63rd Congress in Guadalajara
Photograph of a delegate from the Guinean Centre standing with a girl wearing costume. This photograph was taken during the 63th PEN International Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, 1996, which...
The 75th Congress
Photograph of Giorgio Silfer, on the left, founder and first president of the Esperanto Centre, with Zeinab Koumanthio Diallo, on the right, a delegate from the Guinean Centre. This...
Guinean delegates at the 73rd Congress
Photograph of PEN members at a meeting that took place during the 73rd PEN International Congress in Dakar, Senegal, 2007. Delegates from the Guinean Centre can be seen seated...
65th Congress in Helsinki
Brochure for the 65th PEN International Congress in Helsinki, Finland, 1998, ff. 2. The cover of this brochure shows the artwork and logo used for the 65th Congress, which...
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...
Henri Membré at the 13th Congress
Folder of documents regarding the attendance of Henri Membré, former secretary of the French Centre, at the 16th PEN International Congress in Prague, Czech Republic, 1938, ff. 3. This...
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...
Karel Čapek at the 9th Congress
Photograph of delegates from PEN Centres at the 9th PEN International Congress in Amsterdam, 1931. Karel Čapek, founder and first president of the Czech Centre (1925-1933), can be seen...
The 10th Congress
Photograph of Czech Centre delegates at the 10th PEN International Congress in Budapest, 1932. Among them are: František Langer; Otto Pick; Edmond Konrád; Jiřina Tůmová; and L. N. Zvěřina.
Debate at Prague Congress
Photograph of PEN members at a panel debate titled Where Tolerance Ends And Indifference Begins, which was held on 12 November 1994 in Prague. This debate was led by...
Latin American Centre Congress 2018
Photograph of PEN members at the Congress of the Latin American Centres, which took place in Buenos Aires, on 25-28 July 2018. Among them are: José Antonio Albertini, second...
Article on the 77th Congress
Copy of Cuadra, Ángel, "Congreso del PEN Internacional Belgrado 2011," Diario Las Americas, 24 September 2011: 7. In this article Ángel Cuadra, president (1997-2006; 2009-17) and honorary president of...
Summer 2002 newsletter
Copy of Castillo, Amelia del, et al. "Pen Club de Escritores Cubanos en el Exilio," (Summer 2002): 1. This newsletter from the Cuban Writers in Exile Centre reports on...
Speak Now or Never book
Copy of Matan, Branko. Speak Now or Never: The 1933 Dubrovnik PEN Club Congress. Zagreb: Croatian PEN Centre & Most/The Bridge, 1993. This book uses archival material to retell...
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...
PEN's 11th Congress
Photograph of PEN members and associates at the 11th PEN International Congress in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, 1933, which was held on 28 May. PEN's principles of unity and freedom of...
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.
Board members in Venice
Photograph of Croatian Centre Board members in Venice before boarding a ship to travel to the 59th PEN International Congress in Hvar/Dubrovnik, 1993. This Congress, which took place on...