At its recent annual meeting, Norwegian PEN elected publisher, writer and columnist Anders Heger as the organisation´s new president. Heger succeeds Kjell Olaf Jensen, who chaired the organisation for ten years. Heger, a renowned publisher, author and columnist, has been an active member of PEN for years and shown great commitment to freedom of expression issues. (07-MAY-07)
Based on Norwegian PEN’s own press release, this article has been edited for republication here by HRHF / Niels Jacob Harbitz. Photo of Heger: NRK.
Writers Linn Ullmann and Terje Holtet Larsen and journalist Sissel Benneche Osvold were also elected as new members of the Norwegian PEN board.
For further information, please contact Norwegian PEN at +47 22 47 92 20 / +47 926 88 023 (Secretary General Carl Morten Iversen) or +47 906 87 018 (Heger)
Norsk PEN/Norwegian PEN
Tordenskjoldsgate 6 B
0160 Oslo
NORWAY
phone: +47 22479220
fax: +47 22479201
cell: +47 926 88 023
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