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IFEX's Day to End Impunity poster

The winning poster of a competition held by the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) for the International Day to End Impunity, which was established by the General Assembly...

Liu Xiaobo's Nobel Prize ceremony

Photograph of Salil Shetty, on the left, Secretary General of Amnesty International (2010-18), and John Ralston Saul, on the right, president of PEN International (2009-15) at the Nobel Prize...

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Date:10/12/2010
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Liu Xiaobo's Nobel empty chair

Photograph of an empty chair in transit to the Nobel Prize ceremony held at Oslo City Hall in Norway on 10 December 2010. This chair was sent to the...

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Date:10/12/2010
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Protest for Liu Xiaobo in Oslo

Photograph of an image of Liu Xiaobo projected onto buildings in Oslo, Norway, above protestors campaigning for his freedom during the Nobel Prize Ceremony held at the Oslo City...

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Date:10/12/2010
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Rebecca F. John

Photograph of Rebecca F. John, winner of the 2015 PEN International New Voices Award, reading from her novel Clown's Shoes. This photograph was most likely taken during the Hay...

PEN centre:Welsh Centre  (Wales PEN Cymru)
Date:29/05/2016
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Caroline Stockford and Ciwanmerd Kulek

Photograph of Caroline Stockford, on the right, president of the Welsh Centre's Translation and Linguistics Rights Committee, with the Kurdish translator Ciwanmerd Kulek, on the left, during the Her...

Glenys M. Roberts wins Translation Challenge

Photograph of Claire Richards, on the left, and Glenys M. Roberts, on the right, at the Her Gyfieithu (Translation Challenge) awards ceremony, which took place on 4 August 2016....

PEN centre:Welsh Centre  (Wales PEN Cymru)
Date:04/08/2016
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Centre's 11th Congress in Toronto

Collage of photographs of members of the Vietnamese Abroad Centre at the Centre's 11th Congress, which was held in Toronto on 15-17 December 2017. Lloyd Duong, president of the...

PEN centre:Vietnamese Abroad Centre  (Văn Bút Việt Nam Hải Ngoại)
Date:17/12/2017
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Gudziak recieves Vasyl Stus Award

Photograph of Mykola Riabchuk (on the left), honorary president of the Ukrainian Centre, awarding Borys Gudziak (on the right), Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Philadelphia (2019-), the...

PEN centre:Ukrainian Centre  (Український ПЕН)
Date:26/07/2018
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Toni Morrison

Photograph of the Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, member of the American Centre and vice-president of PEN International, on a flyer (known as 'postcards' in PEN campaigns) created by the...

PEN centre:Turkish Centre  (PEN Türkiye Merkezi)
Date:01/08/2019
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Emine and Maside Ocak are awarded

Photograph of two members of Cumartesi Anneleri, 'The Saturday Mothers' - a group of human rights defenders - receiving the 2019 PEN Duygu Asena Award at a ceremony held...

PEN centre:Turkish Centre  (PEN Türkiye Merkezi)
Date:11/03/2019
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2019 PEN Duygu Asena Award

Photograph of members of the Turkish Centre and members of Cumartesi Anneleri, 'The Saturday Mothers', onstage at the 2019 PEN Duygu Asena Awards ceremony, which was held at Tiyatro...

PEN centre:Turkish Centre  (PEN Türkiye Merkezi)
Date:11/03/2019
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Cengiz Bektaş receieves 2018 Poetry Award

Photogaph of participants of a ceremony held in Istanbul on 21 March 2018, World Poetry Day, to award Cengiz Bektaş the Turkish Centre's 2018 PEN Poetry Award. From left...

PEN centre:Turkish Centre  (PEN Türkiye Merkezi)
Date:21/03/2018
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2018 Duygu Asena Women’s Rights Award

Photograph of attendees of the 2018 PEN Duygu Asena Awards ceremony, which was hosted by the Goethe-Institut in Istanbul on 6 March 2018, two days before International Women's Day....

