Teresa Toda at WiPC Conference
Video of a panel talk that was filmed by the Basque Centre in Amsterdam on 27 May 2015. The video shows a talk given by Teresa Toda, Board member...
Bangladesh Centre Executive Committee 2018-20
Photograph of the 2018-20 Bangladesh Centre's Executive Committee celebrating newly elected members. Among them are, with their corresponding roles at that time: Syed Manzoorul Islam, president; Mohammad Moheuddin, secretary;...
Teresa Toda's case
Brochure outlining facts surrouding the persecution of Teresa Toda, a Basque journalist and Basque Centre Board member who was imprisoned from 2007 to 2014 for her work on the...
Author's Literary Evenings
Brochure created by the American Centre for their 2019 edition of Author’s Evenings, intimate literary dinners that are held annually and take place in the private homes of writers....
World Voices Festival 2018
Flyer promoting the 13th edition of the World Voices Festival, a festival organised and hosted annually by the American Centre that was founded by Salman Rushdie, president of the...
Postcards for imprisoned writers
Two flyers (known as 'postcards' in PEN's campaigns) created by the American Centre as part of their Writers at Risk campaigns. These particular postcards are left blank in order...
Literary Gala 2017
Poster created by the American Centre to promote its 2017 Literary Gala, whose title was Stronger Together. This gala took place at the American Natural History Museum in New...
PEN dinner in New York
Photograph of an early literary gala held by the American Centre (referred to here as The PEN Club) on 25 November at the Commodore Hotel (now the Grand...
Tribute to Chinua Achebe
Flyer for an event that paid tribute Chinua Achebe and the 50th anniversary of his novel Things Fall Apart. This event was organised by the American Centre in...
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo
Flyer (known as 'postcards' in PEN's campaigns) from one of the American Centre's 2019 campaigns, which called for the release of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who are...
Commemorative medallion for 34th Congress
Medallion created to commemorate the 34th PEN International Congress in New York, 1966, which was held on 12-18 June. The title of this Congress was The Writer as...
PEN America Literary Awards
Event programme for the 55th PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony, which took place in New York on 26 February 2019 and was hosted by the American comedian Hari Kondabolu....
Online Harassment Field Manual
Printed cover of PEN American Center. Online Harassment Field Manual - PEN America. New York: PEN America, 20 April 2018. https://onlineharassmentfieldmanual.pen.org/. This printed page represents the front cover...
Brooklyn LitCrawl in 2018
Flyer for a 2018 edition of LitCrawl, a literary bar crawl hosted annually by the American Centre and held in cities across the United States. LitCrawl events invite participants...
Jamal Khashoggi Campaign
Two sides of a flyer (known as 'postcards' in PEN's campaigns) used during one of the American Centre's 2018 campaigns, which called attention to the assasination of journalist Jamal...
Press Freedom Incentive Fund
Flyer (known as 'postcards' in PEN's campaigns) used during the American Centre's pilot 2017-18 Press Freedom Incentive Fund, which aimed to rally citizen activism in order to counter the...
Painting of Oleg Sentsov
Painting of the Ukranian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov by the American artist Molly Crabapple, which was created as part of the American Centre's 2017 campaign calling for Senstov's release. In...
Oleg Sentsov's case
Front of a flyer (known as 'postcards' in PEN's campaigns) used during one of the American Centre's 2018 campaigns, which called for the release of Ukranian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov,...
Campaigning for Oleg Sentsov
Two sides of a flyer (known as 'postcards' in PEN's campaigns) used in the American Centre's 2018 campaign advocating for the release of the Ukranian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who...
4th Montblanc Literary Gala
Extract from the Vanities section of the magazine Vanity Fair published on 1 June 1990. This page from a larger article titled PEN Pals contains press coverage from the...
An invitation to Writer's Block
Invitation to a literary event organised by the American Centre that celebrated the opening of an art installation titled Writer's Block, which was created by American artist Sheryl Oring...
Liberty Denied by Donna A. Demac
Front cover of Demac, Donna A. Liberty Denied: The Current Rise of Censorship in America. 1st ed. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1990. This book, which was first published...
The American Centre's first fifty years
Front cover of Chute, Marchette. P.E.N. American Center: A History of the First Fifty Years. 1st ed. New York: PEN American Center, 1972. This retrospective by Marchette Chute, president...
The World of Translation Conference
Front cover of PEN American Center, The World of Translation, New York: PEN American Center, 1971. This book, which was written and published by the American Centre, contains an...
H.G. Wells in Bombay article
Copy of "H.G. Wells in Bombay," The Indian P.E.N. 5, no. 1 (1 January 1939): 1. This article, published in The Indian P.E.N., the All-India Centre's original internal editorial,...
The Cosmopolitanism of the P.E.N. article
Copy of Wadia, Sophia, ed. "The Cosmopolitanism of the P.E.N.," The Indian P.E.N. 2, no. 8 (1 August 1936): 1. This article from The Indian P.E.N., the All-India Centre's...
67th PEN Moscow Congress logo
Logo used for the 67th PEN International Congress in Moscow, Russia, 22-28 May 2000, which was titled Freedom of Criticism. Criticism of Freedom.
52nd PEN Congress poster
Poster advertising the 52nd PEN International Congress, in Seoul, South Korea, 28 August to 2 September 1988, which was titled Change and Permanency in Literature in a Rapidly Evolving...
Romanian Centre's 2nd Regional Conference
Photograph of PEN members at the 2nd Regional Conference of the Romanian PEN Centre, which took place in Sighetu Marmației (formerly Sighet) on 23-25 June 1998. Among them are:...
