PEN UDHR
PEN International actively participated in the establishment of the United Nations (1945) and UNESCO (1946), and contributed from the very beginning to the drafting of the Universal Declaration of...
PEN members at UNESCO
Photograph of PEN members outside the UNESCO headquarters in Paris in 2007. From left to right are: Joanne Leedom-Ackerman, international secretary (2004-07) and vice-president emeritus of PEN International; Eugene...
UNESCO conference in Venice
Page outlining the rules and procedures for delegates and observers at UNESCO's International Conference of Artists in Venice 1952, f. 1. This document was written and issued before the...
Charlie Hebdo tribute
Photograph of John Ralston Saul, president of PEN International (2009-15), on the left, and Carles Torner, executive director of PEN International (2014-20) and chair of the Translation and Linguistic...
Parodi and Moulin correspondence
Electronically typed letter from Jean-Pierre Moulin to Alix Parodi, Paris, 10 February 2019, f. 1. In this letter Moulin, president of the Suisse Romand Centre (1993-2000), supports Parodi, president...
International Mother Language Day 2016
Photograph of Urtzi Urrutikoetxea, on the left, president of the Basque Centre (2015-), and Kaissa Ould Braham, on the right, a journalist from Kabylia who has been living in...
French Centre administrative folder, 1961
Folder of administrative documents created by the French Centre in Paris, 1961. This folder contains: 1 title and contents page, f. 1; 1 copy of the PEN International's Charter,...
Charlie Hebdo no. 1118
Front cover of Charlie Hebdo, no. 1118, Paris: 20 November, 2013. This cover of the French weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo shows an illustration by the artist Riss captioned 'La...
Fundraising brochure
Brochure titled "Le PEN Club français", which was created by the French Centre in 2019, ff. 4. This document was issued as part of a fundraising campaign run by...
Writers at Risk report
Extract from a typed report created by the French Centre, Paris, November 1985, f. 1. This report summarises a list of writers in prison cases that the French Centre...
Mutilation de la culture bulletin
Press release published by the French Centre titled "Alerte à la mutilation de la culture", Paris, 18 March 1986, f. 1. In this release the French Centre warn against...
French Centre's first newsletter
First ever triannual newsletter published by the French Centre titled "Ecrivain en prison - Ecrivains exilés", Summer 1987, ff. 3. This newsletter announces the writers in prison and writers...
French Centre AGM in 1983
Letter from the French Centre Board to French Centre members, , 9 June 1983; heading: «P.E.N. Club français», f. 1. This letter invites members to join the French Centre's...
Report on AGM in 1985
Typed report created by the French Centre, Paris, 1 July 1985, f. 1. This report summarises outcomes of the French Centre's 1985 Annual General Meeting, which was held at...
Pierre Emmanuel's declaration as president
Bulletin published by the French Centre in Paris, September 1973, f. 1. In this bulletin Pierre Emmanuel, president of PEN International (1969-71) and president of the French Centre (1973-76),...