Worldwide Literary Organisations

Worldwide Literary Organisations

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P.E.N. CENTRES

ALBANIA Albanian Writers and Artists League Rr. Kavajes Nr. 4, Tirana Phone : +355-42 28229 Fax : +355-42 27036

ARGENTINA Bilingual MCA "Bilingual Writers and Poets for Peace" International Movement of Bilingual Writers and Poets for Peace Director-Founder MarÃa Cristina Azcona www.bilingualmca.bravehost.com email: azconacristina@hotmail.com postal address: Parana 123 P7-170 (1174) Capital Buenos Aires	IFLAC EN ARG Argentinean branch of the IFLAC (International Forum for Literature and Culture of Peace) www.iflac.com www.iflacenarg.bravehost.com Director in Argentina: Maria Cristina Azcona emai : azconacristina@hotmail.com postal address: Parana 123 P7-170 (1174) Capital Buenos Aires

AUSTRALIA Australian Society of Authors PO Box 1566 Strawberry Hills NSW 2012 Ph. 02-9318 0877, Fax : 02-9318 0530 e-mail : office@asauthors.org website : http://www.asauthors.org/	Poetry Australia Foundation PO Box U34 Wollongong University 2500. Ph 02 4221 3867 FAX 02 4272 7392 email: kpretty@uow.edu.au

BAHRAIN Bahrain Writers and Literature Association P. O. Bo.x 101, Manama, Bahrain Fax : 17536588

BELGIUM Society of Literary Writers Rue du Prince Royal 87 1050 Brussels Phone : +32-2-551 0320 Fax : +32-2-551 0325

BOSNIA Association of Writers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ferhadija 19 71000 Sarajevo

BULGARIA Bulgarian Writersâ€™ Union Anguel Kantchev 5 BG - 1000 Sofia tel: +359-2-89 83 46	Union of Bulgarian Writers 2A, Slaveikov Square Sofia 1000 Ph ++359-2 (9) 880031, (9) 880685

CANADA Writers Guild of Canada 123 Edward Street, Suite 1225 Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1E2 Canada Phone : (416) 979-7907, Fax : (416) 979-9273 e-mail : info@wgc.ca	Canadian Poetry Association POB 22571 St. George Postal Outlet Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V0 http://www.mirror.org/cpa/ National Coordinator: wirters@pathcom.com	The Writers' Union of Canada 40 Wellington Street East, Third Floor Toronto, Ontario, M5E 1C7 Phone: 416-703-8982 Fax: 416-504-7656 E-mail: info@writersunion.ca

CROATIA Croatian Writersâ€™ Association Trg bana Josipa Jelacica 7/II HR-10000 Zagreb tel : +385-1-4816931 fax : +385-1-4861959

CZECH REPUBLIC Czech Literary Foundation Pod nuselskÃ½mi schody 3 120 00 Praha 2 tel : +420-2-691 13 62 fax: +420-2-691 13 75	Czech Writersâ€™ Guild Narodni 11 CZ - 111 47 Praha 1 tel: +42-2-232 09 24	Union of Czech Writers, The Palaskova 1107/2 18200 Praha, CR www.volny.cz/uniecs/index/index.html

DENMARK Association of Danish Authors Strandgade 6, DK-1401 Copenhagon K Phone : +45-31 95 51 00 Fax : +45-31 54 01 15 e-mail : danskff@post6.tele.dk	Danish Writers of Fiction and Poetry Ny Vestergade 1, DK-1471 KÃ¸benhavn tel : +45-33 13 19 72 fax: +45-33 12 15 33

ESTONIA Estonian Authorsâ€™ Union Tallinn, Toompuiestee 7 Estonia

FINLAND The Union of Finnish Writers Runeberginkatu 32 C 28 00100 Helsinki Tel : +358-9-445 392 Fax : +358-9-492 278 E-mail: suomen.kirjailijaliitto@cultnet.fi http://booknet.cultnet.fi/yhdistykset/kirjailijaliitto	International Romani Writersâ€™ Association Museokatu 11b43 Finland Fin-00100 Helsinki Finland E-mail : vbaltzar@saunalahti.fi

