Preparing 75th anniversary celebrations
Photograph of members from the Paraguayan Centre having dinner together to plan and prepare celebrations for the Centre's 75th anniversary in 2018. This dinner took place in Bar San...
Article announcing the Centre's first seminar
Article titled "Escritores buscan proyectar obras literarias al exterior", published by ABC Color, on 29 October 2009. This article announces the Paraguayan Centre's first international seminar, which was titled...
Panel event at the University of Asunción
Photograph of panellists at an event titled Proceso de Creacion Literaria, which was held for students of the National University of Asunción in Paraguay, most likely in 2017. Among...
Presentation of A treinta años del golpe
Photograph of panellists at the presentation of: Flecha, Víctor Jacinto, and Martini, Carlos. A treinta años el golpe. Asunción: Servilibro, 2019. In this book Flecha, vice-president of the Paraguayan...
Meeting with Sergio Ramírez
Photograph of members from the Paraguayan Centre with Sergio Ramírez, writer and Vice-President of Nicaragua (1985-90), who was awarded the Miguel de Cervantes Prize in 2017. From left to...
SADE members at FIL 2017
Photograph of members from the Paraguayan Centre with members of Sociedad Argentina De Escritores (SADE) at the Feria Internacional del Libro de Asunción (FIL) 2017, which was held on...
The Board at Bar San Roque
Two photographs of Paraguayan Centre members in Asunción. On the first Tuesday of every month, the Paraguayan Centre's Board meets at Bar San Roque - an iconic meeting spot...
Event with Enrique Marini Palmieri
Photograph of Enrique Marini Palmieri, standing on the left, Paraguayan Centre Board member and former professor at the Sorbonne University, presenting his book. This event was organised by the...
National Literature Prize ceremony
Photograph of members from the Paraguayan Centre at a ceremony in held in Asunción for the presentation of the 2017 National Literature Prize. Each year, the Centre advises the...
Arsenio López Decoud
Photograph of Arsenio López Decoud, co-founder and first president of the Paraguayan Centre (1943-45). López Decoud, along with twenty-eight other notable Paraguayan writers and academics at the time, founded...
The Centre's first seminar
Poster for the first seminar organised by the Paraguayan Centre, which was titled Función Social de la Literatura en Paraguay. This seminar took place on 30-31 October 2009 and...
Human rights and free expression conference
Photograph of the audience at a conference titled Por la Libertad de Expresión y los Derechos Humanos, which took place in Asunción on 2 November 2017 and was held...
Empty chair at human rights conference
An empty chair set with a white lily and crucifix as an altar to commemorate the 25th year since the death of sixteen journalists in Paraguay. This altar was...
The Centre's literary magazines
Copies of all the Paraguayan Centre's literary magazines published since 2000. The magazine at the front of the display was created for the Centre's 75th anniversary in 2018. In...
PEN members at human rights conference
Photograph of Paraguayan Centre members gathered for a conference titled Por la Libertad de Expresión y los Derechos Humanos, which took place in Asunción on 2 November 2017 and...
Launch of the Centre's magazine
Copy of "El PEN Club de Paraguay presentó su revista", ABC Color, 1 February 1977. This article reports on the publication of the Paraguayan Centre's first ever volume of...
Interview with Lily Tuck
Copy of "Lily Tuck: Mi libro es, antes que nada ficción; no es historia", Última Hora, 2010. In this interview Lily Tuck, member of the American Centre, speaks about...
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry event
Flyer for an event held by the Paraguayan Centre which discussed the work of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Whilst working as a pilot in Latin America the French author stayed...
Article on Paraguayan Centre's journal
Copy of Delfina Acosta, "Exsitosa revista del PEN club del Paraguay", ABC Color, 8 January 2012: 4. This article reports on the success of the 22nd edition of the...
Invitation to anniversary celebrations
Invitation to celebrations for the Paraguayan Centre's 75th anniversary, which took place on 19 October 2018 at the Sala Bicameral del Congreso Nacional in Asunción.
Paraguayan Centre's anniversary book
Front cover of the commemorative book published to mark the Paraguayan Centre's 75th anniversary in 2018.
Books by Paraguayan Centre members
Photograph of a selection of award-winning books written by members of the Paraguayan Centre. This photograph was most likely taken in 2018, the year of the Centre's 75th anniversary.
