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Under whose presidency was PEN (an international association of poets, playwrights, editors, essayists and novelists) founded by Mrs. Dawson-Scott in 1921?
(1) John Galsworthy
(2) T.S. Eliot
(3) W.B. Yeats
(4) Ezra Pound
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John Galsworthy was the first president of PEN International, which was founded by Mrs. Dawson-Scott in 1921. PEN International, originally known as the PEN Club, was established to promote friendship and intellectual cooperation among writers worldwide. While Mrs. Dawson-Scott was the founder, John Galsworthy, a renowned English novelist and playwright, was the inaugural president of the organization, serving from 1921 to 1933.
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