PEN International

Public Meeting with Writers in Djibouti (March 2012)
Public Meeting with Writers in Djibouti (March 2012)

Meeting with South Korean PEN and North Korean Writers in Exile (February 2012)
Meeting with South Korean PEN and North Korean Writers in Exile (February 2012)

Meeting with Executive of Somali-speaking PEN in Djibouti
Meeting with Executive of Somali-speaking PEN in Djibouti

Meeting with a nomad primary school outside the city of Djibouti (March 2012)
Meeting with a nomad primary school outside the city of Djibouti (March 2012)

With Abdourahman and Chehem Watta in the desert outside the city of Djibouti
With Abdourahman and Chehem Watta in the desert outside the city of Djibouti

Outisde the offices of the Senegalese Writers' Association. From left to right: Mohamed Sheriff, JRS, Khainga Ookwemba, and Mohamed Magani (Dakar, Senegal, November 2011)
Outisde the offices of the Senegalese Writers' Association. From left to right: Mohamed Sheriff, JRS, Khainga Ookwemba, and Mohamed Magani (Dakar, Senegal, November 2011)

PAN Working Session in the offices of the Senegalese Writers' Association, Dakar, Senegal (November 2011)
PAN Working Session in the offices of the Senegalese Writers' Association, Dakar, Senegal (November 2011)

Abdul-Rahman Harruna Attah, Mohamed Sheriff, Chehem Watta, and JRS at Gorée Island, Dakar, Senegal (November 2011)
Abdul-Rahman Harruna Attah, Mohamed Sheriff, Chehem Watta, and JRS at Gorée Island, Dakar, Senegal (November 2011)

Students from Our Lady of Guadalupe Secondary School's PEN Writing Club, in Lunsar, Sierra Leone (November 2011)
Students from Our Lady of Guadalupe Secondary School's PEN Writing Club, in Lunsar, Sierra Leone (November 2011)

Students from Our Lady of Guadalupe Secondary School's PEN Writing Club, in Lunsar, Sierra Leone (November 2011)
Students from Our Lady of Guadalupe Secondary School's PEN Writing Club, in Lunsar, Sierra Leone (November 2011)

Sierra Leone PEN Centre in Freetown
Sierra Leone PEN Centre in Freetown

Students from Freetown PEN Writing Club. At the back, from left to right: Nathaniel Pearce, Allieu Kamara, JRS, and Mohamed Sheriff (Freetown, Sierra Leone, November 2011)
Students from Freetown PEN Writing Club. At the back, from left to right: Nathaniel Pearce, Allieu Kamara, JRS, and Mohamed Sheriff (Freetown, Sierra Leone, November 2011)

Manifesto in Support of Dawit Isaak, at the 2011 Gothenburg Book Fair: from left to right, Jesper Bengtsson (Reporters without Borders - Sweden), Peter Englund (Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy), Herta Müller (2009 Nobel Laureate for Literature), Mario Vargas Llosa (2010 Nobel Laureate for Literature), Ola Larsmo (President of Swedish PEN)
Manifesto in Support of Dawit Isaak, at the 2011 Gothenburg Book Fair: from left to right, Jesper Bengtsson (Reporters without Borders - Sweden), Peter Englund (Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy), Herta Müller (2009 Nobel Laureate for Literature), Mario Vargas Llosa (2010 Nobel Laureate for Literature), Ola Larsmo (President of Swedish PEN)

2011 Annual PEN Congress in Belgrade: Opening Ceremony (l-r: Serbian President Boris Tadić, JRS, Adrienne Clarkson, Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković, Serbian Minister of Culture, Media, and Information Society, Predrag Marković)
2011 Annual PEN Congress in Belgrade: Opening Ceremony (l-r: Serbian President Boris Tadić, JRS, Adrienne Clarkson, Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković, Serbian Minister of Culture, Media, and Information Society, Predrag Marković)

2011 Annual PEN Congress in Belgrade: JRS, Hori Takeaki, and Frank Geary
2011 Annual PEN Congress in Belgrade: JRS, Hori Takeaki, and Frank Geary

2011 Annual PEN Congress in Belgrade: Free the Word Literary Evening (l-r: Laura McVeigh, JRS, Vida Ognjenović, Hori Takeaki, Gojko Božović)
2011 Annual PEN Congress in Belgrade: Free the Word Literary Evening (l-r: Laura McVeigh, JRS, Vida Ognjenović, Hori Takeaki, Gojko Božović)

