Clement's speech upon becoming PEN president
Photograph of Jennifer Clement, president of PEN International (2015-), speaking at the 81st PEN International Congress in Quebec City after being elected the first woman president of PEN International....
Delegates at Quebec Congress
Photograph of delegates at the 81st PEN International in Quebec City, Canada, which was held on 13-16 October 2015. From left to right are: Arik Gethong, member of the...
Tibetan delegation at 81st Congress
Photograph of Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre delegates speaking at a filmed conference during the 81st PEN International Congress in Quebec City, Canada, which was held on 13-16 October 2015....
Quebecois and Danish Centres meeting
Photograph of a meeting between Marianne Østergaard, treasurer of the Danish Centre, and members of the Quebecois Centre, which took place at the Café au Temps Perdu, in Quebec...
Greeting card by Jacques Goldstyn
Illustrated greeting card by the Quebecois author and illustrator Jacques Goldstyn in which he expresses a wish, on behalf of the Quebecois Centre, that writers would be freer to...
Minute of silence for Amanuel Asrat
Photograph of the delegates at the 81st PEN International Congress observing a minute of silence in front of Eritrean poet Amanuel Asrat's empty chair, on 15 October 2015. Asrat...
Raif Badawi's family during 81st Congress
Photograph of Raif Badawi's family taken during the 81st PEN International Congress which took place from 13 to 16 October 2015 in Quebec City. The title of the Congress...
Wendat purification ritual for the 81st Congress
Photograph of the purification ritual performed by Wendat artist Diane Picard on the 12 October 2015 during the opening day ceremony of the 81st PEN International Congress, which took...
WiPC meeting at the 81st Congress
Photograph taken on the 13 October 2015 during the Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) meeting at the 81st PEN International Congress which took place from 13 to 16 October...
Celebrating 15 years of Livres comme l'Air
Photograph of a mural celebrating the 15 years of the collaborative event Livres comme l'Air, during the 81st PEN International Congress. Livres comme l'Air was a yearly event organized...
Clement during the election panel
Photograph of a discussion panel during which the three candidates to the PEN International presidency were invited to introduce themselves and answer questions from the delegates. On the left,...
La machine à poèmes
Photograph of an installation set up at the 81st PEN International Congress called La machine à poèmes, which allowed delegates to write poems on a typewriter that would then...
Staff members at the 81st Congress
Photograph of staff members from the Secretariat of PEN International working in the backstage during the 81st Congress of PEN International which took place from 13 to 16 October...
Jennifer Clement elected president of PEN International
Photograph of Jennifer Clement, president of Mexican Centre (2009-12) and president of PEN International (2015-), upon learning of her election as president of PEN International during the 81st Congress...
John Ralston Saul and Jennifer Clement
Photograph of John Ralston Saul, president of the Canadian Centre (1990-92) and president of PEN International (2009-15), on the left, and Jennifer Clement, president of Mexican Centre (2009-12) and...
Empty chair for Amanuel Asrat
Photograph of the empty chair that was displayed in Place d'Youville for the Eritrean poet Amanuel Asrat, taken on 15 October 2015 during the 81st Congress of PEN International,...
African delegates at the 81st Congress
Photograph of some of the delegates from African countries who participated to the 81st Congress of PEN International which took place from 13 to 16 October 2015 in Quebec...
Ensaf Haidar talks at the 81st Congress
Photograph of Ensaf Haidar giving a speech in front of the empty chair of her husband, Saudi writer and activist Raif Badawi, in Place d'Youville, during the 81st Congress...
Presidential candidates at the 81st Congress
Photograph of a discussion panel during which the three candidates to the PEN International presidency were invited to introduce themselves and answer questions from the delegates. From right to...
Anne-Laure Mathieu and Ma Thida
Photograph of Anne-Laure Mathieu, congress organizer, on the left, and Ma Thida, founding member and president of the Myanmar Centre (2013-16), and PEN International Board member (2016-), on the...
Annie-Pénélope Dussault
Photograph of Annie-Pénélope Dussault, board member (2015-20) of the Quebecois Centre, who was in charge of managing the registrations and supporting the delegates during the 81st Congress of PEN...
Adrienne Clarkson and John Ralston Saul
Photograph of Adrienne Clarkson, 26th Governor General of Canada (1999-2005), on the left, and her husband, John Ralston Saul, president of the Canadian Centre (1990-92) and president of PEN...
Émile Martel's opening speech
Photograph of Émile Martel, president of the Quebecois Centre (2000-16), giving a speech at the Maison de la Littérature, in Quebec City, on the 12 October 2015, during the...
Ismaïlia Samba Traoré at the 81st PEN Congress
Photograph of Ismaïlia Samba Traoré, president of the Malian Centre (2015-), giving a speech during a conference at the 81st PEN International Congress, Quebec, Canada, 2015. This Congress, at...