P.E.N. CENTRES MEMBERS OF THE TRANSLATION AND LINGUISTIC RIGHTS COMMITTEE OF INTERNATIONAL P.E.N. (05.07.2007)

Office in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Hosting Centre: Macedonian P.E.N. Centre

Members: 1. Algerian, 2. American – New York, 3. Armenian, 4. Australian-Melbourne, 5. Austrian, 6. Bangladeshi, 7. Basque, 8. Belarussian, 9. Bolivian, 10. Bosnian, 11. Bulgarian, 12. Catalan, 13. Colombian, 14. Croatian, 15. Czech, 16. Danish, 17. Egyptian, 18. English, 19. Esperanto, 20. Finnish, 21. French, 22. Galician, 23. Guadalarajana, 24. Hungarian, 25. Independent Chinese, 26. Indian, 27. Israeli, 28. Japanese, 29. Kenyan, 30. Kosovo, 31. Kurdish, 32. Lebanese, 33. Macedonian, 34. Malawian, 35. Mexican, 36. Montenegrin, 37. Moroccan, 38. Netherlands, 39. New Zeland, 40. Nigerian, 41. Norwegian, 42. Pakistani, 43. Palestinian, 44. Peruvian, 45. Philippine, 46. Polish, 47. Portugese, 48. Pretoria, 49. Quebecois, 50. Romanian, 51. Russian, 52. San Miguel de Allende, 53. Scottish, 54. Senegal, 55. Serbian, 56. Sierra Leone, 57. Slovak, 58. Slovenian, 59. South African, 60. Swedish, 61. Swiss German, 62. Swiss Italian and Reto-Romansh, 63. Sydney, 64. Tatar, 65. Trieste, 66. Turkish, 67. Uganda, 68. Ukrainian, 69. Zambian P.E.N. Centre.

Mrs. Kata Kulavkova, Prof. Dr., Chair of the Committee
Address: MKC, Dimitar Vlahov Quay, Macedonian P.E.N.
1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Tel. +389 2 32 39 155
Fax : +389 2 31 30 054
Email: tlrc@diversity.org.mk, diversity@diversity.org.mk
Website: http://www.diversity.org.mk
Personal email: poetics@sonet.com.mk
Personal website: www.kulavkova.org.mk

Mr. Josep Maria Terricabras, Vice Chair of T&LRC
Address: Catalan PEN Centre
Ateneu Barcelones, Canuda, 6, 5e, 08002
Barcelona, Spain
Tel: + 34 3 318 32 98
Fax: + 34 3 412 06 66
Email: dudl@linguistic-declaration.org  / josepm.terricabras@udg.es
Website: www.linguistic-declaration.org  / www.terricabras-filosofia.info 
(President of the Follow-up Committee for UDLR / DUDL)

P.E.N. CENTRES MEMBERS:

ALGERIAN P.E.N. CENTRE

B2/59, cité Rabia Tahar,
Bab Ezzouar,
Alger, Algeria
Tel: +213 21 243 280
Fax: +213 21 242 188
President and T&LRC Representative: Mohamed Magani
Email: mohmagani@yahoo.fr
Secretary, Mustapha Faci
Bt. B4/no. 6
Ain Naadja, Gué de Constantine
Alger, Algérie
Tel: +213 21 558 337
E-mail: mostefafaci@yahoo.fr

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AMERICAN P.E.N. CENTRE – NEW YORK

Centre web site: www.pen.org
Centre email: pen@pen.org
Broadway (4th Floor), New York, N.Y. 10012, U.S.A.
Tel: +1 212 334 1660
Fax: + 1 212 334 2181
Executive Director of American PEN, Michael Roberts
E-mail: roco@pen.org
Chair of T&LRC of American PEN, Ms Esther Allen
Email: EstherAllen@cs.com

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ARMENIAN P.E.N. CENTRE

Email: armpen@hahr.am
App. 8, 24 Papazian st.,
375012 Yerevan, Republic of Armenia
Contact person: Anna Hakobyan, President

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AUSTRALIAN P.E.N. CENTRE – MELBOURNE

