PEN Eritrea in Exile conducted its Annual Meeting in Milan, Italy, from 25-26 October 2025. PEN members from around the world attended the annual meeting in person and online, where they discussed a range of topics. The Director of PEN Eritrea, Awet Fissehaye, officially commenced the meeting with opening remarks and the presentation of
Category: literature and poetry
ደንደን ሰለሙን* ሰዓት ኣጋንንቲ ኣኺሉ ኣሎ። ኣብ’ዛ ብነዋሕቲ ኣጕናድ መሰረት ገይራ ብሳዕሪ ዝተሃደመት ናይ ሓለዋ ገዛ፡ ተረኛ ኰይነ ንውልቀይ ዋርድያ ካብ ዝወጽእ ሓደ ሰዓት ኣቝጺረ ኣለኹ። ዘለኹዎ ቦታ ብወተሃደራዊ ስሙ ‘ድፋዕ’ ዝጽዋዕ ዶብ ናይ ኤርትራ እዩ። ብቕድመይ ናይ ሓሙሽተ ኪሎ-ሜተር ርሕቐት ናይ ኢትዮጵያ ድፋዕ ኣሎ። ክልቴና፡ ኣብ ዕረፍቲ ዘይብሉ ዋርድያ ወጺእና ተመዓዲና ካብ ንፋጠጥ
ዓርቢ 11 ጥቅምቲ ዝጀመረ ዓመታዊ ጽምብል ዓስራይ ዓመትን፡ ዓመታዊ ኣኼባን ፐን ኤርትራ ኣብ ኦስሎ-ኖርወይ ኣብ ምቅናዕ ይርከብ። ዓርቢ ብወግዓዊ ጽምብል ዓስራይ ዓመት ምስረታኡን፡ ምዕዳል ሽልማት ዕዉት መሰል ናጽነት ምግላጽ ሓሳባት 2024 ዝጀምረ ኣጋጣሚ፣ ንኹሉ ህዝቢ ክፉት ብምንባሩ ብርክት ዝበሉ ኣብ ስነጽሑፍን፡ ኣብ መሰል ምግልላጽ ናጽነት ሓሳባትን ዝግደሱ ደገፍቲ ፐን ኤርትራን ተረኺቦም። ዕዉት ሽልማት ፐን ኤርትራ
PEN Eritrea in exile celebrated the 10th anniversary of its foundation at an event held in Oslo, Norway, on Friday evening 11th of October 2024. Attended by members and guests, the evening was celebrated with keynote speakers, poetry recital, remarks by this year’s PEN Eritrea’s Freedom of Expression Award winner and concluded with musical
Exiled writer and literary translator Daniel Semere Tesfai has won the PEN Eritrea Freedom of Expression Award 2024. Daniel has been selected as a winner for his outstanding contributions to Tigrinya Literature, for the magnum opus, ‘Halaw Eta Werqawit Ghereb’ and other insightful books including ‘Debdabetat Seitan’, ‘ Eti Enchquilit Leul’, ‘Inanna’ and ‘Qireqhre’, where
በረኸት ዕቝባጽዮን ካልኣይ/መወዳእታ ክፋል መቕድም ብዙሕ ጽሒፎም ክፋሎ ዝተባህለሎም ኣሎዉ። ክፋሎ ዝኣክል ጽሒፎም ገበታ ዝተዘርበሎም’ውን እንተዘይበዚሖም ኣይውሕዱን። እቶም ብዙሕ ዝጸሓፉ ይኹኑ ውሑድ ዝጸሓፉ እንብሎም፡ ብዝሒ ይኹን ዋሕዲ ጽሑፋቶም ብብዝሒ ገጻት ደኣ እምበር፣ ብርዝነቱ፡ ብዕምቈቱ፡ ብዘለዓለማውነቱ፡ ኣድማስነቱ፡ ብፈጠራውነቱ፡ ሃብቱ ኣይዓቀንናዮምን። እቶም ነዚ ዘማልኡ ውሑዳት ጸሓፍቲ ግና፡ ይትረፍ ክዝመረሎም ስሞምን ዕዮኦምን ዝፈልጦምውን ውሑድ’ዩ። ክብ-ታ ጽሑፋቶም፡ ንደረጃ ብልሂ
በረኸት ዕቝባጽዮን ቀዳማይ ክፋል መቕድም ብዙሕ ጽሒፎም ክፋሎ ዝተባህለሎም ኣሎዉ። ክፋሎ ዝኣክል ጽሒፎም ገበታ ዝተዘርበሎም’ውን እንተዘይበዚሖም ኣይውሕዱን። እቶም ብዙሕ ዝጸሓፉ ይኹኑ ውሑድ ዝጸሓፉ እንብሎም፡ ብዝሒ ይኹን ዋሕዲ ጽሑፋቶም ብብዝሒ ገጻት ደኣ እምበር፣ ብርዝነቱ፡ ብዕምቈቱ፡ ብዘለዓለማውነቱ፡ ኣድማስነቱ፡ ብፈጠራውነቱ፡ ሃብቱ ኣይዓቀንናዮምን። እቶም ነዚ ዘማልኡ ውሑዳት ጸሓፍቲ ግና፡ ይትረፍ ክዝመረሎም ስሞምን ዕዮኦምን ዝፈልጦምውን ውሑድ’ዩ። ክብ-ታ ጽሑፋቶም፡ ንደረጃ ብልሂ
ሰቲት ዝሞሰብና፡ ጽጌናይ ዝመዓርና፡ መቓልሕ-ዘመን ኣድማስ ቀስተ-ደበና ሰላም ምስ ዊንታና ምተጠልቅዐት ዶ ከርሲ፡ ምሰኣንና ዶ ፈውሲ፡ ቃዕ-ቃዕ ዶ ምበለት ጐረሮ ዝቕመስ ስኢንናስ፡ ወኻዕኻዕ እንብለላ እኳ ቡን ሓረሮ፧! ኡይ እንዶ በሊ፡ ኡይ በሊ ጀበና ኣገንፊልና፡ ኣሽረቕሪቕና እክብ-ዕምር ኢልና ወጃዕጃዕ እንብለላ እታ ቡን ሓረሮ’ኳ፡ ሎምስ ተሳኢና! ቀሺ ዮናስ ወልደሩፋኤል
(To confined Eritrean journalists and writers) You are there, where No word, no light, no hope comes from, Jailed by cursed men Who are enjoying Your incessant pain. You are there, where, Your vintage-young photos in mind, We try to envisage about Your interminable pain, Caused by your gallant pen. And you