2011 Annual PEN Congress in Belgrade:General Assembly just prior to Opening Ceremony (Swedish and Scottish PEN Centres in foreground)
2011 Annual PEN Congress in Belgrade:General Assembly just prior to Opening Ceremony (Swedish and Scottish PEN Centres in foreground)

2011 Annual PEN Congress in Belgrade: Writers in Prison Committee Meeting
2011 Annual PEN Congress in Belgrade: Writers in Prison Committee Meeting

2011 Annual PEN Congress in Belgrade: Opening Ceremony
2011 Annual PEN Congress in Belgrade: Opening Ceremony

2011 Annual PEN Congress in Belgrade: Delegates listening to writers speak from the balcony of the National Theatre
2011 Annual PEN Congress in Belgrade: Delegates listening to writers speak from the balcony of the National Theatre

2011 Annual PEN Congress: PEN International Board Retreat in Novi Sad
2011 Annual PEN Congress: PEN International Board Retreat in Novi Sad

2011 Annual PEN Congress: PEN International Board Retreat in Novi Sad
2011 Annual PEN Congress: PEN International Board Retreat in Novi Sad

Edvard Kovač (Chair of the PEN Writers for Peace Committee). Marek Halter (Guest of Honour), JRS, Janez Fajfar (Mayor of Bled), and Marjan Strojan (President of Slovene PEN) at the 43rd International Bled Conference (Bled, Slovenia)
Edvard Kovač (Chair of the PEN Writers for Peace Committee). Marek Halter (Guest of Honour), JRS, Janez Fajfar (Mayor of Bled), and Marjan Strojan (President of Slovene PEN) at the 43rd International Bled Conference (Bled, Slovenia)

Marjan Strojan (President of Slovene PEN), John Ralston Saul, Teresa Cadete (President of Portuguese PEN Centre), Sylvestre Clancier (President of French PEN Centre), and Kaiser ÖzHun (President of Uyghur PEN Centre) at the 43rd International Bled Conference (Bled, Slovenia)
Marjan Strojan (President of Slovene PEN), John Ralston Saul, Teresa Cadete (President of Portuguese PEN Centre), Sylvestre Clancier (President of French PEN Centre), and Kaiser ÖzHun (President of Uyghur PEN Centre) at the 43rd International Bled Conference (Bled, Slovenia)

Delegates at the 43rd International Bled Conference (Bled, Slovenia)
Delegates at the 43rd International Bled Conference (Bled, Slovenia)

Teresa Cadete (President of Portuguese PEN), Edvard Kovač (Chair of the Writers for Peace Committee), and Marjan Strojan (President of Slovene PEN) speaking at the 43rd International Bled Conference (Bled, Slovenia)
Teresa Cadete (President of Portuguese PEN), Edvard Kovač (Chair of the Writers for Peace Committee), and Marjan Strojan (President of Slovene PEN) speaking at the 43rd International Bled Conference (Bled, Slovenia)

Opening of the Translation & Linguistic Rights Committee Conference 2011 in Girona, Spain. From left to right: Carme Arenas (President of Catalan PEN), Anna Pagans (Mayor of Girona), John Ralston Saul, and Josep-Maria Terricabras (Chair of the PEN Translation & Linguistic Rights Committee)
Opening of the Translation & Linguistic Rights Committee Conference 2011 in Girona, Spain. From left to right: Carme Arenas (President of Catalan PEN), Anna Pagans (Mayor of Girona), John Ralston Saul, and Josep-Maria Terricabras (Chair of the PEN Translation & Linguistic Rights Committee)

Translation & Linguistic Rights Committee Conference 2011 in Girona, Spain. From left to right: John Ralston Saul, Josep Maria Terricabras (Chair of the PEN Translation & Linguistic Rights Committee), Hori Takeaki (International Secretary), and Frank Geary (Interim Co-Executive Director)
Translation & Linguistic Rights Committee Conference 2011 in Girona, Spain. From left to right: John Ralston Saul, Josep Maria Terricabras (Chair of the PEN Translation & Linguistic Rights Committee), Hori Takeaki (International Secretary), and Frank Geary (Interim Co-Executive Director)

Working on the Girona Manifesto of Language Rights (Girona, Spain)
Working on the Girona Manifesto of Language Rights (Girona, Spain)