PEN centre:Turkish Centre  (PEN Türkiye Merkezi)
Date:06/03/2018
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PEN Club Trieste Prizes 2009

Photograph of Argentinian writer Hugo Beccacece and Croatian poet Tonko Maroević, the two laureates of the PEN Club Trieste Prizes 2009, which were awarded at the Caffè San Marco...

PEN centre:Trieste Centre  (PEN Club Trieste)
Date:28/11/2009
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Dossavi wins L'Afrique de mes rêves

Photograph of Renaud Dossavi, general secretary of the Togolese Centre (2016-), on the right, being awarded the first prize in the writing contest L'Afrique de mes rêves from the...

PEN centre:Togolese Centre  (PEN Togo)
Date:25/05/2018
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Tibetan writers awarded trophies

Photograph of Tibetan writers being awarded golden trophies at the first conference of the Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre, which was held on 19-21 March 2003 in Dharamsala, where the...

PEN centre:Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre  (བོད་ཀྱི་པེན།)
Date:21/03/2000
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New Voices Award jury

Photograph of PEN members at a panel event held during the Moscow Non/Fiction Book Fair at the Multimedia Art Museum in Moscow on 30 November 2013. From left to...

PEN centre:Russian Centre  (Русский ПЕН-центр)
Date:30/11/2013
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Ralston Saul at the Russian Centre

Photograph of Russian Centre members with John Ralston Saul, president of PEN International (2009-15), who is seated in the middle of the front row. Ralston Saul visited Moscow and...

PEN centre:Russian Centre  (Русский ПЕН-центр)
Date:[2013]
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Wang Yu's birthday celebrations

Photograph of the audience seated at Wang Yu's 80th birthday celebrations, at which Yu, who can be seen seated at the very front, was awarded a lifetime achievement award....

PEN centre:Chinese Writers Abroad Centre  (纽约海外华文作家笔会)
Date:06/01/2019
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Wang Yu receiving award

Photograph of celebrated Chinese writer and poet Wang Yu, on the left, receiving a lifetime achievement award at her 80th birthday celebrations, which took place in Long Island, New...

PEN centre:Chinese Writers Abroad Centre  (纽约海外华文作家笔会)
Date:06/01/2019
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Día Nacional del Libro 2018

Invitation from the Chilean Centre inviting Chilean writers to celebrate Día Nacional del Libro with them on 29 November 2018. This literary event was held in Santiago and focused...

PEN centre:Chilean Centre  (PEN Club Chile)
Date:29/11/2018
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Prize-winning writers

Photograph of writers holding certificates awarded for their short stories and poems, which won prizes at a competition that was held by the Cambodian Centre on 14 June 2015,...

PEN centre:Cambodian Centre  (សមាគម ប៊ិចកម្ពុជា)
Date:04/06/2015
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Hadi Butimar and Layla Hassanpour

Photograph of Hadi Butimar, on the right, Layla Hassanpour, on the left, and Laura Mintegi, president (2004-15) and treasurer (2015-) of the Basque Centre, in the centre. Butimar and...

PEN centre:Basque Centre  (Euskal PEN)
Date:01/01/2008
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Paul Chamberland laureate of the Jacques-Brossard Award

Photograph taken during the awarding ceremony of the Jacques-Brossard/Centre québécois du P.E.N. International Award, given on a two years basis by the Quebecois Centre, to poet and essayist Paul...

PEN centre:Quebecois Centre  (Centre québécois du P.E.N. International)
Date:19/09/2018
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Lori Amy receives the 2015 PEN Albania Award

Photograph of PEN members and associates gathered at an awards ceremony in honour of Lori Amy, American writer, university lecturer and human rights activist, who received the 2015 PEN...

PEN centre:Albanian Centre  (PEN Qendrës Shqipërisë)
Date:01/01/2015
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Entela Kasi at Shtigje Poetike

Photograph of Entela Kasi, on the right, president of the Albanian Centre, receiving a certificate from Selam Sulejmani, on the left, president of the Shoqata për kulturë dhe art...

