Ege Dündar worked with PEN International for 8 years, before being elected its youngest board member in over a 100 year history. There, he worked to support writers at risk, developing projects such as İlkyaz and Creative Witnesses. Most recently he has been leading efforts to organize with colleagues from 58 countries to create "the Young Writers Committee". He is the project lead for Tomorrow Club and hosts its podcast series, amplifying the stories of brave young people around the world.
His debut poetry collection “All These Things Aren't Really Lost” was published in 2023 by BSPG from which a poem featured in the anthology "Best New British and Irish Poets 2019-2021" His writing was published in outlets such as Milliyet Daily, PEN Transmissions, Bosla Arts, Counterpoints Arts and Mentour Magazine. He produced a report on the State of Exile Media in Europe for Körber Stiftung and worked as a researcher on Artistic Freedom for Free Muse and UNESCO.
The fable book, Duvar (The Wall) was written with his father, Can Dündar, a journalist unlawfully arrested in Turkey. Although he was released by Supreme court decision, facing a gunned assault and illegal confiscations of assets and passports, the family were eventually forced to leave the country.