An Evening with Korean PEN Members Living in Canada as Guests of the Korean Consul-General in Toronto
An Evening with Korean PEN Members Living in Canada as Guests of the Korean Consul-General in Toronto

2010 PEN International Annual Congress in Tokyo, Japan: Assembly of Delegates
2010 PEN International Annual Congress in Tokyo, Japan: Assembly of Delegates

2010 PEN International Annual Congress in Tokyo, Japan: Assembly of Delegates
2010 PEN International Annual Congress in Tokyo, Japan: Assembly of Delegates

2010 PEN International Annual Congress in Tokyo, Japan: Hori Takeaki and Eric Lax
2010 PEN International Annual Congress in Tokyo, Japan: Hori Takeaki and Eric Lax

2010 PEN International Annual Congress in Tokyo, Japan: Writers in Prison Committee Breakout Session
2010 PEN International Annual Congress in Tokyo, Japan: Writers in Prison Committee Breakout Session

2010 PEN International Annual Congress in Tokyo, Japan: Writers in Prison Committee Breakout Session
2010 PEN International Annual Congress in Tokyo, Japan: Writers in Prison Committee Breakout Session

2010 PEN International Annual Congress in Tokyo, Japan: Writers for Peace Committee Working Session
2010 PEN International Annual Congress in Tokyo, Japan: Writers for Peace Committee Working Session

2010 PEN International Annual Congress in Tokyo, Japan: Writers in Prison Committee Working Session
2010 PEN International Annual Congress in Tokyo, Japan: Writers in Prison Committee Working Session

2010 PEN International Annual Congress in Tokyo, Japan: Writers in Prison Committee Working Session
2010 PEN International Annual Congress in Tokyo, Japan: Writers in Prison Committee Working Session

2010 PEN International Annual Congress in Tokyo, Japan: The Japan P.E.N. Club Executive Committee
2010 PEN International Annual Congress in Tokyo, Japan: The Japan P.E.N. Club Executive Committee

2010 PEN International Annual Congress in Tokyo, Japan: Homero Aridjis, Betty Aridjis, and Kwame Anthony Appiah
2010 PEN International Annual Congress in Tokyo, Japan: Homero Aridjis, Betty Aridjis, and Kwame Anthony Appiah

Burt Caesar, Margaret Busby, John Ralston Saul at the London Free the Word Festival (April 14-18, 2010)
Burt Caesar, Margaret Busby, John Ralston Saul at the London Free the Word Festival (April 14-18, 2010)

Imruh Bakari, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Burt Caesar at the London Free the Word Festival (April 14-18, 2010)
Imruh Bakari, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Burt Caesar at the London Free the Word Festival (April 14-18, 2010)

Dec 10, 2010 - Oslo, John Ralston to participate as President of PEN International in seminar organized by PEN International and Amnesty International in the morning of the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony for Liu Xiaobo. Other speakers include Martin-Liao Tienchi, President of Indipendent Chinese PEN Centre and Salil Shetty, International Secretary General of Amnesty International.
Dec 10, 2010 - Oslo, John Ralston to participate as President of PEN International in seminar organized by PEN International and Amnesty International in the morning of the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony for Liu Xiaobo. Other speakers include Martin-Liao Tienchi, President of Indipendent Chinese PEN Centre and Salil Shetty, International Secretary General of Amnesty International.

Dec 10, 2010 - Oslo - Liu Xiaobo's empty seat at the ceremony for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Dec 10, 2010 - Oslo - Liu Xiaobo's empty seat at the ceremony for the Nobel Peace Prize.

December 1 -3, 2010 - African Writer and the Challenges of the Times Conference (Cairo, Egypt)
From left to right: John Ralston Saul, Mike Butscher, and Alhaji Abdul-Rahman Harruna Attah.
December 1 -3, 2010 - African Writer and the Challenges of the Times Conference (Cairo, Egypt)
From left to right: John Ralston Saul, Mike Butscher, and Alhaji Abdul-Rahman Harruna Attah.

