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...
Memorial picture for Clara Györgyey
Photograph printed in memory of Clara Györgyey, president of the Writers in Exile American Centre (1976-2010), who died suddenly on 11 January 2010.
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...
Commemoration for Predrag Matvejević
Photograph taken during a commemorative event organised by the Trieste Centre in honour of Predrag Matvejević, vice-president of PEN International, on 1 March 2017. Matvejević, who was also co-founder...
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...
Brochure for "La Croisière des Écrivains"
Illustrated brochure titled La Croisière des Écrivains (La Crociera degli Scrittori). This brochure contains the itinerary for a writer's cruise that was organised by the Swiss Italian and Reto-Romansh...
Invitation to "La Crociera Degli Scrittori"
Typed invitation to "La Crociera Degli Scrittori". This invitation is for a writer's cruise organised by the Swiss Italian and Reto-Romansh Centre and held on 15-26 July 1989. This...
Día de los Muertos 2018
Video of events held by the San Miguel de Allende Centre for Día de los Muertos in San Miguel de Allende on 1-2 November 2018. In this video Judyth...
Victory Day poster
Poster displaying photographs and short biographies of Russian Centre members who played a role in the conflict fought the Eastern Front during World War II, which is termed 'The...
Mu Xin commemoration
Collage of photographs of Chinese Writers Abroad Centre members and associates who attended an event held to commemorate the celebrated Chinese writer Mu Xin, who died in 2011. This...
81st Anniversary
Report titled 'Un Feliz Aniversario: 81 Años de Centro PEN Chile', which was created by the Chilean Centre in 2016, ff. 4. This report was issued to celebrate the...
Commemorating Anna Politkovskaya
Flyer for an event organised by The Nobel Peace Centre in collaboration with the Norwegian Centre in order to honour, commemorate and discuss the life and work of the...
Celebrating Yolanda Bedregal
Flyer advertising an event held to commemorate the life and work of Yolanda Bedregal, former secretary of the Bolivian Centre. This event was organised by the Cochabamba branch of...
IBBY Congress in Bolivia 2012
Photograph of members at the 5th Congreso del IBBY-Bolivia and the 3rd Congreso del IBBY del Sur 2012, which took place during the 5th Feria Internacional del Libro de...
Homage to Suárez and Martínez
Copy of "Homenaje póstumo a Suárez y Martínez," Opinión, 18 April . This article, published in the culture section of the Cochabamba based newspaper Opinión, announces an event that...
Commemorating Yolanda Bedregal
Copy of a article titled "En memoria de Yolanda Bedregal". This article commemorates the celebrated Bolivian writer and former secretary of the Bolivian Centre, Yolanda Bedregal. The Bolivian Centre...
Brochure commemorating Ken Saro-Wiwa
Brochure created and distributed by the Basque Centre in 2005 to commemorate the life and work of Nigerian poet, writer, and human rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa. Saro-Wiwa fought in...
Lugones speaking after the coup
Photograph of Leopoldo Lugones, an early Board member of the Argentinian Centre, speaking from a podium. A handwritten caption on the reverse side of this photograph notes that here,...
Commemorative medallion for 34th Congress
Medallion created to commemorate the 34th PEN International Congress in New York, 1966, which was held on 12-18 June. The title of this Congress was The Writer as...
Jamal Khashoggi Campaign
Two sides of a flyer (known as 'postcards' in PEN's campaigns) used during one of the American Centre's 2018 campaigns, which called attention to the assasination of journalist Jamal...
Paraguayan Centre's anniversary book
Front cover of the commemorative book published to mark the Paraguayan Centre's 75th anniversary in 2018.
Paraguayan Centre's Day of the Dead panel
Photograph of members from the Paraguayan Centre at a panel event held as part of PEN International's Day of the Dead Campaign - an initiative that was launched on...
Day of the Dead campaign event flyer
Flyer for an event held by the Paraguayan Centre as part of PEN International's Day of the Dead Campaign - an inititative that was launched on 2 November 2011...
Altar for Day of the Dead
Photograph of an altar created by the Paraguayan Centre for PEN International's Day of the Dead Campaign. The Day of the Dead campaign was launched on 2 November 2000...
Paraguayan Centre's Day of the Dead event
Photograph of an event organised by the Paraguayan Centre for PEN International's Day of the Dead Campaign. The Day of the Dead campaign was launched on 2 November 2000...
Unveiling the 75th anniversary plaque
Photograph of members from the Paraguayan Centre at a ceremony at which a plaque commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Paraguayan Centre was unveiled. This event took place at...