PEN centre:Albanian Centre  (PEN Qendrës Shqipërisë)
Date:21/03/2019
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Interview about the PEN Literary Contest 2014

Photograph of Silverio Pérez, in the centre, conducting an interview with Luce López Baralt, laureate of the National Essay Award, to the left, and José Muratti, president of the...

PEN centre:Puerto Rican Centre  (PEN Club de Puerto Rico)
Date:27/04/2015
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PEN Literary Contest 2018 Award Ceremony

Photograph of members of the Puerto Rican Centre and the laureates of the PEN Literary Contest 2018, which was hosted by the Puerto Rican Centre on 14 Decembre 2018...

PEN centre:Puerto Rican Centre  (PEN Club de Puerto Rico)
Date:14/12/2018
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Meeting with Sergio Ramírez

Photograph of members from the Paraguayan Centre with Sergio Ramírez, writer and Vice-President of Nicaragua (1985-90), who was awarded the Miguel de Cervantes Prize in 2017. From left to...

PEN centre:Paraguayan Centre  (PEN Paraguay)
Date:[2019]
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National Literature Prize ceremony

Photograph of members from the Paraguayan Centre at a ceremony in held in Asunción for the presentation of the 2017 National Literature Prize. Each year, the Centre advises the...

PEN centre:Paraguayan Centre  (PEN Paraguay)
Date:[2017]
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Peace Literary Awards 2014 Laureates

Photograph of the laureates of the Peace Literary Awards given by the Myanmar Centre on 21 September 2014, in Yangon, Myanmar. Many of them can be seen holding their...

PEN centre:Myanmar Centre  (ပဲန်မြန်မာ)
Date:21/09/2014
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Peace Literary Awards 2015 Laureates

Photograph of the laureates of the Peace Literary Awards given by the Myanmar Centre on 20 September 2015, in Yangon, Myanmar. Many of them can be seen holding their...

PEN centre:Myanmar Centre  (ပဲန်မြန်မာ)
Date:20/09/2015
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Moe Yan Naing and his Wife

Photograph of Moe Yan Naing and his wife, Daw Tu Tu, talking at an event that had been organised on International Women Day 2019, on 8 March, by the...

PEN centre:Myanmar Centre  (ပဲန်မြန်မာ)
Date:08/03/2019
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2010 PEN México Award recipients

Photographs of the 2010 PEN México Award recipients, who were awarded the prizes in recognition of excellence in journalism, literature, and work in human rights in their respective fields....

PEN centre:Mexican Centre  (PEN México)
Date:19/04/2010
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2018 PEN México Award poster

Poster advertising the 2018 PEN México Awards ceremony. This event is hosted annually by the Mexican Centre, and took place on this occasion at Casa del Poeta in Mexico...

PEN centre:Mexican Centre  (PEN México)
Date:26/04/2018
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Elena Poniatowska

Photograph of the French-born Mexican journalist and author Elena Poniatowska, member of the Mexican Centre and vice-president of PEN International (2019-). In 2015 the Mexican Centre awarded Poniatowska the...

PEN centre:Mexican Centre  (PEN México)
Date:[2015]
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Literary merit diploma

Template of a literary merit diploma created by the Malian Centre in 2016. This template was used for the diplomas awarded to prize-winners at the 1st edition of Journée...

PEN centre:Malian Centre  (PEN Mali)
Date:16/01/2016
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Salem Ould El Hajj awarding a prize-winner

Photograph of Malian writer and historian Salem Ould El Hajj, on the left, awarding a certificate to a young Malian writer. This prize giving ceremony was held during the...

PEN centre:Malian Centre  (PEN Mali)
Date:23/04/2018
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John Ralston Saul awarding prize-winner

Photograph of John Ralston Saul, on the left, president of PEN International (2009-15), with Aboubacar Sanogo, in the middle, recipient of a literary award. Sanago won this award...

