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2005 PEN Congress poster

Poster advertising the 71st PEN International Congress, which was held on 14-21 June 2005 in Bled, Slovenia, and titled The Tower of Babel: a Blessing or a Curse?, Language...

1999 PEN Congress poster

Poster advertising the 66th PEN International Congress in Warsaw, Poland, which was held on 15-20 June 1999 and titled Farewell to the Twentieth Century. This Congress was hosted by...

2002 PEN Congress poster

Poster advertising the 68th PEN International Congress in Ohrid, Macedonia, which was held on 17-24 September 2002 and titled Borders of Freedom/Freedom of Borders. This Congress was hosted by...

Charlie Hebdo no. 1189

Front cover of Charlie Hebdo, no. 1189, Paris: 6 May, 2015. This cover of the French weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo shows an illustration by the artist Riss captioned 'Crève...

Regional Conference poster

Poster advertising a conference event organised by the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Centre that was titled the Regional Conference of Literature and Culture for Peace: destruction, reconstruction, construction. This conference was held...

PEN centre:Bosnian-Herzegovinian Centre  (P.E.N. Centar Bosne i Hercegovine)
Date:29/10/2000
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Nimble Feathers certificate to Renaud Dossavi

Certificate delivered by the writers club Nimble Feathers to Renaud Dossavi, general secretary of the Togolese Centre (2016-), on 15 May 2018, for his participation to the Festival Littérature...

PEN centre:Togolese Centre  (PEN Togo)
Date:15/05/2018
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Nimble Feathers certificate to PEN Togo

Certificate delivered by the writers club Nimble Feathers to the Togolese Centre on 15 May 2018, for his participation to the Festival Littérature et Arts (FesLArts) organised by the...

PEN centre:Togolese Centre  (PEN Togo)
Date:15/05/2018
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Marthe Fare at the second General Assembly

Photograph of Nonfoh Marthe Fare, president of the Togolese Centre (2016-) welcoming the members and the audience to the second General Assembly of the Togolese Centre on 30 July...

PEN centre:Togolese Centre  (PEN Togo)
Date:30/07/2016
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La Nuit des Auteurs round table

Photograph of a round table on the Togolese literature during the La Nuit des Auteurs event, on 2 December 2017, at the Hakuna Matata Centre, in Lomé. This event,...

PEN centre:Togolese Centre  (PEN Togo)
Date:02/12/2017
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Against the closure of LCF and CITY FM

Flyer shared on social media by the Togolese Centre on the 3 February 2017 denouncing the closure by the Haute autorité de l'audiovisuel et de la communication (HAAC) of...

PEN centre:Togolese Centre  (PEN Togo)
Date:03/02/2017
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Foire Internationale du livre de Lomé

Photograph of Guillaume Djondo, commissioner for the literary clubs and workshops of the Centre, on the left, and Renaud Dossavi, general secretary of the Togolese Centre (2016-), on the...

PEN centre:Togolese Centre  (PEN Togo)
Date:11/11/2017
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Invitation to the second General Assembly

Invitation to the second General Assembly of the Togolese Centre, which took place on 30 July 2016, in the building of the Delegation of the European Union, in Lomé....

PEN centre:Togolese Centre  (PEN Togo)
Date:30/07/2016
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Invitation to the first General Assembly

Invitation to the Constitutive General Assembly of the Togolese Centre, which took place on 13 February 2016, at the Centre culturel Hakuna Matata, in Lomé. The Centre was officially...

PEN centre:Togolese Centre  (PEN Togo)
Date:13/02/2016
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Swiss PEN Centre's Anthology

Front and title page of DeutschSchweizer PEN Zentrum, Centre PEN Suisse Romand, PEN della Svizerra Italiana e Retoromancia, ed. P.E.N. - Anthology. 1998. This anthology was co-edited by the...

