![]() ![]() ![]() In 2008 she became President of English PEN. In 2004, she became Deputy President of English PEN and has run its highly successful 'Free Expression is No Offence Campaign' against the Racial and Religious Hatred Bill. In recognition of her contribution to literature, Lisa Appignanesi has been honoured with a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French government. She produced several made for television films and had written a number of books before devoting herself to writing fulltime in 1990. Through the eighties she was a Deputy Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, UK, for whom she also edited the seminal Documents Series and established ICA television and the video Writers in Conversation series. She was a founding member and editorial director of the Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative. During 1970-71 she was a staff writer for the Centre for Community Research in New York City and is a former University of Essex lecturer in European Studies. She graduated from McGill University with a B.A. She grew up in the province of Quebec - first in a small Laurentian town, subsequently in Montreal. ![]() Following her birth, her parents moved to Paris, France, and in 1951 they emigrating to Canada. Elżbieta Borensztejn was born on 4 January 1946 in Łódź, Poland, the daughter of Hena and Aaron Borensztejn with Jewish origin. ![]()
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