Ex Tempore (journal)
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Ex Tempore is a literary journal published annually by the United Nations Society of Writers (UNSW)/ Societé des écrivains des Nations Unies (SENU) in Geneva. ISSN 1020-6604 (OCLC 34360356).
The society of writers was founded on 14 August 1989 by Sergio Chaves (Argentina), Leonor Sampaio (Brazil) and Alfred de Zayas (USA).
As the name "Ex Tempore" suggests, staff contributions should be crisp, impromptu, and as far away as possible from the stale UN jargon of resolutions and reports.
After 15 years as president of the UN Society of Writers, Alfred de Zayas retired from the presidency, on 15 December 2005, remaining as editor of the journal. The chief new officers are:
- President: Karin Kaminker
- Vice-President: Carla Edelenbos
- Editor-in-chief: Alfred de Zayas
On Friday, 27 January 2006, "Ex Tempore" held its 10th annual salon. 67 Poets and essayists from the United Nations Office in Geneva, some of them members of PEN International read their oeuvres in English, French, German, Spanish, Russian -- even Arabic, Vietnamese and Dutch. UNSW celebrated the centennial of the birth of Samuel Beckett and the bicentennial of the birth of Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