Brochure for "La Croisière des Écrivains"

Illustrated brochure titled La Croisière des Écrivains (La Crociera degli Scrittori). This brochure contains the itinerary for a writer's cruise that was organised by the Swiss Italian and Reto-Romansh...

PEN centre:Swiss Italian and Reto-Romansh Centre  (PEN della Svizerra Italiana e Retoromancia)
Date:26/07/1989
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Propositions from the Suisse Romand Centre

Typed draft of a document with handwritten annotations titled "Propositions du Centre de Suisse Romand", Lausanne, June 1974. This document outlines the Centre's concerns with PEN Congresses and round...

PEN centre:Suisse Romand Centre  (Centre PEN suisse romand)
Date:01/06/1974
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Suisse Romand Centre newsletter

Typed newsletter titled A touts les membres du P.E.N. romand - Informations, May 1982, ff. 7. This newsletter informs Suisse Romand Centre members about the creation of the Comité...

PEN centre:Suisse Romand Centre  (Centre PEN suisse romand)
Date:01/05/1982
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Suisse Romand Centre information sheet

Typed information sheet titled Quelques renseignements sur la fédération internacionale des P.E.N. -clubs, ff. 2. The first two paragraphs in this document contain a summarised history of PEN International,...

Suisse Romand Centre's first statutes

Typed statutes of the Suisse Romand Centre, titled "Statuts du centre suisse romand des P.E.N. Clubs", 20 November 1949, ff. 8. The subtitle on this document notes that these...

PEN centre:Suisse Romand Centre  (Centre PEN suisse romand)
Date:20/11/1949
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Notes from the Suisse Romand Centre's AGM in 1974

Typed summarised notes from the Suisse Romand Centre's fourth annual general meeting for the president's report, titled "Activite Internacional", , 10 October 1974, ff. 2. The points listed in...

PEN centre:Suisse Romand Centre  (Centre PEN suisse romand)
Date:10/10/1974
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Suisse Romand Centre's 70th anniversary

Invitation to an event held to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Suisse Romand Centre, which took place in Neuchâtel on 13-14 April 2019. The pencil-drawn potrait on the...

PEN centre:Suisse Romand Centre  (Centre PEN suisse romand)
Date:14/04/2019
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Parodi and Moulin correspondence

Electronically typed letter from Jean-Pierre Moulin to Alix Parodi, Paris, 10 February 2019, f. 1. In this letter Moulin, president of the Suisse Romand Centre (1993-2000), supports Parodi, president...

PEN centre:Suisse Romand Centre  (Centre PEN suisse romand)
Date:10/02/2019
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Biel/Bienne TLRC meeting poster

Poster for a Translation and Linguistics Rights Committee meeting that was hosted by the Suisse Romand Centre and held in Biel/Bienne on 21-24 June 2018. The title and theme...

PEN centre:Suisse Romand Centre  (Centre PEN suisse romand)
Date:23/06/2018
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50th International Writers' Meeting in Bled

Copy of Simonović, Ifigenija, ed. 50 Let Years Ans. Ljubljana: Slovenski center PEN, 2018. This book, which was published by the Slovene Centre and edited by Ifigenija Simonović, president...

Belgian French-Speaking Centre's 1922 statutes

The Belgian French-Speaking Centre's first ever statues, 1 October 1922. Known at this time as the Club des Écrivains Belges (C.E.B.), the Belgian French-Speaking Centre created this document to...

PEN centre:Belgian French-Speaking Centre  (PEN Club Belgique)
Date:01/10/1922
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Video of Amin Maalouf

Video of a recital by Amin Maalouf, which was filmed by the Belgian French-Speaking Centre and shot in Brussels on 18 April 2016. In this video the Lebanese-born French...

PEN centre:Belgian French-Speaking Centre  (PEN Club Belgique)
Date:18/04/2016
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Greeting card by Jacques Goldstyn

Illustrated greeting card by the Quebecois author and illustrator Jacques Goldstyn in which he expresses a wish, on behalf of the Quebecois Centre, that writers would be freer to...

