Supporting Oscar López Rivera
Photograph of Rubis Camacho, on the left, and José Muratti, president of the Puerto Rican Centre (2014-16) wearing shirts on which the logo "32 X Oscar" can be seen....
Interview about the PEN Literary Contest 2014
Photograph of Silverio Pérez, in the centre, conducting an interview with Luce López Baralt, laureate of the National Essay Award, to the left, and José Muratti, president of the...
Third lecture of Simona Škrabec in Puerto Rico
Photograph of the third edition of a series of lectures given by Simona Škrabec, chair of the Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee (TLRC) at PEN International (2014-20), in Puerto...
Second lecture of Simona Škrabec in Puerto Rico
Photograph of the second edition of a series of lectures given by Simona Škrabec, chair of the Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee (TLRC) at PEN International (2014-20), in Puerto...
Day of the Puerto Rican Spanish announcement
Photograph taken on 6 August 2014 in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, when José R. Román, mayor of San Lorenzo, proclaimed the first 6 August, Day of the Puerto Rican...
Agreement with the University of Puerto Rico in Carolina
Photograph of the signing of an agreement between the Puerto Rican Centre and the University of Puerto Rico in Carolina, Puerto Rico. This agreement, signed on 10 November 2014,...
Agreement with the Festival Internacional de Poesía en Puerto Rico
Photograph of the signing of an agreement between the Puerto Rican Centre and the Festival Internacional de Poesía en Puerto Rico. This agreement, signed on 9 August 2014, aimed...
Agreement with the Centro de Estudios Avanzados
Photograph of the signing of an agreement between the Puerto Rican Centre and the Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe (CEAPR). This agreement, signed on...
Puerto Rican Centre offering workshops and lectures
Bulletin written by the Puerto Rican Centre, September 2014, f.1. This bulletin describes a workshop titled Taller avanzado de poesía, given by poet Hamid Galib, and a lecture titled...
First regional meeting for the Centres in the Americas
Photograph taken during the first regional meeting of the PEN Centres of the Americas, which took place from 25 to 28 July 2018 in Buenos Aires and was attended...
Demonstration for International Workers' Day
Photograph of Sandra Santana, on the left, president of the Puerto Rican Centre (2016-18), Vanessa Droz, in the centre, former president of the Puerto Rican Centre, and Marie Ramos...
Puerto Rican Centre on International Women's Day 2018
Photograph of a reading event organized by the Puerto Rican Centre on International Women's Day, 8 March 2018, at the Librería Mágica, San Juan. On the front row, from...
Supporting the residents of Peñuelas
Photograph of members of the Puerto Rican Centre showing their support to the residents of Peñuelas, Puerto Rico, who had established an encampment to demonstrate against the dumping of...
Supporting the Auditoría YA Campaign
Photograph of members of the Puerto Rican Centre showing their support for the Auditoría YA campaign for an independent audit of Puerto Rico's public debt. This photograph was taken...
Poetas boricuas en Nueva York panel
Photograph of Board members of the Puerto Rican Centre with the participants of a panel given on 1 November 2018 at the EDP University, in San Juan, and titled...
Jornada por la Libertad de Expresión 2018
Photograph taken during the Jornada por la Libertad de Expresión, an event organised by the Puerto Rican Centre that took place at the EDP University in San Juan on...
Encampment against coal ashes in Peñuelas
Photograph of members of the Puerto Rican Centre showing their support for the residents of Peñuelas, Puerto Rico, who had set up an encampment to demonstrate against the dumping...
Puerto Rican Centre Board in 2018
Photograph of the Puerto Rican Centre's Board taken during a meeting held in 2018. From left to right, with their corresponding positions at the Puerto Rican Centre, are: Luis...
PEN Literary Contest 2018 Award Ceremony
Photograph of members of the Puerto Rican Centre and the laureates of the PEN Literary Contest 2018, which was hosted by the Puerto Rican Centre on 14 Decembre 2018...
Puerto Rican Centre Board in 2014
Photograph of the Puerto Rican Centre's Board taken during a meeting held in 2014. From left to right are: José Muratti, president of the Puerto Rican Centre (2014-16); Ricardo...
Puerto Rican Centre Board in 2016
Photograph of the Puerto Rican Centre's Board taken during a meeting held in 2016. From left to right, with their corresponding positions at the Puerto Rican Centre, are: Rosa...
The Euro-Mediterranean Organising Committee's decision
Electronic document confirming the creation of The Euro-Mediterranean Circle of Writers for Peace, 2013, f. 1. This document explains the steps and decisions taken by the Euro-Mediterranean Organising Committee...
