PEN Club de México	PEN México: Pajaritas de Papel	Ciudad de México 2003: Congreso Mundial del PEN	Quién es Quién

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

General theme

"Cultural Diversity and Freedom of Expression"

Inauguration. Literary Gala Session. Place: Palacio de Bellas Artes.

Sunday 23 November 2003, 17:00 hours. ­­

     Nadine Gordimer and Mario Vargas Llosa will be present.

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PEN International Delegate Activities (closed activities)

Place: Hotel Fiesta Americana Meeting Rooms

·     Writers in Prison Committee Session

·     Writers for Peace Committee Session

·     Women Writers’ Committee Session

·     Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee Session

·     Exiled Writers’ Network Session

·     PEN International General Assembly

Literary Activities (activities open to the public)

Place:  Auditoriums of the Palacio de Bellas Artes, Archivo General de la Nación, Alcázar del Castillo de Chapultepec, Museo Mural Diego Rivera and others. 

Round Tables (presentations by special guests):

·     "Cultural Diversity and Freedom of Expression"

·     "Freedom to speak, freedom to write and freedom to be read: indigenous languages today"

·    "Youth Freedom of Expression in the new global context"

·     "Vulnerable groups: cultural diversity and freedom of expression"

Literary Sessions  (readings by special guests):

·     First literary gala: Inauguration

Sunday 23 November 2003, 17:00 hours. Main Room of the Palacio de Bellas Artes.

·     Second literary gala

Monday 24 November 2003, 20:00 hours. Main Room of the Palacio de Bellas Artes.

·     Third literary gala: to be announced.

Closing. Place: Alcázar del Castillo de Chapultepec.

Thursday 27 November 2003, 19:30 hours.

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