PEN centre:Quebecois Centre  (Centre québécois du P.E.N. International)
Date:01/01/2018
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La machine à poèmes

Photograph of an installation set up at the 81st PEN International Congress called La machine à poèmes, which allowed delegates to write poems on a typewriter that would then...

PEN centre:Quebecois Centre  (Centre québécois du P.E.N. International)
Date:16/10/2015
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Plateau-Mont-Royal Library

Photograph of Germaine Beaulieu, former chair of the Women Writers Committee at the Quebecois Centre, standing and reciting a text by the Turkish writer Ahmet Altan at the Plateau-Mont-Royal...

PEN centre:Quebecois Centre  (Centre québécois du P.E.N. International)
Date:18/10/2018
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Women Writers Committee at the Euguélionne bookstore

Photograph of members of the Women Writers Committee of the Quebecois Centre participating to the reading event Pour mémoires - écrivaines pour la liberté, which took place on 22...

PEN centre:Quebecois Centre  (Centre québécois du P.E.N. International)
Date:22/02/2019
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Angye Gaona at the Trois-Rivières poetry festival

Photograph of Colombian poet and Quebecois Centre honorary member Angye Gaona, sitting on the left, delivering a poetic performance on 6 October 2018 at the Festival International de la...

PEN centre:Quebecois Centre  (Centre québécois du P.E.N. International)
Date:06/10/2018
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Émile Martel's opening speech

Photograph of Émile Martel, president of the Quebecois Centre (2000-16), giving a speech at the Maison de la Littérature, in Quebec City, on the 12 October 2015, during the...

PEN centre:Quebecois Centre  (Centre québécois du P.E.N. International)
Date:12/10/2015
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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.

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...

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...

PEN centre:Palestinian Centre  (الرابطة الدولية للقلم-فرع فلسطين)
Date:04/12/1992
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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...

PEN centre:Palestinian Centre  (الرابطة الدولية للقلم-فرع فلسطين)
Date:04/12/1992
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Four panellists at the 2nd writer's colloquium

Photograph of four panellists at the 2nd Colloque International des Écrivains, Journalistes et Communicateurs Traditionnels, which was organised by the Malian Centre and Mouvement Malivaleurs and held at Hôtel...

PEN centre:Malian Centre  (PEN Mali)
Date:30/11/2016
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Tribute to Albakaye Ousmane Kounta

Video of a literary event, filmed by Madina Traoré and Sidy Sidibé, which was held at the Palais de la Culture Amadou Hampaté Ba in Bamako on 5 May...

PEN centre:Malian Centre  (PEN Mali)
Date:05/05/2016
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Literary merit diploma

Template of a literary merit diploma created by the Malian Centre in 2016. This template was used for the diplomas awarded to prize-winners at the 1st edition of Journée...

PEN centre:Malian Centre  (PEN Mali)
Date:16/01/2016
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Education principles by Enfance Heureuse

Manifesto titled "Enfance Heureuse: Enoncé des 9 principes de comportement", which was created by the Malian Centre and Mouvement Malivaleurs in collaboration with Enfance Heureuse in 2013, f. 1....

PEN centre:Malian Centre  (PEN Mali)
Date:[2013]
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3rd Rencontre Internationale report

Report by Malian Centre and Mouvement Malivaleurs, Bamako, December 2018, ff. 15. In this report the Malian Centre relay the programme of activites that were held for the 3rd...

PEN centre:Malian Centre  (PEN Mali)
Date:23/12/2019
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3rd Rencontre Internationale poster

Poster created by the Malian Centre and Mouvement Malivaleurs to promote a symposium held as part of the 3rd edition of their literary gathering Rencontre Internationale des Écrivains, Éducateurs,...

PEN centre:Malian Centre  (PEN Mali)
Date:23/12/2018
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Manifesto by Ismaïlia Samba Traoré

Manifesto titled "Manifeste des écrivains et activistes culturels du Mali", which was written by Ismaïlia Samba Traoré and issued in Bamako on 4 May 2012, ff. 2. In this...

