P.E.N. Centre in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a non-governmental, non-profit organization, registered as a civil association. Founded in October of 1992, as part of the International association of writers, editors, publishers and essayists, P.E.N. Centre in Bosnia and Herzegovina became an equal affiliate of the International PEN in September of 1993. Since its inception, P.E.N. Centre in Bosnia and Herzegovina organized numerous regional conventions, more than 40 round-table events and discussions, dialogic literary gatherings, but also successfully completed a number of Art and Culture projects.
P.E.N. Centre in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a publisher of the literary magazine “Novi Izraz” (“New Expression”), which celebrated its 60 th anniversary just last year. P.E.N. Centre in Bosnia and Herzegovina has more than 130 members from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and other countries in the region. Since 2011, in partnership with European network for literature Traduki, P.E.N. Centre in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a part of Writers-in-Residence Programme. Every year five to six writers from Western Balkans are residential guests in Sarajevo.