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PEN America

LC control no.n 80060672
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Corporate name headingPEN America
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Variant(s)American Center of International PEN
American Center of P.E.N.
American Center of PEN
P.E.N. American Center
PEN American Center
PEN (Organization). American Center
PEN (Organization). PEN America
See alsohierarchical superior: PEN (Organization)
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Beginning date1922
LocatedNew York (N.Y.)
Address588 Broadway, Suite 303 New York, NY 10012
Found inThe American PEN, 1969-
nuc8686-36070: Committee to Protect Journalists. Uruguay ... 1983 (hdg.: on MH-L rept.: PEN American Center)
Freedom of expression in the Republic of Korea, 1988: t.p. (American Center of International PEN)
Passages, 2015: title page (PEN America)
PEN America web page, viewed July 18, 2017: (PEN American Center is the U.S. branch of the world's leading international literary and human rights organization. PEN International was founded in 1921 in direct response to the ethnic and national divisions that contributed to the First World War. PEN American Center was founded in 1922 and is the largest of the 144 PEN centers in 101 countries that together comprise PEN International.)
   <https://pen.org/about-us/faq/>
Wikipedia, viewed February 20, 2018: (PEN American Center (PEN), founded in 1922 and based in New York City, works to advance literature, defend free expression, and foster international literary fellowship. As of 2016, the name was shortened to PEN America. PEN America has a membership of more than 4,400 writers, editors, and translators. PEN America is the largest of the 149 centers in 101 countries that belong to PEN International, the worldwide association of writers that defends those who are harassed, imprisoned and killed for their views.)
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEN_American_Center>
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