FRANCE ConfÃ©dÃ©ration Internationale des SociÃ©tÃ©s d'Auteurs et Compositeurs (CISAC) Rue Kepler 11, F 75116 Parigi Tel. +33 1 53573400 Fax +33 1 53573410 e mail: cisac@cisac.org

GREECE Society of Greek Writers 8, Kodrigtonos st. 112 57 Athens Phone : +30-1-8231 890 Fax : +30-1-8232 543	National Society of Greek Literary Writers 63, Ippokratous st. 106 80 Athens tel: +30-1-36 08 239

HUNGARY Hungarian Writersâ€™ Society BÃ©thory u. 10 Budapest 1054 tel. / fax: +361-111-32 86	National Association of Literary Authors Secretary : Katalin Fekete Pf. 15 Budapest 1363 tel : +361-111 04 89	Hungarian Chamber of Writers President : Itsvan NemeskÃ¼rty Bathory ut. 10 Budapest 1054 tel/fax : 361-111 32 86

ICELAND The Writers Union of Iceland Gunnarshusi, Dyngjuvegi 8 104, Reykjavik Iceland Sim - 568-3190, fax : 568-3192 email : rsi@rsi.is

INDIA Writers' Club International # 3437 Sector 46-C Chandigarh-1600 47 Phone/Fax : 0172-2605738 Mobile : ++98728-23437 editorkafla@yahoo.com or writerdev@rediffmail.com	The Poetry Society (India), L-67 A, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi - 110 017, India -----------------------------------------------World Literature Society South Bank of Girls Bodhjung Dighi Itakhola Road, Banamalipur (Middle), PO Box 51 Agartala 799 001, West Tripura, India Tel: (0381)2200969 drbhaskarr@excite.com bhaskarroy_barman@yahoo.co.in	For more Indian Literary organizations kindly visit : www.indianwriters.org

IRELAND The Irish Writers' Centre 19 Parnell Square, Dublin 1 Phone : +353-1-872 130 Fax : +353-1-872 6282 e-mail : info@writerscentre.ie	Irish National Poetry Organisation Upper Yard, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2 Ireland. Tel: +353 (0)1 6714632 Fax: (0)1 6714634 Email: poetry@iol.ie	Irish Writers' Union, 19 Parnell Square, Dublin 1. Tel: 01-872 13 02. Fax: 01-628 38 57 e-mail: iwu@ireland-writers.com

ISRAEL IFLAC (International Forum for Literature and Culture of Peace) International President ADA AHARONI P.O.B: 9934 Haifa, Israel 34341 Tel: 972-4-8243230 web site : www.iflac.com email : ada@iflac.com

ITALY National Union of Writers President : Dott. Aldo de Jaco Secretary gÃ©nÃ©ral : Dott. Alberto Scarponi Via Goito, 39 00185 Rome tel : +39-6-49 10 04 fax : +39-6-44 700 208	Italian Society of Authors and Publishers President : MÂ° Roman Vlad Director General : Lucio Capograssi Viale della Letteratura, 30 00144 Rome tel : +39-6-59 901 fax: +39-6-592 33 51	Independent Union of Italian Writers President : Prof. Vittorio Enzo Alfieri Secretary : Dott. Francesco Grisi Via IV Novembre, 152 00187 Rome tel : +39-6-67 84 964 fax : +39-6-67 82 924

KENYA Femart-K - Kenya Women Writers' Foundation c/o Gender and Development Centre P.O.Box 1588 ZIP code and City, Kisumu, Kenya Telephone 254-35-22291 / 22707 Fax 254-35-22391 / 22707 E-Mail : gadod@arcc.or.ke

KUWAIT The Writers Guild P.O. Box 22070, Salmiya, Kuwait Fax:(965) 5720716 Email- msjohar@hotmail.com

LATVIA Riga Association of Young Writers Kursu iela 24 LV-1006, Riga, Latvia Phone: +371-7611136, +371-7367551

LITHUANIA Writers' Union President: V. Martinkus K. Sirvydo 6 2600 Vilnius tel : +370-2-223919

LUXEMBOURG National Centre for Literature 2, rue Emmanuel Servais L-7565 Mersch tel: +352-326955-1 fax: +352-327090	Union of Luxembourg Writers B.P. 250 L-4003 Esch-Alzette