75th anniversary plaque
Plaque commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Paraguayan Centre. This plaque was unveiled at a ceremony held at Bar San Roque in Asunción - a regular meeting place for...
Anniversary dinner at Bar San Roque
Photograph of members from the Paraguayan Centre having dinner after a ceremony at which a plaque commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Paraguayan Centre was unveiled. This event took...
World Poetry Day 2019 in Epe
Photograph of Nigerian Centre members celebrating World Poetry Day on 21 March 2019. Folu Agoi, president of the Nigerian Centre (2017-), can be seen standing on the right, presenting...
Students on World Poetry Day 2019 in Noforija
Photograph of students sitting in the audience at an event that took place for World Poetry Day on 21 March 2019. This event was organised by the Nigerian Centre...
Los Que No Callaron event
Flyer for an event titled Los Que No Callaron: sus ideas no mueren, which took place at the Instituto de Historia de Nicaragua y Centroamérica (IHNCA) at Central American...
Gioconda Belli at Los Que No Callaron
Photograph of Gioconda Belli, president of the Nicaraguan Centre (2013-), speaking at an event titled Los Que No Callaron, which took place at the Instituto de Historia de Nicaragua...
Centenary of Bo Aung Kyaw Commemoration
Photograph taken in 2018 at a commemoration event for the centenary of Bo Aung Kyaw, in Mae Zali Gone village, Ayeyarwady, Myanmar. Aung Kyaw is known for being the...
Tribute to Javier Valdez Cárdenas
Photograph of camera crew filming the panel at an event that paid tribute to the life and work of Javier Valdez Cárdenas. Valdez Cárdenas, a Mexican journalist and founder...
Commemorating Judith Rodriguez
Electronic circular from Chris McKenzie to PEN members and friends of PEN, , November 2018, ff. 2. In this obituary McKenzie remembers and commemorates the life and work of...
Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2005
Photograph of PEN members gathered at an event held in 2005 for International Day of the Imprisoned Writer, a day initiated by PEN International that is annually observed on...
Remembering Cigerxwîn
Photograph of Kurdish writers gathered around the grave of the Kurdish poet and author Cigerxwîn in Qamişlo, Syria, in 2013. The first three people standing on the left are:...
Homage to Juan Carlos Argeñal
Photograph of a table set with items that form a tribute to the Honduran journalist Juan Carlos Argeñal, who was murdered on 7 December 2013 for disseminating news about...
Board commemorating García Escobar
Photograph of the Executive Board of the Guatemalan Centre meeting to commemorate fellow member Carlos René García Escobar, president of the Centre (2006-17). From left to right are: Karla...
Homage to Carlos René García Escobar
Flyer promoting an event organised by the Guatemalan Centre as a tribute to the recently deceased Carlos René García Escobar, Board member and president of the Guatemalan Centre (2006-17)....
Guatemalan Centre's Day of the Dead Campaign 2018
Poster advertising an event organised by the Guatemalan Centre as a tribute to Latin American journalists who have disappeared and whose cases remain unresolved. This event was held as...
Day of the Dead Campaign 2017
Poster advertising an event organised by the Guatemalan Centre as a tribute to Latin American writers who have disappeared and whose cases remain unresolved. This event was held as...
Commemorative Congress first day cover
First day cover of stamps designed by the French Centre to commemorate the 45th PEN International Congress in Lyon, France, 1981. The title of this Congress was Literature: Hope...
Thomas Mann and Oskar Frenkel
Photograph of the Nobel laureate and German Centre member Thomas Mann, on the left, with Oskar Frankl, on the right, director of Urania, a German adult-education society in Prague,...
Ninety years of Croatian PEN Centre book
Copy of Bajsić, Tomica, Vjera Balen-Heidl, Sibila Petlevski, Zvonko Maković, Sanja Roić, Nadežda Čačinovič, Tonko Maroević, et al. 90 godina hrvatskog PEN-a book. Ninety years of Croatian PEN Centre...
The Croatian Centre's first 90 years
Video created to celebrate the Croatian Centre's 90th anniversary, which was produced by the Croatian Centre and released in Zagreb in 2017. The video presents the history of the...
Commemorative postage stamp
Front and back of a postage stamp issued by the Republic of Croatia on 19 April 1993, which was in circulation until 1 June 1994. This multicoloured stamp commemorated...
11th Congress medallion
Medallion created to commemorate the 11th PEN International Congress in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, 1933. This medallion was designed by the Serbo-Croatian writer and sculptor Ivan Meštrović.