Typed invitation to “La Crociera Degli Scrittori”. This invitation is for a writer’s cruise organised by the Swiss Italian and Reto-Romansh Centre and held on 15-26 July 1989. This cruise was partly inspired by the 11^th PEN Congress in Dubrovnik, which saw delegates arrive by a ship sailing from Venice, and also held in commemoration of the 40^th anniversary of the 21st PEN Congress in Venice in 1949. The event was said to be conceieved by Grytzko Mascioni, the Centre’s president (1985-88).