PEN Tiedotus 
Adrian Perera
Adrian Perera, born 1986, is a writer and lives in Turku. In addition to the collection of poems White Monkey...
José Luis Rico
José Luis Rico (Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, 1987) is a poet and translator from Northern Mexico currently living in Finland. Blanco...
Riku Ryynänen
I am a 40 year old cp disabled poet. In my poetry, I try to make otherness visible, my own...
Roxana Sadvokassova
A curious lazy amoeba who’s never quite sure of own shape, size and content. Born in 1992, Kazakhstan. After having...
Helena Sinervo
Helena Sinervo is a writer, poet and translator who lives in Helsinki. She has published 11 books of poems and...
Olga Spyropoulou
Olga Spyropoulou (b. 1985, Athens) is a Finland-based performance artist, poet, and researcher, utilizing disorder as artistic practice. She is...
Nataliya Teramae
I was born in 1980 and raised until the age of 11 in a state that doesn’t exist anymore –...
Dodou Touray
I was born in The Gambia in 1966 in Banjul. After undergoing training with a governmental newspaper, I worked as...
Kári Tulinius
Kári Tulinius has published two novels, a poetry collection and a chapbook. He’s written more, but not everything is meant...
Ye Yint Thet Zwe
Ye Yint Thet Zwe (born 1965 in Yangon, Myanmar) is a Burmese poet currently based in Helsinki. He studied Myanmar...
Iida Simes: Let us see hope
The murder of Anna Politkovskaya (30.8.1958 – 7.10.2006) was immediately widely noticed by the media worldwide. The murderer shot Politkovskaya...
Discussion about freedom of expression and national security 13.9.2023
Background The event, organised by Finnish PEN, brought together experts on national security and freedom of expression, authors and journalists...
Pirita Näkkäläjärvi: Hate Speech and Indigenous People Sámi
Freedom of speech of indigenous peoples and hate speech towards indigenous peoples has not been widely studied. Academic literature on...
Joy Hyvärinen: Artistic freedom of expression
Questions related to freedom of expression can be controversial and challenging. Artistic freedom of expression can be especially challenging. Art...
Nataliya Teramae: The Shell of a Snail
Read the Essay by Nataliya Teramae in Ukrainian. When you emigrate to a foreign country, you automatically start looking for...
Joy Hyvärinen: Does Finland need a commission on freedom of expression?
The freedom of expression commission appointed by the Norwegian government in 2020 has recently published its report (read the report...
Peter Mickwitz: Örnulf Tigerstedt, right-wing radical and president of PEN Finland
Panem et Circenses. Let me toast to your freedom your eight-hour workday, your cultivated soul, your progress and your other...
New Swedish-language publication: Yttrandefriheten idag
”Yttrandefriheten idag” (Freedom of expression today) by Joy Hyvärinen considers freedom of expression in today’s public debates and the role...
Judyth Hill: Wage peace
Author and active PEN International member Judyth Hill is visiting Finland’s PEN 5-11.5. In addition to his commitment to freedom...
Writer Judyth Hill is the keynote speaker on Aino Kallas’s name day
Writer and active PEN International member Judyth Hill is visiting Finland. In addition to being a writer, Judyth Hill also...