Centre e-mail:penmelbourne@optusnet.com.au
Melbourne PEN Centre
P.O. Box 2273
Caulfield Junction
Victoria 3161, Australia
Tel: + 613 9509 7257
Fax: + 613 9509 7257
President & Contact Person: Mrs. Judith Rodriguez
Email: rodju@tpg.com.au

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AUSTRIAN P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre website: www.penclub.at  
Centre email: oepen.club@netway.at, info@penclub.at
Concordia Haus, Bankgasse 8, A-1010 Vienna, Austria
President & Contact person: Wolfgang Greisenegger

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BANGLADESHI P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre e-mail: cctech@bol-online.com
Lespoir 60/2, North Dhanmondi
Kalobagan, Dhaka 1205, Bangladesh
Tel: +880 2881 2511 / 2241
Fax: +880 2986 1643
President: Farida Hossain
E-mail: faridah@dhaka.net 
Secretary General, Mobarak Hossain Khan
Email: reenat@gononet.com
T&LRC representative: M. A. B. Siddiquee, Vice President
Email: absiddiquee@yahoo.com

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BASQUE P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre website: www.euskalpen.org 
Centre e-mail:pen@euskalpen.org
Euskal PEN Kluba - Basque PEN
Aoiz Plaza, 1. Bilbao 48015
Basque Country - Spain
Tel: +34 944 30 5649
Fax: +34 944 30 5649
President: Laura Mintegi
E-mail: lauramintegi@euskalpen.org
Secretary: Eider Rodriguez
E-mail : eiderrodriguez@euskalpen.org
T&LRC Representative, Paul Bilbao Sarria
Email : pbilbao@behatokia.org

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BELARUSIAN P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre website: http://www.pen.unibel.by 
Centre email: pen@vessobel.by 
Belarusian P.E.N. P.B. 218,
Minsk 220050, Republic of Belarus
President: Mr Vasil Bykov
Contact person: Anna Gerasimova

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BOLIVIAN P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre e-mail:penboliviainternacional@bolivia.com
Bolivian P.E.N. Centre,
Casilla postal 5920, Cochabamba, Bolivia
Contact person: Gaby Vallejo Canedo, President
Contact email: gabyvall@supernet.com.bo , gabyvall@mail2.supernet.com.bo 

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BOSNIAN P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre email: krugpen@bih.net.ba 
PEN Centre of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Vrazova 1, Sarajevo 71 000, Bosnia-Herzegovina
President: Zdenko Lesic,
E-mail: zlesic@hotmail.com
Secretary: Ferida Durakovic,
E-mail: ferida.durakovic@smartnet.ba

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BULGARIAN P.E.N. CENTRE

Bull. Vassil Levsky 60,
Sofia 1000, Bulgaria
President : Gueorgui Konstantinov
E-mail: haini@mail.bol.bg
Contact person: Alex Popov, Secretary
E-mail: alecpopov@yahoo.com

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CATALAN P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre website: ictnet.es/+pencatala
Centre email: pen@pencatala.org
P.E.N. (Centre Catala)
Ateneu Barcelones, Canuda,6,5e,
08002 Barcelona, Spain
Contact person: Carles Torner
Email: dudl@linguistic-declaration.org, ctorner@llull.com

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COLOMBIAN P.E.N. CENTRE

PEN Club de Colombia
Avenida 25C ~4-62
Apt.402
Bogotá, Colombia
Fax: +57 1 332 4508
President & Contact person: Cecilia Balcazar de Bucher, Ph.D.
Email: cbalcaza@uniandes.edu.co

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CROATIAN P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre email: hrvatski.p.e.n.centar@zg.htnet.hr
Trg bana Josipa Jelacica 7/I,
10000 Zagreb, Croatia
President & Contact person: Sibila Petlevski
Email: petlevski@yahoo.com

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CZECH P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre email: centrum@pen.cz 
28. ríjna 9, 110 00 Prague, Czech Republic
Contact person: Dana Mojzisova, Secretary
Email: dana@pen.cz 
Jiri Stransky, President, Email: jiri@pen.cz 
Ivan Klima, Vice President, ivan@pen.cz
Libuse Ludvikova, Director, Email: libuse@pen.cz