Teresa Salema's article on 55th PEN Congress
Copy of Salema, Teresa, "O pulsar da língua, a gramática dos mares", Diário de Notícias, 21 May 1990. This article by Teresa Salema (also known as Teresa Cadete), president...
Report on Carrefour Peace Committee meeting
Electronic document reporting on the Carrefour International Writers’ Meeting of PEN International's Writers for Peace Committee, ff. 85. This meeting was titled Lisbon, Crossroad of Dialogue and Freedom of...
55th PEN Congress closing banquet
Photograph of writers at the closing banquet of the 55th PEN International Congress in Funchal, Madeira, which took place from 10-15 May 1990. Those seated in the forefront of...
Declaration from Portuguese Centre founders
Declaration signed by Portuguese writers confirming their wish to establish the Portuguese Centre, 15 November 1974, Lisbon, ff. 2. Although the Portuguese Centre was only officially welcomed into PEN...
PEN members during the 55th PEN Congress
Photograph of PEN members at the 55th PEN International Congress in Funchal, Madeira, which took place from 10-15 May 1990. Among them are: Casimiro de Brito, co-founder and president...
Historical literary tour in Lisbon
Photograph of PEN members taking part in a historical literary walk in Lisbon Old Town on 29 June 2013, seen here sitting in Largo do Chafariz de Dentro. This...
Portuguese Centre at 55th PEN Congress
Photograph of members from the Portuguese Centre delegation at the 55th PEN International Congress in Funchal, Madeira, which took place from 10-15 May 1990. From left to right are:...
Liberty of Expression round table
Photograph of panellists at a round table event that took place during the Carrefour International Writers’ Meeting of PEN International's Writers for Peace Committee, which was titled Lisbon, Crossroad...
Liberty of Expression panel event
Photograph of panellists at a round table event that took place during the Carrefour International Writers’ Meeting of PEN International's Writers for Peace Committee, which was titled Lisbon,...
Poetics of Freedom panel event
Photograph of panellists at a round table event that took place during the Carrefour International Writers’ Meeting of PEN International's Writers for Peace Committee, which was titled Lisbon, Crossroad...
Charles Simic's autograph
Handwritten message from the Serbian-American Pulitzer Prize winning poet Charles Simic to the Polish Centre. This entry was written into the Centre's autograph album when Simic visited the Polish...
William Styron's autograph
Handwritten message from the American novelist William Styron to the Polish Centre. This entry was written into the Centre's autograph album when Styron visited the Polish Centre in Warsaw...
Simon Weisenthal's autograph
Handwritten message from the Polish writer, holocaust survivor and co-founder of the Jewish Historical Documentation Centre, Simon Wiesenthal, to the Polish Centre. This entry was written into the Centre's...
Czesław Miłosz and Tomaz Venclova's autographs
Handwritten messages from the diplomat, poet, translator and Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz (above) and the Lithuanian-American poet, activist and scholar Tomas Venclova (below) to the Polish Centre. These entries...
Iris Murdoch's autograph
Handwritten message from the British novelist Iris Murdoch to the Polish Centre. This entry was written into the Centre's autograph album when Murdoch visited the Polish Centre in Warsaw...
Lazar Fleishman's autograph
Handwritten message from the Ukrainian-American writer and academic Lazar Fleĭshman to the Polish Centre. This entry was written into the Centre's autograph album when Fleishman visited the Polish Centre...
Ronald Harwood's autograph
Handwritten message from the South African screenwriter and playwright Ronald Harwood to the Polish Centre. This entry was written into the Centre's autograph album when Harwood, who was president...
Jan Karski's autograph
Handwritten message from the Polish resistance-fighter and diplomat Jan Karski to the Polish Centre. This entry was written into the Centre's autograph album when Karski visited the Polish Centre...
Erskine Caldwell's autograph
Handwritten message written into the Polish Centre's guestbook by the American novelist Erskine Caldwell, who visited the Polish Centre in Warsaw on 24 October 1942.
Borys Conrad's autograph
Handwritten message from the writer Borys Conrad to the Polish Centre. This entry was written into the Centre's autograph album when Conrad visited the Polish Centre in Warsaw on...
Joseph Brodsky's autograph
Handwritten message written into the Polish Centre's guestbook by the Polish Russian-American poet and Nobel laureate Joseph Brodsky, who visited the Polish Centre in Warsaw on 25 June 1993.
