PEN Center USA

PEN Center USA

A Human Rights & Literary Arts Organization
Abbreviation	EA
Formation	1943[1]
Type	Non-profit, Literary society, Human Rights Campaigning[1]
Legal status	Association
Purpose	Advocacy, Programs, Events
Headquarters	London, UK[citation needed]
Location	Los Angeles, California[1]
Region served	Western Half of USA[1]
Official language	English
Executive Director	Michelle Franke
Key people	Board of Directors[1]
Main organ	PEN America
Parent organization	International PEN
Website	penusa.org
Remarks	PEN Center USA was a branch of PEN International, the world's leading international literary and human rights organization. PEN Center USA operated in the western United States, and officially unified under the PEN America banner as the Los Angeles office on March 1, 2018.
Formerly called	PEN Center USA

PEN Center USA was a branch of PEN, an international literary and human rights organization. It was one of two PEN International Centers in the United States, the other being the PEN America in New York City. On March 1, 2018, PEN Center USA unified under the PEN America umbrella as the PEN America Los Angeles office. PEN Center USA was founded in 1943 and incorporated as a nonprofit association in 1981. Much of PEN Center USA's programming continues out of the PEN America Los Angeles office, including the Emerging Voices Fellowship, PEN In the Community writing residencies and guest speaker program, and the PEN Presents conversation series.^[2]