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DANISH P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre website: www.pen.dk 
Centre email: pen@pen.dk 
Dronningensgade 14,
DK-1420 Copenhagen, Denmark
Contact person: Mille Rode, Secretary
Email: fredsfonden@fredsfonden.dk, fredsfonden@inform.dk
President, Anders Jerichow
Email: anders.jerichow@pen.dk

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EGYPTIAN P.E.N. CENTRE

5 Sayyid El Bakri Street, (6ème étage, # 63),
Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt
Contact person: Professor Ms. Fatma Moussa-Mahmoud, Secretary
Email: fmoussa@menanet.net

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ENGLISH P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre website: www.englishpen.org 
Centre email: enquiries@englishpen.org 
6-8 Amwell Street, London EC1R 1UQ
Tel. 00 44 20 7713 0023 // Fax. 00 44 20 7837 7838
Director, Jonathan Heawood
Email: jonathan@englishpen.org
T&LRC Representative, Writers in Translation Co-ordinator: Andrea Pisac
Email: andrea@englishpen.org
Office and events manager, Alice O’Hanlon: alice@englishpen.org

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ESPERANTO P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre email: pen@esperantio.net 
Esperanta PEN-Centro,
HU-2183, Galgamácsa,
Panoráma ltp 7/7, Hungary
Contact person: Girogio Silfer, President
Email: pakto@freesurf.ch

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FINNISH P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre email: elisabeth.nordgren@pp.inet.fi 
P.B. 84, 00131 Helsinki, Finland
President : Elisabeth Nordgren
Secretary : Marika Rosenborg
E-mail: timo.riitamaa@oranssi.net 
Contact person: Anni Sumari,
Email : annisumari@hotmail.com
T&LRC Contact person: Kari Klemelä
Translator, Publisher (Mansarda),
Chairman of Slovenia-seura or Finnish-Slovenian Friendship Association
Rajalahdentie 787
21570 Sauvo, Finland
Tel: +358-2-4701232
GSM: +358-50-5904934
E-mail: kari.klemela@kolumbus.fi, kari.klemela@mansarda.fi
Home page: http://www.kolumbus.fi/kari.klemela/ 
Publishing house: http://www.mansarda.fi/

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FRENCH P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre e-mail:penfrancais@aol.com
PEN Club Français
6 rue François-Miron
75004 Paris, France
Tel: +33 1 42 77 37 87
Fax: +33 1 42 78 64 87
President: Alexandre Blokh
Secretary: Sylvestre Clancier
Email: sylvtre@club-internet.fr
Philippe Pujas, TLRC Representative
Email: policultures@wanadoo.fr

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GALICIAN P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre email: pengalicia@mundo-r.com,  pen.secretaria@mundo-r.com
Web Page: http://www.pengalicia.com 
Rúa Berna n° 11A, 4°A
15707 Santiago de Compostela
A Coruсa - SPAIN
President & Contact person: Mr. Luís González Tosar
Email : luisgtosar@mundo-r.com
Secretary: Ms. Helena Villar Janeiro

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GUADALAJARANA P.E.N. CENTRE

PEN Centro Guadalajara
Circunvalaciуn Agustin Yaсez 2839
Colonia Arcos Vallarta
Guadalajara, Jal. 44100, Mexico
Tel: +52 333 641 3595
Fax: +52 333 641 3595
President, Martha Cerda
E-mail: joseruiz@prodigy.net.mx
Secretary: Gabriela Hernandez
T&LRC Representative, Luis Mario Cerda
E-mail: luismario@igu.net.mx  

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HUNGARIAN P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre e-mail: pen.hungary@axelero.hu
President: Gábor Görgey
Hungarian P.E.N. Centre,
VII. Kertész u. 36,
H-1073 Budapest, Hungary
Contact person: Mrs. Eva Toth

