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Delegates at the 66th PEN Congress

Photograph of PEN delegates at the 66th PEN International Congress in Warsaw, Poland, which was held on 15-20 June 1999 and titled Farewell to the Twentieth Century. From left...

PEN centre:Taipei Chinese Centre  (中華民國筆會)
Date:20/06/1999
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Members at the 66th PEN Congress

Photograph of PEN members at the 66th International Congress in Warsaw, Poland, 15-20 June 1999, whose title was Farewell to the Twentieth Century. Among them are: Casimiro de Brito,...

PEN centre:Romanian Centre  (PEN România)
Date:20/06/1999
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Ana Blandiana and Czesław Miłosz

Photograph of Ana Blandiana, founder, president (1990-2004) and honorary president (2004-) of the reconstituted Romanian Centre, on the right, with the Polish the diplomat, poet, translator and Nobel laureate...

PEN centre:Romanian Centre  (PEN România)
Date:20/06/1999
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Charles Simic's autograph

Handwritten message from the Serbian-American Pulitzer Prize winning poet Charles Simic to the Polish Centre. This entry was written into the Centre's autograph album when Simic visited the Polish...

William Styron's autograph

Handwritten message from the American novelist William Styron to the Polish Centre. This entry was written into the Centre's autograph album when Styron visited the Polish Centre in Warsaw...

Simon Weisenthal's autograph

Handwritten message from the Polish writer, holocaust survivor and co-founder of the Jewish Historical Documentation Centre, Simon Wiesenthal, to the Polish Centre. This entry was written into the Centre's...

Iris Murdoch's autograph

Handwritten message from the British novelist Iris Murdoch to the Polish Centre. This entry was written into the Centre's autograph album when Murdoch visited the Polish Centre in Warsaw...

Lazar Fleishman's autograph

Handwritten message from the Ukrainian-American writer and academic Lazar Fleĭshman to the Polish Centre. This entry was written into the Centre's autograph album when Fleishman visited the Polish Centre...

Ronald Harwood's autograph

Handwritten message from the South African screenwriter and playwright Ronald Harwood to the Polish Centre. This entry was written into the Centre's autograph album when Harwood, who was president...

Jan Karski's autograph

Handwritten message from the Polish resistance-fighter and diplomat Jan Karski to the Polish Centre. This entry was written into the Centre's autograph album when Karski visited the Polish Centre...

Joseph Brodsky's autograph

Handwritten message written into the Polish Centre's guestbook by the Polish Russian-American poet and Nobel laureate Joseph Brodsky, who visited the Polish Centre in Warsaw on 25 June 1993.

Erskine Caldwell's autograph

Handwritten message written into the Polish Centre's guestbook by the American novelist Erskine Caldwell, who visited the Polish Centre in Warsaw on 24 October 1942.

Borys Conrad's autograph

Handwritten message from the writer Borys Conrad to the Polish Centre. This entry was written into the Centre's autograph album when Conrad visited the Polish Centre in Warsaw on...

Saul Bellow's autograph

Handwritten message written into the Polish Centre's guestbook by Saul Bellow who visited the Polish Centre in Warsaw on 8 January 1960.

Umberto Eco in Warsaw

Photograph (from left to right) of the Polish writer Ewa Krasińska; the Italian philosopher, literary critic, and novelist Umberto Eco; and Artur Międzyrzecki, president of the Polish Centre (1991-96)....

PEN centre:Polish Centre  (Polskiego PEN Clubu)
Date:01/01/1996
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Margaret Atwood's autograph

Handwritten message written into the Polish Centre's guestbook by Margaret Atwood, co-founder and president of the Canadian Centre (1984-86), who visited the Polish Centre in Warsaw on 13 February...

Joseph Brodsky signing books

Photograph of the Russian-American poet and Nobel laureate Joseph Brodsky signing books at an event held at the Polish Centre in Warsaw in 1993.

PEN centre:Polish Centre  (Polskiego PEN Clubu)
Date:01/01/1993
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Joseph Brodsky giving a talk

Photograph of the Russian-American poet and and Nobel laureate Joseph Brodsky giving a talk at an event held at the Polish Centre in Warsaw in 1993.

PEN centre:Polish Centre  (Polskiego PEN Clubu)
Date:01/01/1993
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Umberto Eco signing books

Photograph of the Italian philosopher, literary critic, and novelist Umberto Eco signing books at an event held at the Polish Centre in Warsaw in 1996.

PEN centre:Polish Centre  (Polskiego PEN Clubu)
Date:01/01/1996
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Szymborska, Baranowska, and Marjańska

Photograph of poets at the Polish Centre in Warsaw in 1996. From left to right are the Nobel laureate Wisława Szymborska; Małgorzata Baranowska; and Ludmiła Marjańska.

PEN centre:Polish Centre  (Polskiego PEN Clubu)
Date:01/01/1996
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Literary gathering at the Polish Centre

Photograph of Polish writers and artists at the Polish Centre in Warsaw, most likely taken around 1980. From left to right are: Krystyna Zachwatowicz, scenographer, costume designer and actress;...

PEN centre:Polish Centre  (Polskiego PEN Clubu)
Date:[1981]
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Seamus Heaney with Polish poets

Photograph of Polish writers with the Irish poet and Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney at the Polish Centre in Warsaw in 1994. From left to right are: Ryszard Krynicki, poet...

PEN centre:Polish Centre  (Polskiego PEN Clubu)
Date:01/01/1994
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Event with Czesław Miłosz

Photograph of Władysław Bartoszewski, president of the Polish Centre (2001-10), standing on the left and applauding the Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz, end on the right, and Juliusz Żuławski, president...