Saul Bellow's autograph
Handwritten message written into the Polish Centre's guestbook by Saul Bellow who visited the Polish Centre in Warsaw on 8 January 1960.
Umberto Eco in Warsaw
Photograph (from left to right) of the Polish writer Ewa Krasińska; the Italian philosopher, literary critic, and novelist Umberto Eco; and Artur Międzyrzecki, president of the Polish Centre (1991-96)....
Margaret Atwood's autograph
Handwritten message written into the Polish Centre's guestbook by Margaret Atwood, co-founder and president of the Canadian Centre (1984-86), who visited the Polish Centre in Warsaw on 13 February...
Joseph Brodsky signing books
Photograph of the Russian-American poet and Nobel laureate Joseph Brodsky signing books at an event held at the Polish Centre in Warsaw in 1993.
Joseph Brodsky giving a talk
Photograph of the Russian-American poet and and Nobel laureate Joseph Brodsky giving a talk at an event held at the Polish Centre in Warsaw in 1993.
Umberto Eco signing books
Photograph of the Italian philosopher, literary critic, and novelist Umberto Eco signing books at an event held at the Polish Centre in Warsaw in 1996.
Szymborska, Baranowska, and Marjańska
Photograph of poets at the Polish Centre in Warsaw in 1996. From left to right are the Nobel laureate Wisława Szymborska; Małgorzata Baranowska; and Ludmiła Marjańska.
Literary gathering at the Polish Centre
Photograph of Polish writers and artists at the Polish Centre in Warsaw, most likely taken around 1980. From left to right are: Krystyna Zachwatowicz, scenographer, costume designer and actress;...
Seamus Heaney with Polish poets
Photograph of Polish writers with the Irish poet and Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney at the Polish Centre in Warsaw in 1994. From left to right are: Ryszard Krynicki, poet...
Event with Czesław Miłosz
Photograph of Władysław Bartoszewski, president of the Polish Centre (2001-10), standing on the left and applauding the Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz, end on the right, and Juliusz Żuławski, president...
Panel event at the Polish Centre
Photograph of Polish writers and cultural figures at the Polish Centre in Warsaw in 2000. From left to right are: Tadeusz Matusiak; Jacek Bocheński, president of the Polish Centre...
Czesław Miłosz
Photograph of the diplomat, poet, translator and Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz standing before an audience and being photographed at the Polish Centre in Warsaw. This photograph was taken in...
Bartoszewski, Weisenthal, and Międzyrzecki
Photograph of Polish writers meeting at the Polish Centre in Warsaw in 1994. Seated round the table from left to right are; Władysław Bartoszewski, president of the Polish Centre...
Jan Karski and Jacek Kuroń
Photograph of Jan Karski, Polish resistance-fighter and diplomat, on the left, and Jacek Kuroń, political activist and Polish Minister of Labour and Social Policy (1989-90; 1992-93) on the right....
Simon Weisenthal and Monika Żeromska
Photograph of Simon Wiesenthal, on the left, writer, holocaust survivor, and co-founder of the Jewish Historical Documentation Centre in Linz; and Monika Żeromska, artist and writer, on the right....
Maria Dąbrowska and Jerzy Zawieska
Photograph of the novelist, journalist and playwright Maria Dąbrowska, on the left, and Jerzy Zawieyski, playwright, political activist and actor, on the right, who were both members of the...
Borys Conrad and Jan Parandowski
Photograph of Borys Conrad, writer and son of the author Joseph Conrad, on the left, and Jan Parandowski, president of the Polish Centre (1933-78), on the right. This photograph...
Maria Kuncewiczowa
Photograph of the Polish writer, novelist, and member of the Polish Centre Maria Kuncewiczowa, taken in 1979. In 1939 Kuncewiczowa helped establish and became the president of the Polish...
Erskine Caldwell and Bronisław Zieliński
Photograph of the American writer Erskine Caldwell signing a book whilst Bronisław Zieliński, translator and member of the Polish Centre, looks on. This photograph was taken in 1973 in...
Banquet for Filippo Marinetti
Photograph of a banquet held by the Polish Centre for the Italian poet and art theorist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti in Warsaw in 1933. This photograph was contributed by the...
Frank Savery giving a speech
Photograph of Frank Savery, Consul General at the British Embassy in Warsaw (1919-39), giving a speech to members of the Polish Centre in Warsaw in 1938. This photograph was...
Scottish writers in Warsaw
Photograph of a delegation of Scottish writers and publicists in Warsaw in 1932. Among them are: Hugh MacDiarmid, co-founder and first president of the Scottish Centre (1928-), end on...
