PEN Bangladesh
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Formation1948
TypeLiterary organization
PurposePromote literature and defend freedom of expression in Bangladesh
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
| Formation | 1948 |
|---|---|
| Type | Literary organization |
| Purpose | Promote literature and defend freedom of expression in Bangladesh |
| Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Region served | Bangladesh |
Official language | English, Bengali |
Parent organization | PEN International |
| Website | penintlbangladesh |
PEN Bangladesh is one of the 148 centers of PEN International.[1] It is a bilingual society of Bangladesh-based writers, poets, publishers, editors, translators, journalists and academics, aimed at promoting literature and defending the freedom of expression in Bangladesh.[2]
For the 2018–2020 period, the president of PEN Bangladesh was Syed Manzoorul Islam, Rabindra University Vice Chancellor Biswajit Ghose, writer Ahmed Reza and Maleka Ferdousi were elected vice presidents while Ferdousi Mahmud and Lovely Bashar were elected joint secretaries general of the committee.[3]
