NOVAK RE-ELECTED AS CROATIAN PEN CENTRE PRESIDENT

ZAGREB, Nov 30 (Hina) - Slobodan Prosperov Novak was re-elected as the president of the Croatian PEN centre after the Croatian PEN assembly held a seven-hour-long session in Zagreb on Saturday. Out of 170 Croatian PEN centre members, 83 members who attended the assembly, participated in the voting. Other two candidates for the president were Ivan Kusan and Tomislav Ladan. Zeljka Corak and Tonko Maroevic were re-elected as vice presidents. Expressing his gratitude to the assembly Slobodan Prosperov Novak said that the Croatian PEN centre would enter the Internet. He announced a project called 'Atlas of Croatian Literature'. Speaking about the international PEN, Prosperov Novak said the Croatian PEN centre, along with other several national centres, would reform the PEN programmes, and added that Japanese PEN centre would coordinate changes. He especially thanked his associates for cooperation in the past six years. He also warned that inappropriate words could be heard during Saturday's assembly and he wished that such situations would not be repeated in the future. (hina) mš 302022 MET nov 96