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Table settings at 1st Congress

Illustrated table settings for the 1st PEN International Congress, London, 1923. This inaugural dinner of PEN International and the earliest established Centres took place in London on 1 May...

PEN centre:Catalan Centre  (PEN Català)
Date:01/05/1923
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1st International Congress

Photograph of Catalan Centre members seated at a table during the 1st PEN International Congress, London, 1-3 May 1923. This inaugural dinner of PEN International (known at the time...

PEN centre:Catalan Centre  (PEN Català)
Date:01/05/1923
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Stefan Zweig and Lotte Altmann

Photograph of the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig with his second wife, Lotte Altmann. This photograph was taken in 1937, most likely in London, where the couple met. Zweig settled...

PEN centre:Brazilian Centre  (PEN Clube do Brasil)
Date:01/01/1937
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Trilingual newsletter La Red

Front cover of The Network/Le Réseau/La Red, Vol. 8, no. 1 (Spring 2000). This particular edition of the trillingual newsletter created and published by PEN International's Women Writers Committee...

Olden proposes forming a book club

Copy of a typed text written by Rudolf Olden titled "Deutsche Buch-Gemeinde", , 28 August 1939, ff. 4. In this text Olden, secretary of the German-Speaking Writers Abroad Centre...

PEN centre:German-Speaking Writers Abroad Centre  (PEN Zentrum deutschsprachiger Autoren im Ausland)
Date:28/08/1939
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The Centre's declaration to PEN International

Typed letter from the German-Speaking Writers Abroad Centre to PEN International, , 15 December 1933, f. 1. In this letter four founding members of the German-Speaking Writers Abroad Centre...

PEN centre:German-Speaking Writers Abroad Centre  (PEN Zentrum deutschsprachiger Autoren im Ausland)
Date:15/12/1933
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Membership List in 1934

Membership list for the German-Speaking Writers Abroad Centre, created on 16 April 1934, most likely in London. The German-Speaking Writers Abroad Centre was officially established after its proposal was...

PEN centre:German-Speaking Writers Abroad Centre  (PEN Zentrum deutschsprachiger Autoren im Ausland)
Date:16/04/1934
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International Translation Day 2012

Photograph of a group of attendees at a literary event hosted by the English Centre in 2012 on International Translation Day, which is annually celebrated on 30 September. This...

PEN centre:English Centre  (English PEN)
Date:30/09/2012
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Letter from Dawson Scott to Estonian PEN

Handwritten letter from Catharine Amy Dawson Scott to Estonian PEN, , 1928, ff. 2. In this letter Dawson Scott, founder of PEN International, welcomes the Estonian Centre to PEN...

PEN centre:Estonian Centre  (Eesti PEN-Klubi)
Date:01/01/1928
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Adichie receiving the 2018 PEN Pinter Prize

Video of a speech given by the Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie upon recieving the 2018 PEN Pinter Prize, which was filmed by the English Centre at a ceremony...

PEN centre:English Centre  (English PEN)
Date:09/10/2018
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Fifty Fatullayevs protest

Photograph of a protest group gathered opposite the Azerbaijan Embassy in London for a demonstration that was organised by the English Centre in collaboration with PEN International, Amnesty International...

PEN centre:English Centre  (English PEN)
Date:20/04/2011
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Free Politzeki protest for Pussy Riot

Photograph of a protest taking place outside the Russian Embassy in London in support of the members of the Russian punk rock band Pussy Riot, who were arrested in...

PEN centre:English Centre  (English PEN)
Date:30/09/2012
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Witness at the British Library

Photograph of Witness by Antony Gormley, a sculpture commissioned by the English Centre in 2011 to mark its 90th anniversary. The sculpture, which depicts an empty chair - a...

PEN centre:English Centre  (English PEN)
Date:01/01/2011
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Karel Čapek and Otakar Vočadlo

Photograph of Karel Čapek, on the left, founder and first president of the Czech Centre (1925-33), with Otakar Vočadlo, on the right, member of the English Centre and latterly...