Panel discussion at United Nations
Photograph of a panel discussion held at the United Nations Office in Geneva in 2011. From left to right are: Alexis Krikorian, director of Freedom to Publish at the...
Krikorian, Onderoglu and Whyatt at the UN
Photograph of human rights defenders outside the United Nations Office at Geneva in 2010. From left to right are: Alexis Krikorian, director of Freedom to Publish at the International...
PEN Board Meeting in Vienna
Photograph of members at a PEN International Board meeting that was held in Vienna in January 2007. Among them are: Eugene Schoulgin, end on the left, member of the...
Committee meeting at the 71st Congress
Photograph of a Committee meeting, most likely the Writers in Prison Committee, taken on 16 June 2005 during the 71st PEN International Congress, which took place on 14-21 June...
Writers for Peace Committee meeting 2018
Photograph of Writers for Peace Committee's members gathered for a formal session during the 50th meeting of the Writers for Peace Committee, which took place on 18-21 April 2018...
Discussion on anti-nuclear efforts
Photograph taken during a discussion which led to the drafting of a resolution against nuclear weapons, during the 50th meeting of the Writers for Peace Committee, which took place...
Malick Diarra and Jennifer Clement
Photograph of Malick Diarra, vice-president of the French Centre, on the left, and Jennifer Clement, president of Mexican Centre (2009-12) and president of PEN International (2015-), taken during the...
Kyrgyzstan Government delegates in Cardiff
Photograph of representatives of the Kyrgystan Government with members of the Welsh Centre in Cardiff during their visit to Wales during the week beginning 7 March 2016. From left...
Trieste Centre at the 84th PEN International Congress
Photograph of the Trieste Centre's table at the Assembly of Delegates, during the 84th PEN International Congress in Pune, India. This Congress was held on 25-29 September 2018 and...
Statutes of the Trieste Centre
Statutes titled "Associazione P.E.N. Trieste; Statuto", which were passed at a meeting by the Trieste Centre on 25 September 2003, ff. 8. The meeting at which this document was...
Constitutive Act of Trieste Centre
Constitution and rules titled "Atto Costitutivo dell'Associazione P.E.N. Trieste", which were passed at a meeting held by the Trieste Centre on 25 September 2003, ff. 3. The meeting at...
Koudavi Nomanyo at the second General Assembly
Photograph of Koudavi Nomanyo, deputy general secretary of the Togolese Centre (2016-), acting as the moderator during the second General Assembly of the Togolese Centre on 30 July 2016,...
Marthe Fare at the second General Assembly
Photograph of Nonfoh Marthe Fare, president of the Togolese Centre (2016-) welcoming the members and the audience to the second General Assembly of the Togolese Centre on 30 July...
Renaud Dossavi at the second General Assembly
Photograph of Renaud Dossavi, general secretary of the Togolese Centre (2016-), reading the statutes at the second General Assembly of the Togolese Centre on 30 July 2016, in the...
Djondo at the second General Assembly
Photograph of Guillaume Djondo, commissioner for the literary clubs and workshops of the Togolese Centre, ensuring the digital coverage of the second General Assembly of the Togolese Centre, on...
Invitation to the second General Assembly
Invitation to the second General Assembly of the Togolese Centre, which took place on 30 July 2016, in the building of the Delegation of the European Union, in Lomé....
Togolese Centre Board members in 2016
Photograph of the newly elected Board of the Togolese Centre, taken on 13 February 2016 in Lomé. From left to right: Joseph Kokou Koffigoh; Obi Wolou Djele; Gilles Oblasse;...
Invitation to the first General Assembly
Invitation to the Constitutive General Assembly of the Togolese Centre, which took place on 13 February 2016, at the Centre culturel Hakuna Matata, in Lomé. The Centre was officially...
Constitutive General Assembly of the Togolese Centre
Photograph of the audience participating to the General Assembly of the Togolese Centre, which took place on 30 July 2016, in Lomé.