PEN centre:Malian Centre  (PEN Mali)
Date:04/05/2012
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Étude sur le secteur du livre au Mali

Front cover of Traoré, Ismaïlia Samba. Étude sur le secteur du livre au Mali. Bamako: OMEL, 2018. In this book Traoré, president of the Malian Centre (2015-), in collaboration...

PEN centre:Malian Centre  (PEN Mali)
Date:01/01/2018
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Guide des Artistes Plasticiens du Mali

Front cover of Traoré, Ismaïlia Samba. Guide des Artistes Plasticiens du Mali: an overview about Malian Creativity. Bamako: La Sahélienne, 2010. In this book Traoré, president of the Malian...

Malian Centre poster

Poster created by the Malian Centre. This poster, titled "Qui sommes-nous?" outlines information on the Centre's history and vision, and provides links to its website and contact details.

PEN centre:Malian Centre  (PEN Mali)
Date:n.d.
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French Centre administrative folder, 1961

Folder of administrative documents created by the French Centre in Paris, 1961. This folder contains: 1 title and contents page, f. 1; 1 copy of the PEN International's Charter,...

PEN centre:French Centre  (PEN Club français)
Date:01/01/1961
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Charlie Hebdo no. 1118

Front cover of Charlie Hebdo, no. 1118, Paris: 20 November, 2013. This cover of the French weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo shows an illustration by the artist Riss captioned 'La...

PEN centre:French Centre  (PEN Club français)
Date:20/11/2013
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Fundraising brochure

Brochure titled "Le PEN Club français", which was created by the French Centre in 2019, ff. 4. This document was issued as part of a fundraising campaign run by...

PEN centre:French Centre  (PEN Club français)
Date:01/01/2019
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Writers at Risk report

Extract from a typed report created by the French Centre, Paris, November 1985, f. 1. This report summarises a list of writers in prison cases that the French Centre...

PEN centre:French Centre  (PEN Club français)
Date:01/11/1985
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Mutilation de la culture bulletin

Press release published by the French Centre titled "Alerte à la mutilation de la culture", Paris, 18 March 1986, f. 1. In this release the French Centre warn against...

PEN centre:French Centre  (PEN Club français)
Date:18/03/1986
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French Centre's first newsletter

First ever triannual newsletter published by the French Centre titled "Ecrivain en prison - Ecrivains exilés", Summer 1987, ff. 3. This newsletter announces the writers in prison and writers...

PEN centre:French Centre  (PEN Club français)
Date:01/01/1987
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French Centre AGM in 1983

Letter from the French Centre Board to French Centre members, , 9 June 1983; heading: «P.E.N. Club français», f. 1. This letter invites members to join the French Centre's...

PEN centre:French Centre  (PEN Club français)
Date:09/06/1983
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Report on AGM in 1985

Typed report created by the French Centre, Paris, 1 July 1985, f. 1. This report summarises outcomes of the French Centre's 1985 Annual General Meeting, which was held at...

PEN centre:French Centre  (PEN Club français)
Date:01/07/1985
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Commemorative Congress first day cover

First day cover of stamps designed by the French Centre to commemorate the 45th PEN International Congress in Lyon, France, 1981. The title of this Congress was Literature: Hope...

PEN centre:French Centre  (PEN Club français)
Date:01/01/1981
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Henri Membré at the 13th Congress

Folder of documents regarding the attendance of Henri Membré, former secretary of the French Centre, at the 16th PEN International Congress in Prague, Czech Republic, 1938, ff. 3. This...

PEN centre:French Centre  (PEN Club français)
Date:01/01/1938
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Pierre Emmanuel's declaration as president

Bulletin published by the French Centre in Paris, September 1973, f. 1. In this bulletin Pierre Emmanuel, president of PEN International (1969-71) and president of the French Centre (1973-76),...