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INDEPENDENT CHINESE P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre website: www.penchinese.net 
Centre e-mail: icpc@penchinese.net
c/o Cai Chu/Li Jie
9510 Silverwood CT
Mobile AL 36608, USA
Tel: +86 10 8851 1820
Tel: +46 8 500 24819
President: Dr. Liu Xiaobo
E-mail: icpc@penchinese.net
Secretary: Chen Maiping (pen name Wanzhi)
Email : maipingchen@penchinese.net
T&LRC Representative : Dr. Minhai Gui
Bellermannstr. 1, 13357 Berlin, Germany
Telephone: +49 30 9440 3552
Email: minhaigui@alice-dsl.de

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INDIAN P.E.N. CENTRE

All-India PEN Centre
Theosophy Hall
40 New Marine Lines
Bombay 400 020, India
President : Dr Dauji Gupta
Email: daujigupta@hotmail.com
Secretary: Ranjit Hoskote
Tel: +91 22 203 2175
E-mail: ranjithoskote@yahoo.co.uk

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ISRAELI P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre e-mail:shulamit02@bezeqint.net
6 Kaplan Street, Tel Aviv,
P.O.B. 7203, Code 61070, Israel
Contact person: Shulamit Kuriansky
Vice-President, Aviv Ekrony, PhD.

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JAPANESE P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre website: www.mmjp.or.jp/japan-penclub/ 
Japan P.E.N. Club
20-3, Kabuto-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Tel. + 03 56 14 53 91
Contact person: Ms. Keiko Miyagawa
Email: secretariat03@japanpen.or.jp 
Takeaki Hori
Email: pxk07250@nigty.com

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KENYAN P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre e-mail:penkenya@ndima.org
P.O. Box 70147
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: + 254 66 51118
Fax: + 254 66 50836
President: Sam Mbure
E-mail: sambure@africaonline.co.ke 
Secretary: Kithaka wa Mberia
E-mail: kmberia@uonbi.ac.ke

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KOSOVO P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre e-mail:kosovapen@hotmail.com
Biblioteka Kombetare
Nene Tereza, pn. Prishtina
Kosovo - UNMIK
Tel: +377 44 157755/189751
Fax: +381 38 226545
President: Basri Capriqi
E-mail: kosovapen@hotmail.com
Secretary: Agim Gjakova
E-mail: aaggiimm@yahoo.com

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KURDISH P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre website: www.pen-kurd.org
Grosse Krankenstrasse 5-6, 28199 Bremen, Germany
Tel: (49 421) 22 33 808 and (49 172) 43 51 447
Contact person: Dr. Zorab Aloian, Head of Kurdish T&LRC
Personal adress: Dr. Zorab Aloian
Zi. 3504, Luisental 28
28359 Bremen // Germany
Tel: (49 421) 22 33 808 and (49 172) 43 51 447
E-mail: zourabi@yahoo.com

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LEBANESE P.E.N. CENTRE

Beit-Chahab
B.P. 86
Lebanon
Contact person: Hyam Yared, Secretary
E-mail: hyamyared@yahoo.com

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MACEDONIAN P.E.N. CENTRE
(Hosting P.E.N. Centre of TLRC)

Centre email: macedpen@unet.com.mk 
MKC, Quay Dimitar Vlahov b.b
1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
President: Risto Lazarov
Email: lazarovr@unet.com.mk
Secretary: Vera Chejkovska
Email: veracejkovska@yahoo.com

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MALAWIAN P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre email : mwpen@sdnp.org.mw
P.O. Box 1932
Blantyre, Malawi
Tel: +265 1 624 214
President: Alfred Msadala
E-mail: amsadala@hotmail.com
Secretary: Kingston L. Lapukeni
Tel: +265 01 621 395
E-mail: kllapukeni@sdnp.org.mw

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MEXICAN P.E.N. CENTRE

Email: presidencia@penmexico.org.mx
PEN Club de México
Heriberto Frías 1452 - 407
Col. del Valle
México City 03100, D.F.
Tel.: (52+55) 56-88-42-62
President & Contact person: María Elena Ruiz Cruz
Secretary, Jaime Ramírez Garrido
Email: jramirez@zimat.com.mx

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MONTENEGRIN P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre website: www.montenegro.org./pen.html 
Montenegrin P.E.N. Centre
P.O. Box 117,
Cetinje 21325, Predgrade 8
Montenegro
Contact person: Mr. Sreten Perovic, President
Email: sreten@cg.yu

