PEN Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Predecessor | PEN Yugoslavia |
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Formation | 1993 |
Type | Non-profit Organization, Literary society, Lobbying |
Legal status | Association |
Purpose | Publication, Advocacy, Lobbying, Literary Awards |
Headquarters | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Coordinates | 43°51′23″N 18°24′43″W / 43.856506°N 18.411833°WCoordinates: 43°51′23″N 18°24′43″W / 43.856506°N 18.411833°W |
Region served | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Official language | Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian (Serbo-Croatian) |
Key people | Board of Directors |
Parent organization | International PEN |
Affiliations | International Freedom of Expression Exchange |
Website | penbih |
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 PEN International, and is based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was founded in the first year of the war in Bosnia, on 31 October 1992. As part of Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina didn't had the right for membership as an independent center, according to the rules of the International PEN.
History[]
PEN Center of Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the 148 centres of PEN International, and is based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1] The founding assembly was convened on 31 October 1992, and held in Holiday Inn Hotel in Sarajevo, under heavy shelling as the Bosnian war and the Siege of Sarajevo already started. Thirty-six writers managed to reach the Holiday Inn Hotel that day, and decided to establish the association. Because of the war-related circumstances, PEN of Bosnia and Herzegovina was temporarily represented by PEN Center of the Republic of Slovenia in international contacts and relations. PEN Center of the Republic of Slovenia also helped in organizing and collecting aid for the writers, artists and intellectuals of Sarajevo during the siege, which was delivered to the city under difficult circumstances.[2][3] [4][5]
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]
Novi Izraz magazine[]
The literary magazine “Novi Izraz” (the “New Expression”), is organization's main publication, and is more than 60 years old.[3][6]
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 "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.
- ^ "P.E.N. Centar u Bosni i Hercegovini". P.E.N. Centar u Bosni i Hercegovini | Kultura (in Bosnian). Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ "NOVI IZRAZ, časopis za književnu i umjetničku kritiku". ISSN 1512-5335. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
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External links[]
- Non-profit organizations based in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bosnia and Herzegovina writers
- Freedom of expression organizations
- International PEN centers
- Cultural organizations based in Bosnia and Herzegovina