NETHERLAND Poetry International Foundation William Boothlaan 4, 3012 VJ Rotterdam, The Netherlands Telephone: +31/10/282 27 77 Fax: +31/10/282 27 75 Email poetry@luna.nl	Institute for Writers - Foundation for Literary Support Huddestraat 7 1018 HB, Amsterdam tel : 31-20-6235708

NEW ZEALAND New Zealand Writers Guild 1/243 Ponsonby Rd Ponsonby, Auckland PO Box 47 886, Ponsonby Phone 09 360 1408 Fax 09 360 1409 info@nzwritersguild.org.nz	New Zealand Writers Guild 1/243 Ponsonby Rd Ponsonby, Auckland PO Box 47 886, Ponsonby Phone 09 360 1408, Fax 09 360 1409 E-mail : info@nzwritersguild.org.nz

NIGERIA Academic and Non-Fiction Authors' Association of Nigeria (ANFAAN) c/o Dr. Olalere Oladitan Obafemi Awolowo University Department of Foreign Languages P.O. Box 1016 Ile-Ife, Nigeria Phone: +234 36 230 214 e-mail: ooladita@yahoo.co.uk or ooladita@oauife.edu.ng	POETSâ€™ PALACE Wale Ajakaye Founder/ President Ikorodu Rd. Onipanu P.O. Box 1785, Shomolu Lagos State Nigeria. 234-8034978359 poetsnigeria@yahoo.com

NORWAY Norwegian Authorsâ€™ Union Den Norske Forfatterforening Radhusgt. 7 P.O. Box 327 sentrum N-0103 Oslo tel: +47-22 42 77 fax: +47-22 42 11 07 E-mail: iehansen@online.no	The Norwegian Non-fiction and Translators Association Norsk faglitteraer forfatter- og oversetterforening Bygdoy allÃ© 21 N-0262 Oslo tel: +47-22 43 80 10 fax: +47-22 43 00 85 Internet: http://www.boknett/nff/index.html	Norwegian Writers for Children Norske barne- og ungdomsbokforfattere Radhusgt. 7 P.O. Box 579 Sentrum, N-0105 Oslo tel: +47-22 20 16 28 fax: +47-22 42 03 56 E-mail: writers.for.children@literary-association.no Internet: http://www.litteraturnettet.no/org.html#

PALESTINE
	Palestinian House of Poetry Palestine (Palestinian National Authority) â€“ Ramalla P.O.Box : 952 ping@ping-palestine.org Web : www.ping-palestine.org Tel : 00972 â€“ 2 â€“ 2406956 Tel(2) : 00972 â€“ 2 â€“ 2406957 Fax: 00972 â€“ 2 -2406955 Mobile : (Murad Sudani) 00970-5-99313673
POLAND Society of Authors ZAIKS ul. Hipoteczna 2 00 092 Warsaw tel: +48-22-635 17 05 fax: +48-22-635 13 47 E-mail: zaiks@zaiks.org.pl	The Polish Authorsâ€™ Association Ul. Madalinskiego 15m. 16 PL - 02-513 Warsaw tel. / fax: +48-22-496 788, 572 844	Society of Authors ZAIKS ul. Hipoteczna 2 00 092 Warsaw tel: +48-22-635 17 05 fax: +48-22-635 13 47 +48-22-635 15 63 E-mail: zaiks@zaiks.org.pl

PORTUGAL Portuguese Society of Authors Avenida Duque de LoulÃ© 1069 Lisbon Cedex tel : +351-1-357 83 20 or 357 83 70 fax : +351-1-353 02 57

ROMANIA The Association of Professionnal Writers in Romania Calea Victoriei 1-5, Sc. D, ap. 1 RO - 70778 Bucharest tel: +40-1-210 44 01	Union of Writers Calea Victoriei 133 Bucureti sector 1 tel : 401-6507243 fax : 401-3129693

