Swedish Centre’s Empty Chair
Swedish Centre’s Empty Chair
Sculpture of a PEN Empty Chair commissioned by the Swedish Centre in 2011. Since the 1980s PEN International has used the Empty Chair at events to symbolise writers who could not be present due to imprisonment, detainment, persecuton, threat or murder.
Swedish Centre’s Empty Chair
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Silla vacía del Centro Sueco
Escultura de una Silla Vacía de PEN encargada por el Centro Sueco en 2011. Desde los 1980s, PEN Internacional usa la Silla Vacía en eventos para simbolizar a escritores que no pueden asistir presencialmente a causa de su encarcelamiento, detención, persecución, amenaza o asesinato.
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