Audience with the Dalai Lama
Photograph of Carles Torner, on the right, executive director of PEN International (2014-20), and Jennifer Clement, centre, president of PEN International (2015-), at an audience with His Holiness the...
Mario Vargas Llosa and Yen Chia-kan
Photograph of Mario Vargas Llosa, president of PEN International (1977-80), visiting President Yen Chia-kan with members of the Taipei Chinese Centre after the 42nd PEN International Congress in 1977....
Taipei Centre audience with Pope John XXIII
Photograph of a delegation from the Taipei Chinese Centre at an audience with Pope John XXIII at the Apostolic Palace in 1959. From left to right are: Lo Chia-lun...
Swiss German Centre's first General Assembly
Typed minutes of the first General Assembly held by the Swiss German Centre, Bern, 27 October 1979, f. 1. Points noted in these minutes include the proposed merge of...
Declaració Universal dels Drets Lingüístics
Front cover of 'Declaració Universal dels Drets Lingüístics', a declaration that was issued and created by the Institut d’Edicions de la Diputació de Barcelona in April 1998. This declaration...
Girona Manifesto on Linguistic Rights
Photograph of members at a meeting organised by the Catalan Centre and PEN International's Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee, which took place on 11-13 May 2011 in Girona. At...
TLRC meeting in Barcelona
Photograph of a meeting organised by PEN International's Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee, which took place on 21-23 April 2015 in Barcelona. At this meeting the Quebec Declaration on...
Programme of events for new members
Programme for an event organised by the Bolivian Centre titled Programa Ingreso Nuevos Socios, which welcomed new members to the Centre. This event took place at the offices of...
Annual General Meeting 2017
Photograph of members from different branches of the Bolivian Centre at the Centre's Annual General Meeting 2017, which took place on 9 July at the Sala Angostura of the...
Annual General Meeting 2013
Photograph of representatives from different branches of the Bolivian Centre at the Centre's Annual General Meeting in 2013, which most likely took place in Cochabamba. Among them are: Gaby...
Bangladesh Centre Executive Committee 2018-20
Photograph of the 2018-20 Bangladesh Centre's Executive Committee celebrating newly elected members. Among them are, with their corresponding roles at that time: Syed Manzoorul Islam, president; Mohammad Moheuddin, secretary;...
President Justo's reception
Photograph of members from the executive Board of the Argentinian Centre at a reception held by Agustín Pedro Justo, President of Argentina (1932-38). Justo can be seen seated second...
President Justo's banquet, 1936
Photographie en surplomb des invités et membres du PEN assis aux tables pour un banquet organisé par Agustín Pedro Justo, Président de l'Argentine (1932-38). Le dîner a eu lieu...
The All-India Centre's first meeting
Report, agenda and letter concerning the first Annual General Meeting of the All-India Centre, ff. 3. This meeting was held in Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay) on 14 March...
Entela Kasi and Ilir Meta
Photograph of Entela Kasi, on the right, president of the Albanian Centre, with Ilir Meta, on the left, President of Albania (2017-). This photo was taken at the Presidential...
Second board of the Afghan Centre
Photograph of the second Board of the Afghan Centre, standing in front of the first house of the Centre in Kabul. From left to right are: Eugene Schoulgin, member...
First meeting with Norwegian and Afghan Members
Photograph of Norwegian Centre members with Afghan Centre Board members at the first meeting of the Afghan Centre in Kabul in 2003. Elizabeth Eide, Board member and vice-president of...
Puerto Rican Centre Board in 2018
Photograph of the Puerto Rican Centre's Board taken during a meeting held in 2018. From left to right, with their corresponding positions at the Puerto Rican Centre, are: Luis...
Puerto Rican Centre Board in 2014
Photograph of the Puerto Rican Centre's Board taken during a meeting held in 2014. From left to right are: José Muratti, president of the Puerto Rican Centre (2014-16); Ricardo...
