PEN, ICORN, and Eaten Fish
Photograph of PEN and ICORN (International Cities of Refuge Network) members with Iranian cartoonist Ali Dorani (known as 'Eaten Fish') outside PEN International's former offices in London in 2018....
Marjorie-Ann Watt's letter to Torner
Typed and handwritten letter from Marjorie-Ann Watts to Carles Torner, London, 28 May 2019, f. 1. In this letter Marjorie-Ann Watts, granddaughter of PEN International's founder Catharine Amy Dawson...
PEN International's Committee minutes, 1922
Handwritten minutes from the first meeting held by PEN International (here called the 'International PEN Committee') on 26 February 1922, f. 1. This page notes that this meeting was...
First Day of the Dead event in London
Photograph of PEN members at the inaugural protest event held for PEN International's Day of the Dead. On 2 November 2011, members of the public, members of staff from...
Galsworthy, Dawson-Scott and Ould
Photograph of three core and founding members of PEN in the late 1920s. From left to right are: John Galsworthy, first president of PEN International and the English Centre...
Oleg Sentsov at the Frontline Club
Photograph of an event held at the Frontline Club in London on 15 November, the day of PEN International's annually observed Day of the Imprisoned Writer, in 2019. At...
Changing the Charter in English
Electronically typed document concerning changes to Article 3 of the PEN International Charter, f. 1. This document (in its English version) affirms modifications to the Charter that were passed...
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka recieves Women's Manifesto
Photograph of UN under-secretary-general and executive director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, on the left, recieving the PEN International Women’s Manifesto from Jennifer Clement, president of PEN International (2015-)....
Sofi Oksanen recieves Women's Manifesto
Photograph of the Finnish writer and playright Sofi Oksanen, on the right, receiving the PEN International Women’s Manifesto from Jennifer Clement, president of PEN International (2015-). PEN launched the...
PEN International commemorates Lobsang Chokta
Electronically typed letter from PEN International to the Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre, London, 8 January 2016; heading: «PEN International», ff. 2. In this letter Jennifer Clement, president of PEN...
PEN International supports Avon Lovell
Typed letter from György Konrád and Alexandre Blokh to Carmen Lawrence, London, 20 May 1992; heading: «International P.E.N., A world association of writers», f. 1. In this letter, György...
Ma Thida 1994 PEN Case List
Photocopy of the PEN International Case List of 1994 which presents the case of Ma Thida, founding member and president of the Myanmar Centre (2013-16), and PEN International Board...