Homero Aridjis and Jacek Bocheński
Photograph of Homero Aridjis, president of PEN International (1997-2003), on the left, and Jacek Bocheński, president of the Polish Centre (1997-99), on the right, at the 66th PEN International...
Polish Centre delegation in Budapest
Photograph of a delegation from the Polish Centre at the 10th PEN International Congress in Budapest, Hungary, in 1932. Whilst in Hungary, the Polish Centre delegation stayed with the...
Konstantin Balmont signing PEN memorial book
Photograph of the Russian poet Konstantin Balmont - who can be seen standing at the table in the forefront and centre of the crowd - signing the Polish Centre's...
English delegation arriving to Poland
Photograph of a delegation from the English Centre arriving into the port of Gdynia for the 8th PEN International Congress in Warsaw, Poland, 20-25 June 1930. This Congress was...
Yiddish Centre at Warsaw Congress
Photograph of a delegation from the Yiddish Centre at the 8th PEN International Congress in Warsaw, Poland, 20-25 June 1930. From left to right are: Michał Weinzieher, art critic...
Rafting down the Dunajec river
Photograph of PEN delegates being punted down the Dunajec river gorge in the Pieniny National Park in Poland. This excursion to the Pieniny and Tatra Mountains was a conclusion...
PEN members during Warsaw Congress
Photograph of PEN members gathered together during the 8th PEN International Congress in Warsaw, Poland, 20-25 June 1930. Among them are: Catharine Amy Dawson Scott, founder of PEN International,...
John Galsworthy and Ferdynand Goetel
Photograph of John Galsworthy, on the left, co-founder and president of English Centre (1921-32) and first president of PEN International (1921-33), and Ferdynand Goetel, on the right, president of...
English delegation outside Hotel Bristol
Photograph of a delegation from the English Centre gathered outside the Britsol Hotel during their stay for the 8th PEN International Congress in Warsaw, Poland, 20-25 June 1930. Among...
Silenced Readings on Writers in Prison Day
Programme for a Silenced Reading event held for the Day of the Imprisoned Writer on the 15 November 1990 in a residential yard of Richardson Terrace, Daglish. During this...
1930 PEN Congress in Warsaw
Photograph of PEN members at a conference held during the 8th PEN International Congress in Warsaw, Poland, 20-25 June 1930. This Congress was attended by over one-hundred guests from...
Veronica Brady comments media convergence
Typed letter from Veronica Brady to Ian Taylor, Perth, Australia, 14 September 1990; f. 1. In this letter, Veronica Brady, president of the Perth Centre, comments the closure of...
PEN International supports Avon Lovell
Typed letter from György Konrád and Alexandre Blokh to Carmen Lawrence, London, 20 May 1992; heading: «International P.E.N., A world association of writers», f. 1. In this letter, György...
International Writers in Prison Day readings
Invitation to public readings held for the Day of the Imprisoned Writer (called here the "International Writers in Prison Day") on 15 November 1990, outside the Alexander Library, in...
Bookmarker of the 62nd PEN Congress
Invitation to the 62nd PEN International Congress, which took place from 26 October to 1 November 1995 in Fremantle, Australia, and was hosted by the Perth Centre. The title...
Dinner with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Invitation to a dinner with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, vice president of PEN International (2018-), at the India Restaurant in Perth, Australia. The evening featured a discussion on the topic:...
Lunch with Sandy McCutcheon
Invitation to an event with author Sandy McCutcheon on 15 August 1999 held at The Cliffe residence in Claremont, Australia. The event included a discussion with the author about...
Justice David Malcolm Freedom to Write lecture
Flyer for the annual Freedom to Write Lecture, given here by Justice David Malcolm and hosted at the Perth Technical College by the Perth Centre.
Preparing 75th anniversary celebrations
Photograph of members from the Paraguayan Centre having dinner together to plan and prepare celebrations for the Centre's 75th anniversary in 2018. This dinner took place in Bar San...
62nd PEN Congress Report
Front cover of the report from the 62nd PEN International Congress, which took place from 26 October to 1 November 1995 in Fremantle, Australia, and was hosted by the...
Asia and Pacific PEN Conference in Perth
Flyer promoting a Conference of PEN Centres of the Asian and Pacific region in Perth, Australia, from 2 to 4 March 1991.
Article announcing the Centre's first seminar
Article titled "Escritores buscan proyectar obras literarias al exterior", published by ABC Color, on 29 October 2009. This article announces the Paraguayan Centre's first international seminar, which was titled...