December 1 -3, 2010 - African Writer and the Challenges of the Times Conference (Cairo, Egypt)
From left to right: John Ralston Saul, Alhaji Abdul-Rahman Harruna Attah, Solom Hailemarim, Mohamed Magani (row behind)
December 1 -3, 2010 - African Writer and the Challenges of the Times Conference (Cairo, Egypt)
From left to right: John Ralston Saul, Alhaji Abdul-Rahman Harruna Attah, Solom Hailemarim, Mohamed Magani (row behind)

John Ralston Saul with Hori Takeaki, elected International Secretary of PEN International at the 76th Annual International PEN Congress in Tokyo, Japan
John Ralston Saul with Hori Takeaki, elected International Secretary of PEN International at the 76th Annual International PEN Congress in Tokyo, Japan

John speaking at "PEN Gives Voice", a PEN Writers in Prison Committee public event held as part of the Sydney Writers' Festival, on May 21, 2010. (from left to right: Colm Tóibín, Yiyun Li, Peter Carey, and Eric Lax)
John speaking at "PEN Gives Voice", a PEN Writers in Prison Committee public event held as part of the Sydney Writers' Festival, on May 21, 2010. (from left to right: Colm Tóibín, Yiyun Li, Peter Carey, and Eric Lax)

John with Korean PEN Centre and its President, Gil-Won Lee, August 2010
John with Korean PEN Centre and its President, Gil-Won Lee, August 2010

Meeting with Korean PEN Centre, August 2010
Meeting with Korean PEN Centre, August 2010

Took a group of non-Canadian writers to the Arctic, including Nélida Pinon, David Young, Betty Friedan, Édouard Glissant, Chinua Achebe in village of Igloolik. (JRS is on far left) - 1989
Took a group of non-Canadian writers to the Arctic, including Nélida Pinon, David Young, Betty Friedan, Édouard Glissant, Chinua Achebe in village of Igloolik. (JRS is on far left) - 1989

Meeting in Kabul with members of Afghani PEN club - 2004
Seated with JRS: Nasrullah Parto Nadiri, Safia Sidiqqi, Rahnaward Zaryab, Khalida Forogh, and Habibullah Rafi
Meeting in Kabul with members of Afghani PEN club - 2004
Seated with JRS: Nasrullah Parto Nadiri, Safia Sidiqqi, Rahnaward Zaryab, Khalida Forogh, and Habibullah Rafi
The LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium

Roundtable Discussions taking place at the 2010 LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium.
Roundtable Discussions taking place at the 2010 LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium.

John in discussion with His Highness the Aga Khan on-stage at the 2010 LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium.
John in discussion with His Highness the Aga Khan on-stage at the 2010 LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium.

His Highness the Aga Khan delivering the 2010 LaFontaine-Baldwin Lecture at Koerner Hall in the Royal Conservatory of Music.
His Highness the Aga Khan delivering the 2010 LaFontaine-Baldwin Lecture at Koerner Hall in the Royal Conservatory of Music.

The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson introducing His Highness the Aga Khan at the 2010 LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium.
The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson introducing His Highness the Aga Khan at the 2010 LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium.

John delivering introductory remarks to the 2010 LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium.
John delivering introductory remarks to the 2010 LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium.

Émile Martel and Anne Golden, member of the LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium's Advisory Board, address the audience at the 2010 LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium.
Émile Martel and Anne Golden, member of the LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium's Advisory Board, address the audience at the 2010 LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium.

The audience filling Koerner Hall at the 2010 LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium.
The audience filling Koerner Hall at the 2010 LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium.

In conversation with David Malouf at the 2004 LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium
In conversation with David Malouf at the 2004 LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium

Visiting Attagoyuk School in Pangnirtung, Nunavut during the 9th annual LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium in 2009.
Visiting Attagoyuk School in Pangnirtung, Nunavut during the 9th annual LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium in 2009.

John Ralston Saul in discussion with Silla Watt-Cloutier, Her Worship Elisapee Sheutiapik (Mayor of Iqaluit), and Mary Simon (President of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami) at the 9th annual LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium in 2009.
John Ralston Saul in discussion with Silla Watt-Cloutier, Her Worship Elisapee Sheutiapik (Mayor of Iqaluit), and Mary Simon (President of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami) at the 9th annual LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium in 2009.

Silla Watt-Cloutier delivering the keynote lecture of the 9th annual LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium in 2009.
Silla Watt-Cloutier delivering the keynote lecture of the 9th annual LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium in 2009.

Silla Watt-Cloutier addressing attendees at the 9th annual LaFontaine-Baldwin Lecture in Iqaluit, 2009.
Silla Watt-Cloutier addressing attendees at the 9th annual LaFontaine-Baldwin Lecture in Iqaluit, 2009.

