1st International Congress
Photograph of Catalan Centre members seated at a table during the 1st PEN International Congress, London, 1-3 May 1923. This inaugural dinner of PEN International (known at the time...
Table settings at 1st Congress
Illustrated table settings for the 1st PEN International Congress, London, 1923. This inaugural dinner of PEN International and the earliest established Centres took place in London on 1 May...
Neruda and García Lorca reception
Photograph of PEN members and Argentinian artists attending a reception held in honour of Pablo Neruda and Federico García Lorca. Neruda can be seen seated second from the left;...
The First Dinner
Photograph of PEN members attending the inaugral dinner of the newly formed Argentinian Centre (referred to here as the P.E.N. Club Buenos Aires), which took place at the Plaza...
PEN Club dinner in 1930
Photograph of PEN members attending a dinner held by the recently formed Argentinian Centre (referred to here as the PEN Club) which was established on 8 April 1930. Handwritten...
The Third Dinner
Photograph of PEN members and associates attending the third dinner held by recently formed Argentinian Centre (referred to here as the P.E.N. Club Buenos Aires) which was established on...
PEN dinner in New York
Photograph of an early literary gala held by the American Centre (referred to here as The PEN Club) on 25 November at the Commodore Hotel (now the Grand...
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...
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...
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...
Konstantin Balmont signing PEN memorial book
Photograph of the Russian poet Konstantin Balmont - who can be seen standing at the table in the forefront and centre of the crowd - signing the Polish Centre's...
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...
Rafting down the Dunajec river
Photograph of PEN delegates being punted down the Dunajec river gorge in the Pieniny National Park in Poland. This excursion to the Pieniny and Tatra Mountains was a conclusion...
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,...
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...
Reception for Georges Duhamel
Photograph of a reception held in honour of Georges Duhamel, member of the French Centre, who can be seen sitting on the left and looking at the camera. This...
Premiere of Karlevich Marko
Photograph of PEN members at a reception held for the Yugoslavian playwright Djuro Dimkovich when he and his wife visited Prague to watch the premiere of Dimkovich's play Kralevich...
PEN Cuba meeting in 1945
Photograph of a gathering held by the original Cuban Centre, then called the PEN Club of Cuba, which was established by Jorge Mañach y Robato in Havana in 1945....