P.E.N. Im Exil
Poster by artist Gunter Rambow and commissioned by the German Exile Archive of the German National Library for the 1983 Bonn exhibition P.E.N. Im Exil. The image used in the...
PEN, ICORN, and Eaten Fish
Photograph of PEN and ICORN (International Cities of Refuge Network) members with Iranian cartoonist Ali Dorani (known as 'Eaten Fish') outside PEN International's former offices in London in 2018....
Meet and greet in Dharamsala
Photograph of members of the Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre and guests at a meet and greet session with Carles Torner, executive director of PEN International (2014-20), and Jennifer Clement,...
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...
PEN International press conference in Dharamsala
Photograph of Carles Torner, on the left, executive director of PEN International (2014-20), and Jennifer Clement, on the right, president of PEN International (2015-), at a press conference that...
Suisse Romand Centre newsletter
Typed newsletter titled A touts les membres du P.E.N. romand - Informations, May 1982, ff. 7. This newsletter informs Suisse Romand Centre members about the creation of the Comité...
Reception for Arturo Arias
Two press cuttings from The Mexico City News, 31 August 1986: 7. These articles report on the details of a cocktail reception that was held for the Guatemalan novelist...
Founders in exile in Guatemala
Photograph of three founding members of the Basque Centre in Guatamala in 1954. From left to right are: Andima Ibiñagabeitia, first secretary of the Basque Centre; Jokin Zaitegi; and...
Maria Kuncewiczowa
Photograph of the Polish writer, novelist, and member of the Polish Centre Maria Kuncewiczowa, taken in 1979. In 1939 Kuncewiczowa helped establish and became the president of the Polish...
Writing in Exile Conference at the Wheeler Centre
Video of a conference that took place during the Wheeler Centre's Writers in Exile series, which was filmed by The Wheeler Centre in Melbourne on 14 March 2019. This...
Supporting Spanish writers
Typed letter from John McKellar to Melbourne Centre members, , 22 August 1939; heading: «P.E.N. Melbourne Centre», f. 1. In this letter McKellar, then-secretary of the Melbourne Centre, updates...
Spanish writers in exile in Australia
Minutes of a meeting held by the Melbourne Centre in Melbourne on 21 August 1939, titled "P.E.N. Committee Meeting", f. 1. These minutes note that a key point raised...
Siyavash Mirzazadeh
Photograph of Siyavash Mirzazadeh, president of the Iranian Writers in Exile Centre (2016-20). Mirzazadeh was born in Gachsaran County in Iran before moving to Berlin, where he lives today....
Shahrouz Rashid
Photograph of Shahrouz Rashid, director of international public relations for the Iranian Centre in Exile (2016-19). Rashid was born in Moghan in northwestern Iran and passed away in Germany...
Majid Naficy
Photograph of Majid Naficy, member of the Iranian Centre in Exile. Naficy, who was born in Isfahan, is a poet, literary critic, and award-winning author of children's books. Naficy...
Maryam Hooleh
Photograph of Maryam Hooleh, member of the Iranian Centre in Exile. Hooleh was born in Tehran and began writing from a young age. She is considered to be one...
Esmail Khoi
Photograph of Esmail Khoi, member of the Iranian Centre in Exile. Khoi, who is a poet, activist and patron of Exiled Writers Ink, has been a major literary voice...
Jaleh Esfahani
Photograph of Jaleh Esfahani, member of the Iranian Centre in Exile. Esfahani, who was born in Isfahan, has been one of the most active female poets in the history...
Heinrich Mann requests membership
Handwritten letter from Heinrich Mann to Rudolf Olden, Nice, 20 January 1934, f. 1. In this letter Mann writes to Olden, secretary of the German-Speaking Writers Abroad Centre (1933-40),...
Olden proposes forming a book club
Copy of a typed text written by Rudolf Olden titled "Deutsche Buch-Gemeinde", , 28 August 1939, ff. 4. In this text Olden, secretary of the German-Speaking Writers Abroad Centre...
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....
French Centre's first newsletter
First ever triannual newsletter published by the French Centre titled "Ecrivain en prison - Ecrivains exilés", Summer 1987, ff. 3. This newsletter announces the writers in prison and writers...
Enrique Ros en Memoriam programme
Programme for an event titled Encuentro con el Libro Cubano Exiliado: Enrique Ros en Memorian which was organised by the Cuban Writers in Exile Centre and took place on...
Enrique Ros In Memoriam event
Poster advertising an event titled Encuentro con el Libro Cubano Exiliado: Enrique Ros en Memoriam, which was organised by the Cuban Writers in Exile Centre and took place on...