PEN Center USA

This article is about the PEN center for the Western half of the USA, which unified with PEN American Center under the umbrella of PEN America in 2018. For the current organization, see PEN America.
PEN Center USA
AbbreviationEA
Formation1943[1]
TypeNon-profit, Literary society, Human Rights Campaigning[1]
Legal statusAssociation
PurposeAdvocacy, Programs, Events
HeadquartersLondon, UK[citation needed]
Location
Region served
Western Half of USA[1]
Official language
English
Executive Director
Michelle Franke
Key people
Board of Directors[1]
Main organ
PEN America
Parent organization
International PEN
Websitepenusa.org
RemarksPEN Center USA was a branch of PEN International, the world's leading international literary and human rights organization. PEN Center USA operated in the western United States, and officially unified under the PEN America banner as the Los Angeles office on March 1, 2018.
Formerly called
PEN Center USA

PEN Center USA was a branch of PEN, an international literary and human rights organization. It was one of two PEN International Centers in the United States, the other being the PEN America in New York City. On March 1, 2018, PEN Center USA unified under the PEN America umbrella as the PEN America Los Angeles office. PEN Center USA was founded in 1943 and incorporated as a nonprofit association in 1981. Much of PEN Center USA's programming continues out of the PEN America Los Angeles office, including the Emerging Voices Fellowship, PEN In the Community writing residencies and guest speaker program, and the PEN Presents conversation series.[2]

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  2. ^ "About Us - PEN America". pen.org. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 2018-10-17.