Montenegrin PEN Center
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The Montenegrin PEN Center (Crnogorski PEN Centar) is the national chapter of the International PEN
in Montenegro
. It was formed in 1990, as one-party Communist rule in what was then Yugoslavia
was ending.
The center has worked to promote the use of the Montenegrin language
. It published Vojislav Nikčević
's Crnogorski pravopis in 1997, the first orthograhy for Montenegrin.
International PEN
PEN International , the worldwide association of writers, was founded in London in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere....
in Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
. It was formed in 1990, as one-party Communist rule in what was then Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
was ending.
The center has worked to promote the use of the Montenegrin language
Montenegrin language
Montenegrin is a name used for the Serbo-Croatian language as spoken by Montenegrins; it also refers to an incipient standardized form of the Shtokavian dialect of Serbo-Croatian used as the official language of Montenegro...
. It published Vojislav Nikčević
Vojislav Nikcevic
Vojislav Nikčević was a Montenegrin linguist.He was born in Stubici, Nikšić, then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and was educated at the University of Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia....
's Crnogorski pravopis in 1997, the first orthograhy for Montenegrin.