International holidays - World Writers Day

Any position has its own characteristics, characteristics, and even has a personal date Workers of the pen also have it - World Writers Day This holiday has been celebrated for more than 30 years on March 3 In the first half of the last century, a decision arose in the literary society to organize a PEN club, uniting figures from the literary community This event took place in London in 1921 thanks to the initiative of English writers The name of the club is consonant with the word pen, which is translated into Russian as pen (pen) Of course, this is very symbolic However, in reality, the name of the organization is made up of the initial letters of the following words: Poets (poets), Playwrights (playwrights), Essayists (essayists), Editors (editors) and Novelists (novelists) In subsequent years, similar writing clubs were established in other countries A few years later, a world congress of national PEN organizations took place Currently, there are similar centers in various countries Their total number is more than a hundred In 1986, the 48th meeting of the International PEN Center took place, where representatives of various countries put forward the idea of ​​​​establishing a professional day for writers on March 3 Subsequently, the date was fixed in the calendar, and millions of publicists, journalists, together with the world community, have been celebrating this event since that time The writers are confident that their holiday is not an ordinary professional celebration, but also an occasion to once again recall the role of the writer for society Every year on March 3, they ask their colleagues from all over the world to openly recognize the concepts of PEN The principles of the organization are that the writing position is designed to convey the truth, protect freedom of speech, and fight lies and distortion of published materials In all countries on this day, writers say that the main thing for them is not only to have a good command of words, to have a rich imagination, but also to have a truthful civic position, and not to write, following their own, social or political interests On International Writer's Day, we sincerely congratulate all writers After all, without exciting novels, useful articles in newspapers and the latest news in magazines, our life would not be so interesting and varied In some regions of our country today there are PEN clubs that organize thematic exhibitions, literary presentations, forums and meetings, participating in a variety of cultural events