Puerto Rican Centre Board in 2016
Photograph of the Puerto Rican Centre's Board taken during a meeting held in 2016. From left to right, with their corresponding positions at the Puerto Rican Centre, are: Rosa...
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...
Dinner at Palestinian Embassy in Ghana
Photograph of members from the Palestinian Centre sharing a meal with members from the Palestinian embassy in Accra, Ghana. Among them are Hanan Awwad, president of the Palestinian Centre...
Hanan Awwad in Ghana
Photograph of Hanan Awwad, on the right, president of the Palestinian Centre (1992-), visiting the Palestinian Embassy in Accra, Ghana.
Palestinian Centre in Ghana
Photograph of members from the Palestinian Centre at a meeting of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) held at the Palestinian embassy in Accra. Hanan Awwad,...
Founding Committee of the Myanmar Centre
Photograph of the founding members of the Myanmar Centre, taken on 6 October 2013. Front row, from left to right: Min Wai Hin; Nay Phone Latt; Myo Myint Nyein,...
PEN delegates meeting with Gustavo S. Salas
Photograph of PEN delegates meeting with Gustavo G. Salas, Special Prosecutor for Crimes Against Freedom of Expression in Mexico, on 27 January 2012 in Mexico City. From left to...
Establishing the Melbourne Centre, 1938
Administrative document titled "The P.E.N. World Association of Writers: Melbourne Centre", containing minutes taken at a meeting held by the Melbourne Centre at the Holly Tea Rooms in Melbourne...
Melbourne Centre's Constitution and Rules, 1938
Constitution and rules titled "The P.E.N. World Association of Writers: Constitution and Rules", which were passed at a meeting held by the Melbourne Centre on 10 October 1938, f....
PEN members with the Governor of Labé
Photograph of Guinean Centre members meeting Madifing Diané, the Governor of Labé.
Abdoulaye Wade and Zeinab Koumanthio Diallo
Photograph of Abdoulaye Wade, on the left, President of Senegal (2000-12), shaking hands with Zeinab Koumanthio Diallo, secretary of the Guinean Centre. This photograph was taken during an official...
PEN Centre representatives in Dakar
Photograph of members from different African PEN Centres at a meeting that took place in Dakar in 2002. Abdoulaye Wade, President of Senegal (2000-12), can be seen standing in...
Guinea-Bissau Centre members meeting
Photograph of Guinea-Bissau Centre members meeting at a retreat that took place in Bissalanca in October 2018. These members met to reflect on the Centre's recent establishment as an...
Guinea-Bissau Centre meeting
Photograph of Guinea-Bissau Centre members meeting at a retreat that took place in Bissalanca in October 2018. These members met to reflect on the Centre's recent establishment as an...
The Centre's Board 2017-19
Photograph of the Guatemalan Centre's Executive Board 2017 to 2019. From left to right, with their newly appointed corresponding positions at that time, are: Eduardo Blandón, committee member; María...
Board meeting in Casa Cervantes
Photograph of a meeting of the Guatemalan Centre's Executive Board. From left to right are: Víctor Muñoz, former treasurer and vice-president (2019-); Juan Antonio Canel Cabrera, president (2019-); Gustavo...
Board meeting 2017
Photograph of a meeting of the Guatemalan Centre's Executive Board. From left to right are: Karla Olascoaga Dávila, vice-president (2017-19); Víctor Muñoz, vice-president (2019-); Juan Antonio Canel Cabrera, president...
Guatemalan Centre with visiting guests
Photograph of Guatemalan Centre members with visiting guest Brendan de Caires, executive director of the Canadian Centre (2018-), and members of PEN International's Secretariat. From left to right are:...
Board meeting in 2018
Photograph of the Guatemalan Centre's Executive Board at a meeting that took place on 5 May 2018 in Guatemala City. From left to right are: Carlos René García Escobar,...