PEN centre:Malian Centre  (PEN Mali)
Date:29/09/2015
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World Book Day 2018

Photograph of panellists at a literary event held during the Malian Centre's celebrations for World Book Day, which took place in Timbuktu on 22-23 April 2018. This event was...

PEN centre:Malian Centre  (PEN Mali)
Date:23/04/2018
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Aminata Traoré awarding a prize-winner

Photograph of Aminata Dramane Traoré, on the right, former Minister of Culture and Tourism for Mali (1997-2000), awarding a collection of books to a prize-winner at the 1st edition...

PEN centre:Malian Centre  (PEN Mali)
Date:16/01/2016
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Panellists at Journée du Mérite littéraire

Photograph of Dioncounda Traoré, on the right, Prime Minister of Mali (2012-13), speaking at a panel event. Seated to his right is Aminata Dramane Traoré, Minister for Culture and...

PEN centre:Malian Centre  (PEN Mali)
Date:16/01/2016
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Albakaye Ousmane Kounta awarding a prize-winner

Photograph of the Malian writer Albakaye Ousmane Kounta awarding a prize-winner with a collection of books at the 1st edition of Journée national du Mérite littéraire, a day dedicated...

PEN centre:Malian Centre  (PEN Mali)
Date:16/01/2016
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Albakaye Ousmane Kounta with literary diploma

Photograph of Dioncounda Traoré, on the right, Prime Minister of Mali (2012-13), with Malian writer Albakaye Ousmane Kounta, on the left. In this photograph Kounta is holding the literary...

PEN centre:Malian Centre  (PEN Mali)
Date:16/01/2016
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Dioncounda Traoré with Aminata Dramane Traoré

Photograph of Dioncounda Traoré, on the left, Prime Minister of Mali (2012-13), with Aminata Dramane Traoré, on the right, Minister of Culture and Tourism for Mali (1997-2000). In this...

PEN centre:Malian Centre  (PEN Mali)
Date:16/01/2016
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Dioncounda Traoré awarding prize

Photograph of Dioncounda Traoré, Prime Minister of Mali (2012-13), on the right, awarding a diploma of literary merit to the Malian writer Albakaye Ousmane Kounta, on the left, during...

PEN centre:Malian Centre  (PEN Mali)
Date:16/01/2016
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Mawalian Centre honours David Rubadiri

Screenshot of Gondwe, Edith, "PEN Malawi honours Professor David Rubadiri", The Nation Online, 20 March 2018, https://www.mwnation.com/. This screenshot shows an extract of a larger article announcing that the...

PEN centre:Malawian Centre  (Malawi PEN)
Date:20/03/2018
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Lyana Tambala at National Schools Competition

Photograph of Lyana Lexa Tambala, on the left, Deputy Minister of Education, Science and Technology of Malawi (2003-04), presenting an award to the winner of the 2003 Malawi PEN...

PEN centre:Malawian Centre  (Malawi PEN)
Date:01/01/2003
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XVIII Literary Prize ceremony 2008

Photograph of the jury on the stage at the Italian Centre's XVIII Literary Prize ceremony 2008, which was held on 9 September in Compiano. From left to right are:...

PEN centre:Italian Centre  (PEN Club Italiano)
Date:09/09/2008
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2018 Irish PEN Award ceremony

Photograph of Irish Centre members at a dinner held for the 2018 Irish PEN Award for Literature awards ceremony, which took place at the Royal St George Yacht Club...

PEN centre:Irish Centre  (The Irish PEN)
Date:01/12/2018
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2018 Irish PEN Award dinner

Photograph of Irish Centre members at a dinner held for the 2018 Irish PEN Award for Literature awards ceremony, which took place at the Royal St George Yacht Club...

PEN centre:Irish Centre  (The Irish PEN)
Date:01/12/2018
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Liu Xiaobo in Beijing

Photograph of Liu Xiaobo, co-founder and president of the Independent Chinese Centre (2003-07) and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010, addressing the audience at an awards ceremony...

