PEN Eritrea in Exile mourns the passing of Hege Newth, former Secretary General of PEN Norway and an Honorary Member of PEN Eritrea in Exile, whose life’s work embodied compassion, courage, and unwavering commitment to defend human dignity. Her death is a profound loss not only for her family, PEN Norway, but also for
Category: literature and poetry
ተስፊት ኣብርሃም* ቅድመ ኣንደበተ ልሳኑ፡ ‘ደቂ ዓደይ ኵላትኩም ዕምባባ / ስምዑኒ ክራረይ ከዛርባ፡’ ብምባል፡ ብቕኒት ክራሩ ንኣመታዊ ባሕረ-ሓሳባቱ ከፍስስ፡ ህርድግ ዝብል ስነጥበበኛ። ኣብ ክንዲ ኣሽሓት ቃላት ናይ ፍቕራዊ ጥበራ፡ ‘… ብኣኺ ክቓኒ፡ ክራረይ ኣልዓልኩ / እደርፈልኪ ኣለኹ ፍቕረይ እናበልኩ፡’ ብውህደት ቅኒት ጣዕመ ክራሩ ክጸውየላ ሓዀት ዝብል ስነጥበበኛ። ኣብ ክንዲ ናፍቖታዊ ደብዳበ ክሰድድ ዝህቅን፡ ‘ብቕኒት ክራረይ፡
ደሳለ በረኸት* ንጋዜጠኛን ደራስን ሚኪኤል በርሀ፡ ድሕሪ ግንቦት 1991 እየ ዝያዳ ዝፈልጦ። ኣብቲ ግዜ’ቲ፡ ስሙ ኣብ ራድዮ “ድምጺ ሓፋሽ” ከይሰማዕካያ፥ ከምኡ’ውን – ገለ ካብ ጽሑፋቱ ኣብ ጋዜጣ “ሓዳስ ኤርትራ” ከየንበብካ ምቕናይ ልሙድ ኣይነበረን። ከም ሓቂ፡ ንሚኪኤል በርሀ ኣብ መወዳእታ 80ታት እውን፡ ሳሕቲ – ከም መራሒ-መድረኽ፡ ናይ ጒጅለ ባህሊ “ሂላል” እንከሎ፡ ርእየዮ እፈልጥ ነይረ’የ። ሽዕኡ፡ ሓውሲ
Biniam Simon, the 2025 PEN Eritrea Freedom Expression Award Winner, received his award on Sunday, 26th October, in Milan, Italy, in a ceremony hosted by PEN Eritrea as part of its Annual Meeting. Austrian writer and human rights defender Wolfgang Martin Roth presented Biniam with the PEN Eritrea Freedom of Expression Award trophy. Roth
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
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