International PEN centres

Last updated October 12, 2025

PEN centres are the federated members of PEN International.^[1]

List

According to the website of PEN International.^[2]

Africa

Afar Centre
Afrikaans Centre
Algerian Centre
Egyptian Centre
Eritrean Centre in Exile
Ethiopian Centre
Gambia Centre
Ghanaian Centre
Guinea-Bisseau Centre
Guinean Centre
Ivory Coast Centre
Kenyan Centre
Liberian Centre
Malawian Centre
Mali Centre
Mauritania Centre
Moroccan Centre
Nigerian Centre
Senegal Centre
Sierra Leone Centre
Somali-Speaking Centre
South African Centre
Togo Centre
Tunisian Centre
Ugandan Centre
Zambian Centre
Zimbabwe Centre

Asia Pacific

Afghan Centre
All-India PEN Centre Theosophy Hall, Bombay
Bangladesh Centre
Cambodian Centre
Central Asia PEN
Chinese Center
Guangzhou Chinese Centre
Hong Kong (Chinese Speaking) Centre
Hong Kong (English Speaking) Centre
Independent Chinese Centre
Japanese Centre
Kazakhstan Centre
Korean Centre
Melbourne Centre
Mongolian Centre
Myanmar Centre
Nepalese Centre
New Zealand Centre: New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN New Zealand)
North Korean Writers in Exile Centre
PEN Delhi Centre
Perth Centre
Philippine Centre: Philippine Center of International PEN
Shanghai Centre
Sydney Centre: Sydney PEN
Uyghur Centre
Taipei Chinese Center
Tatar Centre
Thai Centre
Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre

Europe

Armãn Centre
Albanian Centre
Armenian Centre
Austrian Centre
Basque Centre
Belarusian Centre: forcibly dissolved by the Supreme Court of Belarus on 9 August 2021.^[3]
Belgian (Dutch Speaking) Centre
Belgian (French-speaking) Centre
Bosnian Centre: PEN Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgarian Centre
Catalan Centre
Centre de la Langue d'Oc
Centre of German-Speaking Writers Abroad
Chechen Writers Centre
Croatian Centre
Cypriot Centre: Cypriot PEN
Czech Centre
Danish Centre
English Centre: English PEN
Esperanto Centre
Estonian Centre
Finnish Centre
French Centre
Galician Centre
Georgian Centre
German Centre: PEN Centre Germany
Hungarian Centre: Hungarian PEN
Icelandic Centre
Iranian PEN Centre in Exile
Irish Centre
Italian Centre
Kosovan Centre
Kurdish Centre: Kurdish PEN
Latvian Centre
Liechtenstein Centre
Lithuanian Centre
Macedonian Centre
Moldovan Centre
Monegasque Centre
Montenegrin Centre
Netherlands Centre
Norwegian Centre
Polish Centre
Portuguese Centre
Roma Centre
Romanian Centre: PEN Romania
Russian Centre
Sardinian Centre
Scottish Centre
Serbian Centre
Slovak Centre
Slovene Centre
Spanish Centre
St Petersburg Centre
Swedish Centre
Suisse Romand Centre
Swiss German Centre
Swiss Italian and Reto-Romansh Centre
Turkey Centre
Trieste Centre
Ukrainian Centre
Writers from former Yugoslavia Centre
Writers in Exile, German Centre
Writers in Exile, London Centre

Latin America and The Caribbean

Argentinian Centre
Bolivian Centre
Brazilian Centre
Chilean Centre
Colombian Centre
Guadalajaran Centre
Guatemalan Centre
Haiti Centre
Honduras Centre
Jamaican Centre
Mexican Centre
Nicaraguan Centre
Panamanian Centre
Paraguayan Centre
Peruvian Centre
Puerto Rican Centre
San Miguel de Allende Centre
Uruguayan Centre
Venezuelan Centre

Middle East

Bahrain Centre
Iraq Centre
Jordanian Centre
Lebanese Centre
Palestinian Centre

North America

American Centre: PEN America
Canadian Centre: PEN Canada
Chinese Writers Abroad Centre
Cuban Writers in Exile Centre
Quebecois Centre: Centre québécois du P.E.N. international (P.E.N. Québec) ^{[ dead link ]}
Vietnamese Abroad Centre: Vietnamese Abroad PEN Centre
Writers in Exile, American Centre

References

↑ PEN International (n.d.). Four Year Strategic Plan of PEN International 2015–2018 (PDF) (Report). pp. 1–2. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
↑ "Find your local centre". 2019-03-04. Archived from the original on 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
↑ Улады ліквідавалі Беларускі ПЭН-цэнтр

External links

PEN Centres, PEN International

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[1] PEN International (n.d.). Four Year Strategic Plan of PEN International 2015–2018 (PDF) (Report). pp. 1–2. Retrieved 2019-03-04.

[2] "Find your local centre". 2019-03-04. Archived from the original on 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2018-03-24.

[3] Улады ліквідавалі Беларускі ПЭН-цэнтр

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