Formation | 2016 |
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Type | Literary organization |
Purpose | Promote literature and defend freedom of expression in Hong Kong and the rest of China |
Headquarters | Hong Kong |
Region served | Hong Kong, China |
Official language | English, Chinese |
President | Tammy Lai-Ming Ho |
Key people | Tammy Lai-Ming Ho (president), William Nee (vice president), Ilaria Maria Sala (vice president) |
Parent organization | PEN International |
Website | penhongkong |
PEN Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港筆會) is one of the 148 centers of PEN International. Founded in 2016, it is a multilingual society of Hong Kong–based writers, poets, publishers, editors, translators, journalists and academics, aimed at promoting literature and defending the freedom of expression in Hong Kong.
The current president of PEN Hong Kong is Tammy Lai-Ming Ho. Other officers include Ilaria Maria Sala (Vice President), William Nee (Vice President) and Edmund Cheng (Secretary).[1]