Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series. Gale Research.
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politics | Pat Barker | PB
is a member of the Society of Authors
and of PEN
. Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series. Gale Research. 50: 12 |
politics | Judith Kazantzis | JK
joined the women's movement as soon as she read about it, and was active in London during the 1970s as a member of the first Women's Liberation Workshop
, the Labour Party
, and... |
politics | Gladys Henrietta Schütze | During Storm Jameson
's presidency of the English branch of PEN International
(which began early in 1938) the Schützes lent Glebe House for a two-day sale raising funds for refugees from the Nazis
. GHS |
Occupation | Catharine Amy Dawson Scott | CADS
founded the Tomorrow Club
in London to mentor new writers; it became the germ of PEN
. “Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC. 240 |
Occupation | Rosamond Lehmann | She had already put in four years as president of the English Centre of PEN International
and had chaired its Writers in Prison Committee
. Hastings, Selina. Rosamond Lehmann. Chatto and Windus. 361 |
Occupation | Catharine Amy Dawson Scott | The first PEN
dinner was held at the Florence Restaurant in Piccadilly, marking the transformation of the Tomorrow Club
into another organization for writers; CADS
was founder or co-founder of each. Watts, Marjorie, and Frances King. Mrs. Sappho. Duckworth. 96 “Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC. 240 |
Occupation | Catharine Amy Dawson Scott | As the founder of PEN
, CADS
spoke at the first PEN International
Conference in New York City. Watts, Marjorie, and Frances King. Mrs. Sappho. Duckworth. 118 |
Occupation | Catharine Amy Dawson Scott | PEN
stood for Poets, Playwrights, Essayists, Editors, Novelists. Forty-five writers and journalists attended the dinner: they all became PEN's first members. John Galsworthy
served as president until 1933. |
Occupation | Antonia Fraser | AF
's public work continued after her second marriage. She chaired the Crime Writers' Association
, and became in 1984 a founding trustee of the Authors' Foundation
. When she retired as a trustee she... |
Occupation | Cecily Mackworth | While in Palestine in 1947-8 CM
was working as a correspondent for Paris Presse and L'Aube. She was Middle East correspondent for both these papers during the next couple of years. She and Clare Hollingworth |
Occupation | Catharine Amy Dawson Scott | |
Occupation | Ruth Padel | In 2007 she sat on the panel judging the Eric Gregory awards for new writing. In 2008 she became the first writer in residence at Somerset House
and the first poet in residence for the... |
Occupation | Catharine Amy Dawson Scott | |
Occupation | Margaret Atwood | Later, in 1982-3, MA
was President of the Writers' Union of Canada
. She was President of the Canadian branch of PEN International
in 1984-6. She became a Vice-President of Pen International on 11 July... |
Occupation | Jane Gardam | In 1951 she took a job with the Red Cross
, working as a travelling librarian visiting and servicing hospital libraries. She then moved into journalism, becoming a sub-editor on Weldon Ladies Journal in 1952... |
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