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World Within World – Stephen Spender

Acclaimed poet Stephen Spender was politically active throughout his life. Fiercely committed to artistic freedom, in 1972 he founded Index on Censorship. In the late 1970s he served as President of English PEN, campaigning for the right to freedom of expression for writers in the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact countries.

Published: July 3, 2011

When: Tuesday, 5. July 2011 18.30
Where: London, Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, EC1R 3GA
Host: English PEN In association with Index on Censorship
Contact: (020 7324 2570)
More info: www.englishpen.org/events/penevents/worldwithinworldstephenspender/

Spender’s biographer Professor John Sutherland, academic Dr Lara Feigel (currently editing a volume of Spender’s letters), poet Alan Jenkins and Lord Grey Gowrie, editor of Stephen Spender: Selected Poems, debate Spender’s complex legacy.

Tickets for this event cost £5 for English PEN members and £8 for non-members, including a glass of wine.

To book, please call the Free Word Centre on 020 7324 2570 or book online.

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