11 August 1995 The PEN Charter is based on resolutions passed at its international congresses and may be summarized as follows: PEN affirms that: 1. Literature, national though it be in origin, knows no frontiers, and should remain common currency between nations in spite of political or international upheavals. 2. In all circumstances, and particular in times of war, works […]

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