Terry Carlbom in Ghana
Photograph of PEN members at a meeting that took place in Accra in February 2001 when Terry Carlbom, fifth from the left, secretary of PEN International (1998-2004), visited the...
Terry Carlbom and John Kufuor
Two photographs showing Terry Carlbom, on the left in both, secretary of PEN International (1998-2004) meeting John Kufuor, on the right in both, President of Ghana (2001-09). These photographs...
Fourth meeting agenda
Typed agenda for the fourth meeting held by the Finnish Centre, Helsinki, 26 May 1928, f. 1. This agenda is signed by Helmi Krohn, first secretary of the Finnish...
Second meeting agenda
Typed agenda for the second meeting held by the Finnish Centre, Helsinki, 16 April 1928, f. 1. This agenda is signed by Helmi Krohn, first secretary of the Finnish...
Third meeting agenda
Typed agenda for the third meeting held by the Finnish Centre, Helsinki, 26 April 1928, f. 1. This agenda is signed by Helmi Krohn, first secretary of the Finnish...
First meeting agenda
Typed agenda for the first meeting held by the Finnish Centre, Helsinki, March 1928, f. 1. This agenda is signed by Helmi Krohn, first secretary of the Finnish Centre....
First annual report
Typed annual report titled "Suomen PEN klubin vuosikertomus toimintakaudelta 1927-1928", Helsinki, 1928, ff. 2. This report, whose title translates to "Annual Report of the Finnish PEN Club for the...
French Centre AGM in 1983
Letter from the French Centre Board to French Centre members, , 9 June 1983; heading: «P.E.N. Club français», f. 1. This letter invites members to join the French Centre's...
Report on AGM in 1985
Typed report created by the French Centre, Paris, 1 July 1985, f. 1. This report summarises outcomes of the French Centre's 1985 Annual General Meeting, which was held at...
Czech Centre Board Caricature
Cartoon by the Czech artist Adolf Hoffmeister, chairman of the Czech Centre (1963-70), depicting a meeting between members of the Czech Centre's first Board. From left to right, with...
Cuban writers meeting Václav Havel
Photograph of Cuban delegates meeting Václav Havel, President of Czechoslovakia (1989-92) and first President of the Czech Republic (1993-2003), in Prague on 5 May 2004. From left to right...
Declaration from the Latin American Centres
Document titled "Declararación final de los Delegados assistentes", which was created at a meeting held between Latin American PEN Centres in 2000, f. 1. This meeting, the first to...
Meeting President Ivo Josipović
Photograph of PEN members meeting Ivo Josipović, President of Croatia (2010-15), at an event titled Subversive Literature: Engagement Today. This event took place as part of the Subversive Festival,...
Board meeting
Photograph of a meeting between members of the first Board of the Afghan Centre. From left to right are: unknown; Assadullah Walwaliji, president of the Afghan Centre; Partaw Naderi...
Three Afghan Centre members
Photograph of three members of the Afghan Centre participating in a meeting. From left to right are: Khaleda Froagh, founding member of the Afghan Centre and member of the...
Founding members at Afghan Centre's first meeting
Photograph of the founding members of the Afghan Centre meeting for the first time since the Centre was established in Kabul in 2003. Among them are Assadullah Walwaliji, president...
Eugene Schoulgin with Ismail Khan
Photograph of Ismail Khan, on the left, politician and governor of the district of Herat (2001-04), who hosted a dinner for members of the Herat branch of the Afghan...
First Board of the Afghan Centre
Photograph of the first Board of the Afghan Centre with Norwegian Centre members. Among them are: Yagana Yusuf; Assadullah Walwaliji, president of the Afghan Centre; Partaw Naderi; Habibullah Rafi;...
First Meeting of the Afghan Centre
Photograph of the first meeting of the Afghan Centre, which was founded in Kabul in 2003. Eugene Schoulgin, member of the Norwegian and Swedish Centres, president of the Writers...