RUSSIA International Association of Writersâ€™ Unions (ancient Writersâ€™ Union of the USSR) Oulitsa Povarskaja, 52 tel: +07-095-291 64 03 fax: +07-095-291 97 60	Writersâ€™ Union of the Russian Federation Komsomolskii prospekt, 13 tel: +07-095-246 75 65 fax: +07-095-245 29 02	Russian Authors' Society (RAO) Mr Vladimir Tverdovsky, Chairman of the Board 6a Bolshaya Bronnaya Str. K-104, 103670 Moscow Russian Federation Phone: +7 095 203 37 77, 200 12 10 Fax: +7 095 200 12 63 e-mail: rao@rao.ru Web: http://www.rao.ru/

SLOVAKIA Union of Slovak Writers Laurinska 2 815 08 Bratislava tel : +421-7-533 53 71	Association of Writersâ€™ Organisations in Slovakia LaurinskÃ¡ 2 815 08 Bratislava tel. / fax : +421-7-334 117	LITA - Society of Authors Mozartova 9 815 30 Bratislava SLOVAKIA Phone: +421 2 628 022 48 or 51 or 53 Fax: +421 7 628 022 46 e-mail: lita@lita.sk

SLOVENIA Slovene Writersâ€™ Association President: Mr. Evald Flisar Tomsiceva 12 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia tel: +386-61-125 23 40 tel. / fax: +386-61-214 144	Haiku Club of Slovenia Galetova 23, 4000 Kranj Slovenia e-mail : marko.hudnik@siol.net

SPAIN General Society of Spanish Authors President: Sr. D. Eduardo Bautista Fernando VI, 4 28004 Madrid tel : +34-349 95 50

SWEDEN Swedish Union of Authors Drottninggatan 88 B S-111 36 Stockholm Tel: 46-08-791 22 80 Fax: 46-8-791 22 85

SWITZERLAND Swiss Society of Writers Kirchgasse 25, Postfach CH-8022 ZÃ¼rich tel: +41-1-261 30 20 fax: +41-1-261 31 53	Swiss Writerâ€™s Union Olten Group contact person: Jochen Kelter, General Secretary Industriestrasse 23 CH-8500 Frauenfeld tel: +41-52-728 89 33 fax: +41-52-728 89 32

TURKEY Authors Union of Turkey Milli MÃ¼dafa Cad. No 10/13 Kizilay-Ankara, Turkey tel: +90-312-417 45 70 fax: +90-312-417 45 70 Website : www.tyb.org.tr e-mail : tyb@tyb.org.tr	Association of Turkish Pen Writers Beyoglu Ismerkezi, B Blok, Kat: 2 No. 145 Beyoglu, Istanbul Tel : ++90-212-292-00 26 Fa : ++ 90-212-292 00 26	Authors Union of Turkey Writers Syndicate of Turkey Barbaros Bulvari. Yildiz Sarayi, Dis Karakok Binasi Besiktas, Istanbul Turkey tel: +90-212-259 74 74 fax: +90-212-259 74 74

UGANDA FEMRITE - Uganda Women Writers' Association P.O. Box 705 Shimoni Road Plot 18, Kampala, UGANDA Phone: +256 - 41 - 34 63 50 e-mail: femrite@infocom.co.ug

UKRAINE THE NATIONAL WRITERS' UNION OF UKRAINE (NSPU) 01024, Kyiv, Bankova St., 2 telefax (380-44) 293-45-86 e-mail nspu@i.kiev.ua web-site http://www.nspu.kiev.ua

UNITED KINGDOM The Poetry Society 22 Betterton Street, London WC2H 9BU Tel: 0171 420 9880 Fax: 0171 240 4818 e-mail : info@poetrysociety.org.uk Website : www.poetrysociety.org.uk	The Society of Authors 84 Drayton Gardens London SW109SB tel : +44-171-3736642 e-mail : authorsoc@writers.org.uk	National Association of Writers' Groups www.nawg.co.uk 40 Burstall Hill, Bridlington East Yorkshire YO16 7GA e-mail nawg@tesco.net

U. S. A. American Society of Writers PO Box 38 Owls Head , NY 12969-0038 Phone (518) 483-1789 Fax (518) 483-1789 rshelley@westelcom.com rshelley@westelcom.com	The Authors Guild, Inc. 31 East 28th Street, 10th Floor New York, NY 10016 Phone: +1 212 563-5904 Fax: +1 212 564-5363 e-mail : staff@authorsguild.org Website : www.authorsguild.org

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