Albanian PEN Center

AlBANIAN PEN BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2022

Besnik Mustafaj - Founding President
Entela Kasi- President
Flamur Shala - Vice President
Ben Andoni - Secretary General
Ahmet Prençi - Chairmen of Board

Writers for Peace Committee - Mal Berisha


3 November 2009
Mrs. Entela Safeti Kasi
President
Albanian PEN Centre
Dear Mrs. Entela Kasi,
This letter confirms that Albanian PEN is officially a full member of International PEN. International PEN is the world writers association. International PEN has consultative status at UNESCO and the United Nations. There are currently 145 PEN Centres in 104 countries, each promotes the organisation’s aims and subscribes to the Charter of International PEN. In October 2009 the Assembly of Delegates of the 75th International PEN World Congress accepted the Albanian PEN Centre as a full and official member of International PEN. You are the first President of the Albanian PEN Centre and the General Secretary of the Centre is Mr. If we can supply any additional information regarding Albanian PEN Centre’s status as a full member of International PEN or would like any further information regarding International PEN, please do not hesitate to contact us at the International PEN Head Office. Yours sincerely,


Eugene Schoulgin Caroline McCormick
International Secretary Executive Director

Albanian PEN Center

Honorary President - Ismail Kadare

Founding President - Besnik Mustafaj

President - Entela Safeti Kasi

Vice Emeritus Presidents - Xhevat Lloshi Aleksander Meksi 2009

General Secretary- Sadik Bejko 2009-2021


The Chair of Writers In Prison Committee: Visar Zhiti 2009

The Chair of Women Writers Committee: Mira Meksi 2009

Cerciz Loloci - Chairmen of Board 2009- 2020

Technician Board
Legal Representative: Perparim Rama 2009-2015
Technician Secretary: Valbona Koci 2009


PEN International Presidents

John Galsworthy 1921-1933
H.G. Wells 1933-1936
Jules Romanis 1936 - 1941
Hu Shih 1941-1947
Denis Saurat 1941-1947
H. Wells 1941-1946
I. Heron Ould 1941-1947
Thornton Wilder 1941-1947
me pjesmarrjen e E.M. Forster
François Mauriac
Ignazio Silone 1946-1947
Maurice Materlinck 1947-1949
Benedeto Croce 1949-1952
Charles Morgan 1953-1956
Andre Chamson 1956-1959
Alberto Moravia 1959-1962
Victor van Vriesland 1962-1965
Arthur Miller 1965-1969
Pierre Emamanuel 1969-1971
Heinrich Boll 1971-1974
V.S. Prithchett 1974-1976
Mario Vargas Llosa 1976-1979
Per Wastberg 1979-1985
Francis King 1986-1989
Rene Tavernier Maj- Nëndor 1989
Per Wastberg Nëndor 1989- Maj 1990
Gorgy Konrad 1990-1993
Ronald Harwood 1993-1997
Homero Aridjis 1997-2003
Jri Grusa 2003- 2009
John Ralston Saul 2009-2015
Jenifer Clement 2015-----

PEN International General Secretary

Marjorie Watts 1921-1926
Hermon Ould 1926-1951
David Carver 1951-1974
Peter Elstob 1974-1981
Alexandre Blokh 1981-1998
Terry Carlboom 1998-2004
Eugene Schoulgin 2004 – 2009
Takeaki Horry 2009-2015

PEN International (International PEN to 2011), the worldwide association of writers, was founded in London in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere. Other goals included: to emphasise the role of literature in the development of mutual understanding and world culture; to fight for freedom of expression; and to act as a powerful voice on behalf of writers harassed, imprisoned and sometimes killed for their views. PEN originally stood for "Poets, Essayists and Novelists", but now includes writers of any form of literature, such as journalists and historians. It is the world’s oldest human rights organization and the oldest international literary organization. Role of PEN
PEN is a non-governmental organization in formal consultative relations with UNESCO and Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. The first PEN Club was founded in London in 1921 by Catherine Amy Dawson Scott, with John Galsworthy as its first President. Its first members included Joseph Conrad, Elizabeth Craig, George Bernard Shaw, and H.G.