Visit PEN International's website

This is a site-wide search. If you’re looking for specific collection pieces, please use Search the Collection.

Menu

Catalan Centre

PEN International in La Vanguardia

© Catalan Centre
transparent
© Catalan Centre

PEN International in La Vanguardia

Copy (fragmentary) of “El XIII Congreso internacional de Pen Clubs: la sesion inaugral – Discursos de Pompeo Fabra y H.G. Wells,” La Vanguardia, 22 May 1935: 7-8. This article reports on the 13th PEN International Congress which took place in 1935, in Barcelona, at Casal del Metge. The article provides a brief summary of PEN International’s history, notes the Congress’s attendees and agenda, and describes the organisation’s trajectory to protect freedom of expression post WWI. The title refers to speeches that were made by Pompeu Fabra, president of the Catalan Centre (1923-24; 1934-39), and H. G. Wells, president of PEN International (1933-36).

PEN International dans La Vanguardia

Exemplaire (fragmentaire), de "El XIII Congreso internacional de Pen Clubs: la sesion inaugral - Discursos de Pompeo Fabra y H.G. Wells," La Vanguardia, 22 mai 1935: 7-8. Cet article rend compte du 13e Congrès de PEN International qui a eu lieu en 1935, à Barcelone, au Casal del Metge. L'article offre un bref résumé de l'histoire de PEN International, mentionne les participants au Congrès et l'agenda de l'événement, et décrit la direction empruntée par l'organisation, au sortir de la Deuxième Guerre Mondiale, pour défendre la liberté d'expression. Le titre fait référence aux allocutions données par Pompeu Fabra, président du Centre catalan (1923-23; 1934-39), et H. G. Wells, président de PEN International (1933-36).

PEN Internacional en La Vanguardia

Ejemplar (fragmentario) de "El XIII Congreso internacional de Pen Clubs: la sesion inaugral - Discursos de Pompeo Fabra y H.G. Wells," La Vanguardia, 22 mayo 1935: 7-8. Este artículo informa sobre la sessión inaugural del 13o Congreso de PEN Internacional en 1935, Barcelona, en el Casal del Metge. El artículo resume la historia de PEN Internacional, menciona asistentes al Congreso, presenta la agenda, y describe la trayectoria de la organización después de la guerra para protejer la libertad de expresión. El subtítulo menciona los discursos de Pompeu Fabra, presidente del Centro Catalán (1923-24; 1934-39), y H. G. Wells, presidente de PEN Internacional (1933-1936).

Date:

22/05/1935

Creator:

La Vanguardia

Centre:

Catalan Centre  (PEN Català)

Language:


More from the Catalan Centre Collection

Hosting the 1935 Congress in Barcelona

© Catalan Centre

Speaker at the World Conference on Linguistic Rights

© Catalan Centre

Girona Manifesto on Linguistic Rights

© Catalan Centre

Visat ditigal magazine

© Catalan Centre

Declaració Universal dels Drets Lingüístics

© Institut d’Edicions de la Diputació de Barcelona

TLRC meeting in Barcelona

© Catalan Centre

Event with Anna Politkovskaya

© Catalan Centre

Guest writer Bàssem an-Nabrís

© Catalan Centre

Press conference in Barcelona

© Catalan Centre

World Conference on Linguistic Rights

© Catalan Centre

1st International Congress

© Catalan Centre

Table settings at 1st Congress

© Catalan Centre

Discover more:

1 Hosting the 1935 Congress in Barcelona

Image

See archive details
2 Wendat purification ritual for the 81st Congress

Image

See archive details
3 73rd PEN Congress in Dakar

Image

See archive details
4 Wole Soyinka and Mohammad Moheuddin

Image

See archive details
5 Speak Now or Never book

Image

Croatian-Dubrovnik-Congress-Book-1993.pdf See archive details
6 Taipei Chinese Centre delegation at 67th PEN Congress

Image

See archive details
7 Félix Villeneuve at Free the Word!

Image

See archive details
8 Participants at the 84th Congress

Image

See archive details
9 PEN members during the 55th PEN Congress

Image

See archive details
10 Members during conference in Accra

Image

See archive details
11 83rd PEN Congress opening ceremony

Image

See archive details
12 Catrina Wessels and Fiona van Kerwel

Image

See archive details
13 Polish Centre delegation in Budapest

Image

See archive details
Volume 1 of The Network/Le Réseau/La Red

Image

Read the full story
Interview about the PEN Literary Contest 2014

Image

Read the full story
Arte de Las Palabras workshop

Image

Read the full story