Annual Conference 2018
Photograph of PEN members at the German Centre's annual conference 2018, which took place in Göttingen on 26-29 April 2018. This photograph was taken by Stephanie Silber.
Writers-In-Exile programme scholars
Photograph of scholars who participated in the German Centre Writers-In-Exile Programme between 2016 and 2019. From left to right are: Enoh Meyomesse (Cameroon); Fatuma Yimam (Ethiopia); Sajjad Jahan Fard...
Yamen Hussein
Photograph of Yamen Hussein taken by Camilla Ackermann. Hussein, a Syrian poet and journalist, lived in Munich as a scholar on the German Centre's Writers-In-Exile Programme from December 2014...
Resolution supporting Václav Havel
Resolution issued by the East German Centre (here referred to as PEN Zentrums DDR) in Berlin on 1 March 1989. In this resolution the Centre pledges its support and...
Svetlana Alexievich
Photograph of the Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich, vice-president of PEN International (2019-) and president of the Belarusian Centre, who participated in the German Centre's Writers in Exile Programme from...
Gioconda Belli receiving Hermann Kesten Award
Photograph of Gioconda Belli, president of the Nicuraguan Centre (2013-), speaking during a ceremony at which she received the 2018 Hermann Kesten Award. This event took place on 15...
Writers in Exile Anthology event
Photograph of German Centre members, associates, and Writers-In-Exile Programme scholars on stage at an event that took place in Cologne in 2017. Among them are: Enoh Meyomesse, third on...
Für Das Wort Campaign
Flyer used in campaign that was organised by the German Centre in collaboration with Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels and Reporters Without Borders in 2016. This campaign called upon The...
Martin-Liao and Strasser
Photograph of Tienchi Martin-Liao, on the left, president (2009) and co-ordinator of Writers for Peace Committee of the Independent Chinese Centre, with Johano Strasser, on the right, former president...
Aslı Erdoğan and Regula Venske
Photograph of the Turksish novelist and human rights activist Aslı Erdoğan, on the left, with Regula Venske, president of the German Centre (2017-) on the right. This photograph was...
The Hermann Kesten Award
Photograph of a table set up for the Hermann Kesten Awards ceremony 2018, which took place on 15 November 2018 at the Kammerspiele auditorium of the Staatstheater in Darmstadt....
Grünzweig recieving Kurt Sigel Award 2018
Photograph of the German author and translator Dorothea Grünzweig, on the right, receiving the Kurt Sigel Poetry Award 2018 from Regula Venske, president of the German Centre (2017-). This...
Hamid Skif
Photograph of Hamid Skif taken by Christoph Piecha. Skif was born Mohamed Benmebkhout in the Algerian port city of Oran. After living in Langenbroich as guest of the Heinrich...
Monika Grütters with Josef Haslinger
Photograph of Monika Grütters, German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, on the left, and Josef Haslinger, president of the German Centre (2013-17) on the right. This...
Regula Venske with former presidents
Photograph of German Centre members at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2017. From left to right, with their corresponding positions, are: Josef Haslinger, president (2013-17); Gert Heidenreich, former president;...
Freedom of the Press in Turkey event
Photograph of German Centre members and associates at a panel event that took place during the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2018. From left to right are: Regula Venske, president...
Yamen Hussein and SAID in Munich
Photograph of German Centre members and associates at a event that took place in Munich on 9 March 2017. From left to right are: Roman Bunka, German musician; Yamen...