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 Hotel in Buenos Aires on 6 May 1930. One writer was usually selected to preside over these dinners, and in this case the host and guest of honour was Argentinian writer Calixto Oyuela, who can be seen seated in the centre of the front row. Handwritten captions on the reverse side of the photograph note that others at the dinner included Alfonsina Storni, founding member of the Argentinian Centre, seated second from the left on the front row; Manuel Gálvez, founder and first president of the Argentinian Centre, standing third from the right on the second row; and Atilio Chiáppori and Alberto Gerchunoff, two members of the Centre.