PEN centre:Polish Centre  (Polskiego PEN Clubu)
Date:01/01/1981
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Panel event at the Polish Centre

Photograph of Polish writers and cultural figures at the Polish Centre in Warsaw in 2000. From left to right are: Tadeusz Matusiak; Jacek Bocheński, president of the Polish Centre...

PEN centre:Polish Centre  (Polskiego PEN Clubu)
Date:01/01/2000
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Czesław Miłosz

Photograph of the diplomat, poet, translator and Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz standing before an audience and being photographed at the Polish Centre in Warsaw. This photograph was taken in...

PEN centre:Polish Centre  (Polskiego PEN Clubu)
Date:01/01/1981
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Jan Karski and Jacek Kuroń

Photograph of Jan Karski, Polish resistance-fighter and diplomat, on the left, and Jacek Kuroń, political activist and Polish Minister of Labour and Social Policy (1989-90; 1992-93) on the right....

PEN centre:Polish Centre  (Polskiego PEN Clubu)
Date:01/01/2000
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Bartoszewski, Weisenthal, and Międzyrzecki

Photograph of Polish writers meeting at the Polish Centre in Warsaw in 1994. Seated round the table from left to right are; Władysław Bartoszewski, president of the Polish Centre...

PEN centre:Polish Centre  (Polskiego PEN Clubu)
Date:01/01/1994
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Maria Dąbrowska and Jerzy Zawieska

Photograph of the novelist, journalist and playwright Maria Dąbrowska, on the left, and Jerzy Zawieyski, playwright, political activist and actor, on the right, who were both members of the...

PEN centre:Polish Centre  (Polskiego PEN Clubu)
Date:[1973]
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Borys Conrad and Jan Parandowski

Photograph of Borys Conrad, writer and son of the author Joseph Conrad, on the left, and Jan Parandowski, president of the Polish Centre (1933-78), on the right. This photograph...

PEN centre:Polish Centre  (Polskiego PEN Clubu)
Date:01/09/1972
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Simon Weisenthal and Monika Żeromska

Photograph of Simon Wiesenthal, on the left, writer, holocaust survivor, and co-founder of the Jewish Historical Documentation Centre in Linz; and Monika Żeromska, artist and writer, on the right....

PEN centre:Polish Centre  (Polskiego PEN Clubu)
Date:01/01/1994
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Maria Kuncewiczowa

Photograph of the Polish writer, novelist, and member of the Polish Centre Maria Kuncewiczowa, taken in 1979. In 1939 Kuncewiczowa helped establish and became the president of the Polish...

PEN centre:Polish Centre  (Polskiego PEN Clubu)
Date:01/01/1979
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Erskine Caldwell and Bronisław Zieliński

Photograph of the American writer Erskine Caldwell signing a book whilst Bronisław Zieliński, translator and member of the Polish Centre, looks on. This photograph was taken in 1973 in...

PEN centre:Polish Centre  (Polskiego PEN Clubu)
Date:01/01/1973
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Banquet for Filippo Marinetti

Photograph of a banquet held by the Polish Centre for the Italian poet and art theorist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti in Warsaw in 1933. This photograph was contributed by the...

PEN centre:Polish Centre  (Polskiego PEN Clubu)
Date:01/01/1933
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Frank Savery giving a speech

Photograph of Frank Savery, Consul General at the British Embassy in Warsaw (1919-39), giving a speech to members of the Polish Centre in Warsaw in 1938. This photograph was...

PEN centre:Polish Centre  (Polskiego PEN Clubu)
Date:01/01/1938
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Scottish writers in Warsaw

Photograph of a delegation of Scottish writers and publicists in Warsaw in 1932. Among them are: Hugh MacDiarmid, co-founder and first president of the Scottish Centre (1928-), end on...

PEN centre:Polish Centre  (Polskiego PEN Clubu)
Date:01/01/1932
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Homero Aridjis and Jacek Bocheński

Photograph of Homero Aridjis, president of PEN International (1997-2003), on the left, and Jacek Bocheński, president of the Polish Centre (1997-99), on the right, at the 66th PEN International...

PEN centre:Polish Centre  (Polskiego PEN Clubu)
Date:20/06/1999
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Yiddish Centre at Warsaw Congress

Photograph of a delegation from the Yiddish Centre at the 8th PEN International Congress in Warsaw, Poland, 20-25 June 1930. From left to right are: Michał Weinzieher, art critic...

PEN centre:Polish Centre  (Polskiego PEN Clubu)
Date:25/06/1930
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PEN members during Warsaw Congress

Photograph of PEN members gathered together during the 8th PEN International Congress in Warsaw, Poland, 20-25 June 1930. Among them are: Catharine Amy Dawson Scott, founder of PEN International,...

PEN centre:Polish Centre  (Polskiego PEN Clubu)
Date:25/06/1930
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John Galsworthy and Ferdynand Goetel

Photograph of John Galsworthy, on the left, co-founder and president of English Centre (1921-32) and first president of PEN International (1921-33), and Ferdynand Goetel, on the right, president of...

PEN centre:Polish Centre  (Polskiego PEN Clubu)
Date:25/06/1930
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English delegation outside Hotel Bristol

Photograph of a delegation from the English Centre gathered outside the Britsol Hotel during their stay for the 8th PEN International Congress in Warsaw, Poland, 20-25 June 1930. Among...

PEN centre:Polish Centre  (Polskiego PEN Clubu)
Date:25/06/1930
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1930 PEN Congress in Warsaw

Photograph of PEN members at a conference held during the 8th PEN International Congress in Warsaw, Poland, 20-25 June 1930. This Congress was attended by over one-hundred guests from...