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MOROCCAN P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre email: penclub@menara.ma
President: Abdelkébie Khatibi
Centre Marocain du PEN
Avenue Oqbah, Immeuble 33,
Appartement No. 3
Agbal, Rabat, Maroc
Tel: +212 37 77 20 30
Fax: +212 37 77 20 31
Secretary: Mohammed El Mustapha Kabbaj
Centre Marocain du PEN
B.P. 746, Rabat-Agdal, Maroc
Tel/Fax: +212 37 68 61 13

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NETHERLANDS P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre e-mail:penned@planet.nl, secretariat@pencentrum.nl
Centre website: www.pencentrum.nl
Netherlands P.E.N. Centre
Graafseweg 3, 6512 BM Nijmegen
President, Mr. Daan Cartens
Email:Daan.Cartens@nlmd.nl (Literary Museum)
Contact person: Ms. Hester Knibbe, Secretary
Emmalaan 29, 3051 JC Rotterdam, Netherlands

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NEW ZELAND Inc. P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre Email: nzsa@clear.net.nz
President: John Ross
8 York Place
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Email: J.C.Ross@massey.ac.nz
Secretary: Liz Allen
NZSA (PEN NZ Inc)
809 Mount Eden Road
PO Box 67-013
Mount Eden // AUCKLAND
Tel./Fax.: + 64 9 356 8332
Contact person: Don Long
Email: littoral@ihug.co.nz

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NIGERIAN P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre website: www.nigeria-pen.org
Centre email: pennigeria@yahoo.com
Department of English
Faculty of Arts
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
President: Femi Osofisan
E-mail: okinbalaunko@yahoo.com
Secretary: Dr. Remi Raji, Co-ordinator
E-mail: remraj1@yahoo.com

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NORWEGIAN P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre email: PEN@norskpen.no 
Norwegian P.E.N. Centre,
Urtegaten 50,
N-0187 Oslo, Norway
President & Contact person: Kjell Olaf Jensen
Email: k-o-jens@online.no
Bente Christensen, T&LRC Representative
Email : bentec@online.no

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PAKISTANI P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre website:
Centre e-mail:
Pakistani PEN Centre
Shahrah-e-Roomi
Ferozepur Road
Lahore-5400, Pakistan
Tel: +92 42 588 5065 / 581 0880
Fax: +92 42 586 8525 / 581 1978
President: Syeda Henna Babar Ali
E-mail: shbali@packages.com.pk
Secretary: Dr. Khalid Hamid Sheikh

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PALESTINIAN P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre email:  palpenc@palnet.com 
Palestinian P.E.N. Centre,
Al Khaldi Street 4, Wadi Joz, Jerusalem
President & Contact person: Hanan Awwad

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PERUVIAN P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre website:
Centre e-mail:
Peruvian PEN Centre
Av. Larco 1150
Piso 8, Oficina 804
Miraflores, Lima, Peru
Tel: +51 1 345 2107
Fax: +51 1 447 9332
President: Tulio Mora
E-mail: tumo13@hotmail.com 
T&LRC Peru
Address: Melchor Malo #273-302
Lima, 33
Perú
Phone: 00-5114-2751845
Chair : Mr. Alejandro Sánchez-Aizcorbe,
Email : alejosanchez@hotmail.com
Ms Patricia Morey, executive director.
Email: pattymorey@terra.com.pe
Ms Geneviève Lagalice, member.

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PHILIPPINE P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre e-mail:philippinepen@yahoo.com
Philippine PEN Centre
531 Padre Faura, Ermita
P.0. Box 3959, Manila, Philippines
Tel: +632 523 0870
Fax: +632 525 5038
President: Alejandro Roces
Secretary: Isagani R. Cruz

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POLISH P.E.N. CENTRE

Centre website:  http://www.penclub.atomnet.pl 
Centre email: penclub@ikp.atm.com.pl 
Polish P.E.N. Centre,
ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 87/89,
00-079 Warsaw, Poland
Contact person: Alina Kowalczykowa
Email: alinakow@plusnet.pl