Panel event at the University of Asunción
Photograph of panellists at an event titled Proceso de Creacion Literaria, which was held for students of the National University of Asunción in Paraguay, most likely in 2017. Among...
Meeting with Sergio Ramírez
Photograph of members from the Paraguayan Centre with Sergio Ramírez, writer and Vice-President of Nicaragua (1985-90), who was awarded the Miguel de Cervantes Prize in 2017. From left to...
SADE members at FIL 2017
Photograph of members from the Paraguayan Centre with members of Sociedad Argentina De Escritores (SADE) at the Feria Internacional del Libro de Asunción (FIL) 2017, which was held on...
Presentation of A treinta años del golpe
Photograph of panellists at the presentation of: Flecha, Víctor Jacinto, and Martini, Carlos. A treinta años el golpe. Asunción: Servilibro, 2019. In this book Flecha, vice-president of the Paraguayan...
Event with Enrique Marini Palmieri
Photograph of Enrique Marini Palmieri, standing on the left, Paraguayan Centre Board member and former professor at the Sorbonne University, presenting his book. This event was organised by the...
The Board at Bar San Roque
Two photographs of Paraguayan Centre members in Asunción. On the first Tuesday of every month, the Paraguayan Centre's Board meets at Bar San Roque - an iconic meeting spot...
National Literature Prize ceremony
Photograph of members from the Paraguayan Centre at a ceremony in held in Asunción for the presentation of the 2017 National Literature Prize. Each year, the Centre advises the...
Arsenio López Decoud
Photograph of Arsenio López Decoud, co-founder and first president of the Paraguayan Centre (1943-45). López Decoud, along with twenty-eight other notable Paraguayan writers and academics at the time, founded...
The Centre's first seminar
Poster for the first seminar organised by the Paraguayan Centre, which was titled Función Social de la Literatura en Paraguay. This seminar took place on 30-31 October 2009 and...
Human rights and free expression conference
Photograph of the audience at a conference titled Por la Libertad de Expresión y los Derechos Humanos, which took place in Asunción on 2 November 2017 and was held...
Empty chair at human rights conference
An empty chair set with a white lily and crucifix as an altar to commemorate the 25th year since the death of sixteen journalists in Paraguay. This altar was...
The Centre's literary magazines
Copies of all the Paraguayan Centre's literary magazines published since 2000. The magazine at the front of the display was created for the Centre's 75th anniversary in 2018. In...
PEN members at human rights conference
Photograph of Paraguayan Centre members gathered for a conference titled Por la Libertad de Expresión y los Derechos Humanos, which took place in Asunción on 2 November 2017 and...
Launch of the Centre's magazine
Copy of "El PEN Club de Paraguay presentó su revista", ABC Color, 1 February 1977. This article reports on the publication of the Paraguayan Centre's first ever volume of...
Interview with Lily Tuck
Copy of "Lily Tuck: Mi libro es, antes que nada ficción; no es historia", Última Hora, 2010. In this interview Lily Tuck, member of the American Centre, speaks about...
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry event
Flyer for an event held by the Paraguayan Centre which discussed the work of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Whilst working as a pilot in Latin America the French author stayed...
Article on Paraguayan Centre's journal
Copy of Delfina Acosta, "Exsitosa revista del PEN club del Paraguay", ABC Color, 8 January 2012: 4. This article reports on the success of the 22nd edition of the...
Paraguayan Centre's anniversary book
Front cover of the commemorative book published to mark the Paraguayan Centre's 75th anniversary in 2018.
Books by Paraguayan Centre members
Photograph of a selection of award-winning books written by members of the Paraguayan Centre. This photograph was most likely taken in 2018, the year of the Centre's 75th anniversary.
Invitation to anniversary celebrations
Invitation to celebrations for the Paraguayan Centre's 75th anniversary, which took place on 19 October 2018 at the Sala Bicameral del Congreso Nacional in Asunción.
Paraguayan Centre's 75th anniversary celebrations
Photograph of PEN members and associates gathered for celebrations for the Paraguayan Centre's 75th anniversary at the Sala Bicameral del Congreso Nacional in Asunción. These events took place on...
Paraguayan Centre's Day of the Dead panel
Photograph of members from the Paraguayan Centre at a panel event held as part of PEN International's Day of the Dead Campaign - an initiative that was launched on...
Day of the Dead campaign event flyer
Flyer for an event held by the Paraguayan Centre as part of PEN International's Day of the Dead Campaign - an inititative that was launched on 2 November 2011...