Day of the Dead campaign event flyer
Flyer for an event held by the Paraguayan Centre as part of PEN International's Day of the Dead Campaign - an inititative that was launched on 2 November 2011...
Paraguayan Centre's 75th anniversary celebrations
Photograph of PEN members and associates gathered for celebrations for the Paraguayan Centre's 75th anniversary at the Sala Bicameral del Congreso Nacional in Asunción. These events took place on...
Paraguayan Centre's Day of the Dead panel
Photograph of members from the Paraguayan Centre at a panel event held as part of PEN International's Day of the Dead Campaign - an initiative that was launched on...
75th anniversary panel event
Photograph of panellists at an event held for the Paraguayan Centre's 75th anniversary, which discussed Paraguayan literature throughout the ages. Seated from left to right are: Maribel Barreto, award-winning...
Víctor-Jacinto Flecha with commemorative book
Photograph of Víctor-Jacinto Flecha, vice-president of the Paraguayan Centre (2017-), holding a copy of the commemorative book published for the Paraguayan Centre's 75th anniversary. The panel event at which...
Attending the 75th anniversary events
Photograph of PEN members and associates gathered for celebrations for the Paraguayan Centre's 75th anniversary. Emi Kasamatsu, president of the Paraguayan Centre (2007-12; 2017-19), can be seen standing in...
Altar for Day of the Dead
Photograph of an altar created by the Paraguayan Centre for PEN International's Day of the Dead Campaign. The Day of the Dead campaign was launched on 2 November 2000...
Paraguayan Centre's Day of the Dead event
Photograph of an event organised by the Paraguayan Centre for PEN International's Day of the Dead Campaign. The Day of the Dead campaign was launched on 2 November 2000...
Unveiling the 75th anniversary plaque
Photograph of members from the Paraguayan Centre at a ceremony at which a plaque commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Paraguayan Centre was unveiled. This event took place at...
75th anniversary plaque
Plaque commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Paraguayan Centre. This plaque was unveiled at a ceremony held at Bar San Roque in Asunción - a regular meeting place for...
Anniversary dinner at Bar San Roque
Photograph of members from the Paraguayan Centre having dinner after a ceremony at which a plaque commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Paraguayan Centre was unveiled. This event took...
Haiku event with the Japanese attaché
Photograph of Paraguayan Centre members with the Cultural Attaché from the Japanese Embassy in Paraguay, seated third from the left on the front row, at an event where Haiku...
Presentation of Paraguayan Centre's magazine
Invitation to a presentation of the Paraguayan Centre's 2017 literary magazine. This event was co-hosted by the Paraguayan Centre and the publishing house Servilibro, and took place during Feria...
Meeting with writers from Villeta
Photograph of members from the Paraguayan Centre with writers from the city of Villeta at a meeting that took place in 2017. Among them are Emi Kasamatsu, president of...
Article on Nelson Aguilera's case
Copy of "El PEN no ve plagio en la novela de Aguilera", Última Hora, 12 October, 2011: 38. This article reports on the Paraguayan Centre's support of Nelson Aguilera,...
Supporting Nelson Aguilera
Photograph of members from the Paraguayan Centre gathered to support Nelson Aguilera, a member of the Centre's Board, who was accused of plagarism in his novel Karumbita: La patriota...
Aguilera's case on Day of the Imprisoned Writer
Banner created by the Paraguayan Centre in support of Nelson Aguilera's case on the 33rd Day of the Imprisoned Writer, 15 November 2014. The image used on the banner...
Members at Latin American PEN meeting
Photograph of PEN members at a meeting that took place between the Latin American PEN Centres in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 26-28 July 2018. Among tem are Jennifer Clement,...
Paraguayan Centre's 75th anniversary
Photograph of panellists at an event held to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Paraguayan Centre. Seated from left to right are: Margarita Morselli, Director of Centro Cultural de...
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...
Latin American PEN Centres meeting in Argentina
Poster for a meeting that took place between the Latin American PEN Centres in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 26-28 July 2018.
PEN members in Buenos Aires
Photograph of PEN members speaking at a meeting that took place between the Latin American PEN Centres in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 26-28 July 2018. Carles Torner, executive director...
Paraguayan Centre's 75th anniversary
Logo used for celebrations of the Paraguayan Centre's 75th anniversary, which were held on 19 October 2018.