission of the Bosnian and Herzegovinian PEN was plebiscitarily confirmed at a congress in Spain in the autumn of 1993, however, Bosnian writers could not attend, because they were not able to safely exit the besieged city. The PEN delegation of Bosnia and Herzegovina finally managed to attend the congress of the PEN in Prague in the fall of 1994.[2]
Function
The center serves on the association and for the benefit of its members – writers, journalists, editors, publishers, publicists, literary critics and historians, literary translators, and other intellectuals and authors, representing their interests in cooperation with an authorities and organizations in the country and abroad, with the aim of "affirming and promoting literature, tolerance, culture of dialogue and freedom of expression in accordance with the Charter of the International P.E.N. Organizations".[2][5][6]
Novi Izraz magazine
The literary magazine “Novi Izraz” (the “New Expression”), is organization's main publication, and is more than 60 years old.[3][7]
See also
- List of archives in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Gazi Husrev-beg Library
- Vijećnica
- Oriental Institute in Sarajevo
- National and University Library of the Republika Srpska
- National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina
References
- ^ International, P. E. N. (2 February 2018). "Bosnian-Herzegovina Centre". PEN International. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ a b c "O P.E.N.-u". P.E.N. (in Bosnian). Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ a b "P.E.N. Centre (BIH)". Reading Balkans. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ "History of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Centre". Unlocking the History of PEN. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ a b "P.E.N. Centar u Bosni i Hercegovini". P.E.N. Centar u Bosni i Hercegovini | Kultura (in Bosnian). Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ "S T A T U T "P.E.N. Centra u Bosni i Hercegovini"". P.E.N. Centra u Bosni i Hercegovini. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ISSN 1512-5335. Retrieved 20 February 2022.