The Hungarian P.E.N.-Le P.E.N. Hongrois No. 6. [antikvár]

THE HUNGÁRIÁN P. E. N. LE P. E. N. HONGROIS N° 6 * 1965 THE BUDAPEST CONFERENCE OF INTERNATIONAL P. E. N. From the 15th to the 17th of October 1964 International P.E.N. held its Executive Committee meeting in Budapest followed by a literary Round Table Conference. MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE One of the most important events of the meeting of the Executive Committee was the announcement that an agreement had been concluded between the two Germán P.E.N. Centres. The agreement had been entered into on the 14th of October, the day before the meeting of the Executive Committee, and had ratified the co-ordination of the two Germán Centres' work by the creation of a joint committee. It was with satisfaction that the participants in the meeting of the Executive Committee noted that the relationship between International P.E.N. and COMES had improved and that General Secretary Mr. Dávid Carver was having direct talks with Signor Vigorelli, General Secretary of COMES. The Committee unanimously endorsed the international recognition of the newly established P.E.N. Centres of Luxembourg and of Ceylon and was pleased to hear the news of the formation of a Spanish Centre, too. When put to the vote, the proposition of the Austrian P.E.N. Centre to accept Germán as well as English and French as an official language for international conferences could not gain a majority. ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE ON TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE The interest shown in advance for the literary Round Table Conference must have been partly due to the set theme: "Tradition and Innovation in Contemporary