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MUSLIM VOICES FROM CHINA: An evening dedicated to Uyghur writers from Xinjiang
Monday 5th November 2012 at 7.30 in Exiled Lit Cafe London. A Voice from Australia. * The Land Drowned in Tears by Söyün'gül Janishif. * Introduction to the work of Uyghur PEN Centre. * Music from the London Uyghur Ensemble. * Special guest poet from Australia... Excerpts from a new translation read by Rahima Mahmut. Söyün'gül Janishif was born in 1940 into a middle class family in the capital of Urumchi in China’s north-western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, also known as East Turkistan. While studying medicine at university she became involved in student politics, and was arrested and imprisoned. “The Land Drowned in Tears” is based on her secret prison diary, kept between 1957 and 1981 during her time in prison and labour camps in Xinjiang. It provides a unique first-hand account of the extremism, terror and violence of the Cultural...Read more»
THE 4TH URAL – ALTAY PEN CENTRES SOLIDARITY NETWORK CONFERENCER
Dear Colleagues, we have the honour and the pleasure of inviting two delegates of your centre to the 4th Ural – Altay PEN conference, organized jointly by the Uyghur PEN centre and the writers of Crimean Tatars in Crimea in Ukraine(Hotel Moscow Simperopol-Crimea). You are welcome to participate in the discussions and/or prepare papers on the proposed themes. In order to discussions and to prepare the conference material the papers should reach us before the end of May. During the conference prepared papers will not be read but summarized so as to allow more time for reactions and discussion. Attached you will find more documents and registration form. Ural-Altay PEN network Centre, PEN Centre of the PEN International and writers from the region are very welcome...Read more»
PROTESTS GIVE VOICE TO TIBETAN, CHINESE AND UYGHUR WRITERS AT LONDON BOOK FAIR
Tibetans were joined by Chinese and Uyghur human rights defenders at the London Book Fair, in actions highlighting the Chinese government's continued crackdown on the freedom of expression. Readings of banned writers were given and protests took place at several events. Following the actions Chinese Minister Liu Binjie cancelled his appearance at the Fair. The actions were organised by Tibet Society in conjunction with International Campaign for Tibet, Students for a Free Tibet UK and colleagues from Chinese Uyghur Tibetan Solidarity UK and the Independent Chinese PEN Centre. The London Book Fair is a three-day annual international...Read more»
CHALLENGES OF INDEPENDENT WRITINGS IN CHINA, EAST TURKISTAN AND TIBET
Sunday 15 April 2012 from 4 to 6pm. A panel discussion. On the eve of the London Book Fair (16 to 18 April) this seminar provides an alternative platform for Chinese, Uyghur and Tibetan writers and researchers living in a free democratic society, who will share their peers' experience and challenges in China, East Turkistan and Tibet, where censorship on the intellectual community is a top priority for the ruling Chinese Communist Party...Read more»
China inside out
What is the true story of contemporary Chinese literature? What role do poets and novelists play in representing their country to their fellow citizens, and to the outside world? And how accurate are the stories that we tell about China in the West? In a month when China is the Market Focus country at the London Book Fair, English PEN, the Reading Agency and Free Word host a fascinating day-long programme of debates, readings, film screenings and music which will aim to improve our understanding of the freedom to write, and the freedom....Read more»
Orxun Boylirigha Seper
Biz tughulghan we yashawatqan bu dunya sana’et dewrining krizisliri ichide halsirawatqan, iqtisadiy bohran we bashqa siyasiy, ijtimayi we tebi’iy apetler netijiside insanlarning yashash muhiti kündin kün’ge bulghiniwatqan bügünki künde, bizning birla yersharimizgha bolghan chongqur mes’uliyetlerni öz zimmisige alghan muhit söyer alimlirimiz “dunya iqlimining illishi” nezeriyisini otturigha qoyup, muhitini qoghdash üchün...Read more»
Poet G.Mend-Ooyo's presentation for the opening ceremony of The 3rd Uralic-Altay PEN solidarity network Conference
Ladies and gentlemen, my dear writer friends, I am deeply grateful that you all chose to hold the third Ural-Altai PEN solidarity network Congress in Mongolia. We have spent the past days discussing literary translation from, and linguistic questions concerning, the Ural-Altaic languages and I am also deeply grateful for the trust you have placed in me to organise this gathering. I am pleased to acknowledge the great contribution made...Read more»
The Uyghur PEN president Kaiser Ozhun’s presentation for the opening ceremony of The 3rd Uralic-Altay PEN solidarity network Conference
Topics for Discussion will include the situation and contemporary influence of literary translation among the Uralic and Altaic languages, and especially the difficulties and immediate concerns in the Central Asian region during the transition period following the end of the socialist era. How to address the questions of economics and development, which arise from the introduction into the world of important matters of culture...Read more»
The 3rd Uralic-Altay PEN solidarity network Conference On Literary Translation and linguistic issue in the region
Topics for Discussion will include the situation and contemporary influence of literary translation among the Uralic and Altaic languages, and especially the difficulties and immediate concerns in the Central Asian region during the transition period following the end of the socialist era. How to address the questions of economics and development, which arise from the introduction into the world of important matters of culture...Read more»
2nd Ural- Altay Language PEN Centres’ Solidarity network conference
Bishkek-Tosor.‘The Past for the Future'. Organised by the Central Asian, Uyghur and Japan PEN Centres with the support of the Aitysh Foundation and Bigim studio, Kyrgyzstan. Panel discussions, poetry readings and films. Topics: The Situation in Kyrgyzstan: Two revolutions and now the clash in Osh The Ural-Altaic language family: Translating epic speeches Epic: the foundation of a new ideology within the Ural-Altay region...Read more»
- The 9th PEN International Writers in Prison Conference was held in Brussels, 24-27 March 2011, hosted by the Belgian Dutch Speaking PEN Centre, as part of a larger event, the biennial Passa Porta literary festival...Read more»
- The International PEN Uyghur Center's Second Congress - PEN Conference on Uyghur - Hungarian Writers Literature & Cultural Exchange Symposium of PEN International Ural - Altaic Network successfully hed in...Read more»
- The 9th PEN International Writers in Prison Conference is being held in Brussels, 24-27 March 2011, hosted by the Belgian Dutch Speaking PEN Centre, as part of a larger event, the biennial Passa Porta literary festival...Read more»
- PEN Conference on Uyghur-Hungarian Writers Literature & Cultural Exchange Symposium of PEN International Ural-Altaic Network Conference 20-24 February, 2011. Meeting venue: Hungarian Writers Union and President...Read more»
- Bibliodiversity and the Future of Writing and Freedom of Expression: overt and covert Censorship. We have the honour and the pleasure of inviting two delegates of your centre to the 43rd International PEN conference...Read more»
- PEN International Writers in Prison Committee Conference - 24-27 March 2011. As we wrote to you last month, the Writers in Prison Committee has kindly been invited by Belgian PEN (Dutch speaking) to have our 2011...Read more»
- Free the Wild Pigeon Events: FPEN centers around the globe are planning public readings of The Wild Pigeon. Uyghur PEN also encourages arranging readings of The Wild Pigeon in your own community - at a library, a book...Read more»
