Under whose presidency was PEN (the international association of poets, playwrights, editors, essayists and novelists) founded by Mrs Dawson Scott in 1921?
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Correct answer: A. John Galsworthy
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Catharine Amy Dawson Scott founded PEN in London in 1921 and John Galsworthy became its first president. PEN campaigns for freedom of expression and writers in danger.
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