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English PEN

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Summary

English PEN is a writers union[1]. It draws 264 Wikipedia views per month (writers union category, ranking #5 of 19).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United Kingdom[3]
  • Instance of: non-governmental organization[4], human rights organization[5], nonprofit organization[6]
  • Part of: PEN International[7]
  • Industry: international activities[8]
  • Inception: January 1, 1921[9]
  • Official website: https://www.englishpen.org/[10]
  • Funder: Open Society Foundations[11]
  • Social media followers: 50,024[12], 48,377[13], 51,514[14], 52,133[15]

Why It Matters

English PEN is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . pen-international.org. Retrieved . pen-international.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . opensocietyfoundations.org. Retrieved . opensocietyfoundations.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_english-pen_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{English PEN}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/english-pen}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deutsche biographie (gnd) id → —
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/59053|batch #59053]]: remove non-Tp P7902 (DtBio)"
  2. 5d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deutsche biographie (gnd) id → —
    Part of → PEN International
    Gnd id → 1182259669
    X (twitter) username → englishpen
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58947|batch #58947]]: Import P7902 (DtBio)"
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