PEN centre:Independent Chinese Centre  (独立中文笔会)
Date:30/09/2004
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Wang Lixiong receives Freedom to Write Award

Photograph of Wang Lixiong, on the left, receiving the Freedom to Write Award. Liu Binyan, founder and first president of the Independent Chinese Centre (2002-03) can be seen presenting...

PEN centre:Independent Chinese Centre  (独立中文笔会)
Date:29/06/2002
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Gioconda Belli receiving Hermann Kesten Award

Photograph of Gioconda Belli, president of the Nicuraguan Centre (2013-), speaking during a ceremony at which she received the 2018 Hermann Kesten Award. This event took place on 15...

PEN centre:German Centre  (PEN-Zentrum Deutschland)
Date:15/11/2018
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The Hermann Kesten Award

Photograph of a table set up for the Hermann Kesten Awards ceremony 2018, which took place on 15 November 2018 at the Kammerspiele auditorium of the Staatstheater in Darmstadt....

PEN centre:German Centre  (PEN-Zentrum Deutschland)
Date:15/11/2018
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Grünzweig recieving Kurt Sigel Award 2018

Photograph of the German author and translator Dorothea Grünzweig, on the right, receiving the Kurt Sigel Poetry Award 2018 from Regula Venske, president of the German Centre (2017-). This...

PEN centre:German Centre  (PEN-Zentrum Deutschland)
Date:26/04/2018
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Philip Roth and Günter Grass receive Karel Čapek Awards

Photograph of a ceremony held in Prague in 1994 at which Philip Roth and Günter Grass were awarded the inaugural Karel Čapek Award for outstanding literary achievement. This award...

PEN centre:Czech Centre  (České Centrum Mezinárodního PEN Klubu)
Date:01/01/1994
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Proclamation from Miami-Dade County

Certificate representing a proclamation from the mayor of Miami and the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners, which recognises 19 May 2018 as official Cuban Writers in Exile Centre day...

PEN centre:Cuban Writers in Exile Centre  (Pen Club de Escritores Cubanos en el Exilio)
Date:19/05/2018
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Key to the City of Miami

Photograph of Cuban Writers in Exile Centre members with Tomás Regalado, Mayor of Miami (2009-17), holding up the Centre's flag and the symbolic 'Key to the City of Miami',...

PEN centre:Cuban Writers in Exile Centre  (Pen Club de Escritores Cubanos en el Exilio)
Date:08/11/2017
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Octavio R. Costa Merit Ceremony

Photograph of Cuban writers being honoured at the Octavio R. Costa Order of Merit ceremony, which was held by the Cuban Writers in Exile Centre in 2017. From left...

PEN centre:Cuban Writers in Exile Centre  (Pen Club de Escritores Cubanos en el Exilio)
Date:12/08/2017
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Višnja Machiedo Award plaque

Plaque presented to the winner of the 2018 Višnja Machiedo Award, the Croatian author Ljiljana Filipović, for her essay titled Klub Krivaca. This award is given annually by the...

PEN centre:Croatian Centre  (Hrvatski P.E.N. centar)
Date:27/03/2018
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Kirin receiving the Višnja Machiedo Award

Photograph of the Croatian writer Renata Jambrešić Kirin, on the left, receiving the 2015 Višnja Machiedo Award, which is given annually by the Croatian Centre for the best essay...

PEN centre:Croatian Centre  (Hrvatski P.E.N. centar)
Date:[2016]
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Žmegač receiving Višnja Machiedo Award

Photograph of Viktor Žmegač, on the right, member of the Croatian Centre, receiving the 2014 Višnja Machiedo Award in Zagreb on 27 March 2015. This prize is awarded anually...

PEN centre:Croatian Centre  (Hrvatski P.E.N. centar)
Date:27/03/2015
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Atendees at the Višnja Machiedo awards

Photograph of the audience at the 2014 Višnja Machiedo Awards ceremony, which took place on 27 March 2015 in Zagreb. This prize is awarded annually by the Croatian Centre...