67th PEN Moscow Congress booklet
Booklet given to PEN delegates attending the 67th PEN International Congress in Moscow, Russia, 22-28 May 2000, which was titled Freedom of Criticism. Criticism of Freedom.
Resolution published during 'The Emergency'
Copy of "P.E.N. In the Emergency," The Indian P.E.N. 56, no. 7-9 (1995): 30. This supplement from The Indian P.E.N. contains a reprint of a resolution that emerged as...
First edition of The Indian P.E.N.
Copy of "Why a P.E.N. Club in India?," The Indian P.E.N. 1, no.1 (7 March 1934): 1. This is the cover page of the first ever The Indian P.E.N.,...
Dehli Centre celebrates Sophia Wadia
Two pages from The Indian PEN, including one photograph and the first page of Keith, Joseph Joel. "The Golden Year" The Indian PEN 26, no.5 (May 1960): 1. The...
Free Speech article in The Indian P.E.N.
Copy of Wadia, Sophia, ed. "The P.E.N. Stands for Free Speech," The Indian P.E.N. 6, no. 12 (1 December 1940): 1. In this article, published in the All-India Centre's...
The All India Centre's emergency resolution
Resolution passed at an emergency meeting of the All-India Centre's executive committee that was held in Mumbai on 23 April 1971, f. 1. This resolution states the All-India Centre's...
The All-India Centre's first meeting
Report, agenda and letter concerning the first Annual General Meeting of the All-India Centre, ff. 3. This meeting was held in Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay) on 14 March...
Tuin van Digters (Garden of Poets) festival 2018
Video of a Free The Word! event that was filmed by the Afrikaans Centre in Wellington, South Africa, in September 2018. This video shows an event that the Afrikaans...
Second house of the Afghan Centre
Photograph showing the second house of the Afghan Centre, which is situated in Kabul. This photograph was taken by Eugene Schoulgin, member of the Norwegian and Swedish Centres, president...
Yagana Yusuf
Photograph of Yagana Yusuf, poet, founding member of the Afghan Centre and member of the Centre's first Board. This photograph was taken by Eugene Schoulgin, member of the Norwegian...
Raihan Yousef
Photograph of Raihan Yousef, poet and one of the first members of the Afghan Centre following its establishment in Kabul in 2003. This photograph was taken by Eugene Schoulgin,...
Safia Siddiqi
Photograph of Safia Siddiqi, founding member of the Afghan Centre and member of the Afghan Centre's first Board, who along with Partaw Naderi was a representative at the 69th...
Second board of the Afghan Centre
Photograph of the second Board of the Afghan Centre, standing in front of the first house of the Centre in Kabul. From left to right are: Eugene Schoulgin, member...
First meeting with Norwegian and Afghan Members
Photograph of Norwegian Centre members with Afghan Centre Board members at the first meeting of the Afghan Centre in Kabul in 2003. Elizabeth Eide, Board member and vice-president of...
Partaw Naderi
Photograph of Partaw Naderi, a founding member of the Afghan Centre who, together with Safia Saddiqi, was a representative at the 69th PEN International Congress in Mexico City, Mexico,...
Razaq Mamoon
Photograph of Razaq Mamoon, prose writer and one of the first members of the Afghan Centre following its establishment in Kabul in 2003. This photograph was taken by Eugene...
Moheb Baresh
Photograph of Moheb Baresh, poet, one of the founding members of the Afghan Centre, and member of the first Board. This photograph was taken by Eugene Schoulgin, member of...
Naheed Bashardost
Photograph of Naheed Bashardost, poet and journalist associated with Pajhwok Afghan News, who was an early member of the Afghan Centre when it was established in Kabul in 2003....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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....
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...
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 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.
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.
Korean Centre's 2018 anthology
Front cover of 2018 Anthology of the Best literature from 42 Countries, ed. Korea PEN. Seoul: Korean Centre, Vol 3, 10 September 2018. This anthology, which was compiled and...
Palestinian Centre members meeting Kiro Gligorov
Two photographs of Hanan Awwad, president of the Palestinian Centre (1992-), taking part in literary events with cultural figures. The photograph above shows Awwad, at the end on the...
6th International Poetry Festival
Two photographs of writers and PEN members gathered for the Palestinian Centre's 6th International Poetry Festival, which took place in Jerusalem, Nablus and Bethlehem on 1-4 October 1999. This...
4th Palestinian international poetry festival
Two photographs of writers and PEN members gathered for the Palestinian Centre's 4th International Poetry Festival, which was held in Jerusalem, Ramallah, Bethelem and Hebron on 26-30 September 1997....
World Poetry Day 1997
Two photographs of writers and PEN members at an event held in Jerusalem to celebrate World Poetry Day on 21 March 1997. The photograph above shows writers including Hanan...
The 58th PEN Congress
Photograph of PEN members at the 58th PEN International Congress in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which was held from 29 November to 4 December 1992 and was titled Man...
Panel at 58th PEN Congress
Photograph of PEN members at the 58th PEN International Congress in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which was held from 29 November to 4 December 1992 and was titled Man...
1st Palestinian international poetry festival
Two photographs of writers and PEN members gathered for the 1st Nordic-Palestinian Poetry Festival, which took place on 23-25 September 1994 in Jerusalem, Jericho, and Gaza City. This event,...
Open statement from the Palestinian Centre
Electronically typed statement issued by the Palestine Centre , f. 1. In this public statement the Palestinian Centre condemns the raiding of a Palestinian television studio in East Jerusalem...
Interview with Folu Agoi
Video of an interview with Folu Agoi filmed by the Nigerian Centre on 21 March 2019 at the Michael Otedola College of Primary Education (MOCPED) in Epe. In this...