John Ralston Saul delivering a speech at the 9th annual LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium in 2009.
John Ralston Saul delivering a speech at the 9th annual LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium in 2009.

John Ralston Saul at the 9th annual LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium with (from left to right) Karliin Aariak, Eva Aariak (Premier of Nunavut) and Adrienne Clarkson.
John Ralston Saul at the 9th annual LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium with (from left to right) Karliin Aariak, Eva Aariak (Premier of Nunavut) and Adrienne Clarkson.
The North

Negotiating the Rapids on the Snake River in Northern Yukon with Bob Jickling - 2003
(photo credit: Lachlin McKinnon)
Negotiating the Rapids on the Snake River in Northern Yukon with Bob Jickling - 2003
(photo credit: Lachlin McKinnon)

Out with the ranger patrol, along with Michel-Marc Bouchard and David Young, outside Iqaluit. (JRS 2nd from right) - 2000
Out with the ranger patrol, along with Michel-Marc Bouchard and David Young, outside Iqaluit. (JRS 2nd from right) - 2000

Took a group of non-Canadian writers to the Arctic, including Nélida Pinon, David Young, Betty Friedan, Édouard Glissant, Chinua Achebe in village of Igloolik. (JRS is on far left) - 1989
Took a group of non-Canadian writers to the Arctic, including Nélida Pinon, David Young, Betty Friedan, Édouard Glissant, Chinua Achebe in village of Igloolik. (JRS is on far left) - 1989

With Grade 10 and 11 writing classes at the Nasivvik High School. Pond Inlet - 2001
With Grade 10 and 11 writing classes at the Nasivvik High School. Pond Inlet - 2001

With Sam Omik and Moses Amarualik on a trip out on the land to Sattuk (North Shore of Baffina Island) - Feburary 2001
With Sam Omik and Moses Amarualik on a trip out on the land to Sattuk (North Shore of Baffina Island) - Feburary 2001

With hunter Sam Omik, Simon Kautak, Ranger Norman Simonie and Moses Amarualik. - Sattuk
With hunter Sam Omik, Simon Kautak, Ranger Norman Simonie and Moses Amarualik. - Sattuk

At Pond Inlet, on the Northern tip of Baffin Island in Nunavut - 2005
At Pond Inlet, on the Northern tip of Baffin Island in Nunavut - 2005

First Trip to Arctic as Special Assistant to Chair of Petro-Canada - 1976
First Trip to Arctic as Special Assistant to Chair of Petro-Canada - 1976
Other

Colloquim on Saul's writings in Siena, Italy - 2002
Colloquim on Saul's writings in Siena, Italy - 2002

At a colloquim on Saul's writings in Siena, Italy (with philosopher Giulio Giorello, seated far left) - 2002
At a colloquim on Saul's writings in Siena, Italy (with philosopher Giulio Giorello, seated far left) - 2002

JRS in discussion with audience members after his keynote address
12 November 2007 at Villa Decius, Krakow (Poland) giving Inaugural Address for Captive Mind Revisited Conference
JRS in discussion with audience members after his keynote address
12 November 2007 at Villa Decius, Krakow (Poland) giving Inaugural Address for Captive Mind Revisited Conference

JRS on stage with American composer, Mikel Rouse
28 September 2007 at Bard College (New York), performing in John Cage Event, "Lecture on the Weather" - photo credits: Donald Dietz
JRS on stage with American composer, Mikel Rouse
28 September 2007 at Bard College (New York), performing in John Cage Event, "Lecture on the Weather" - photo credits: Donald Dietz

JRS in rehearsal
28 September 2007 at Bard College (New York), performing in John Cage Event, "Lecture on the Weather" - photo credits: Donald Dietz
JRS in rehearsal
28 September 2007 at Bard College (New York), performing in John Cage Event, "Lecture on the Weather" - photo credits: Donald Dietz

JRS with Mikel Rouse and dance choreographer Merce Cunningham
28 September 2007 at Bard College (New York), performing in John Cage Event, "Lecture on the Weather" - photo credits: Donald Dietz
JRS with Mikel Rouse and dance choreographer Merce Cunningham
28 September 2007 at Bard College (New York), performing in John Cage Event, "Lecture on the Weather" - photo credits: Donald Dietz

Group Rehearsal
28 September 2007 at Bard College (New York), performing in John Cage Event, "Lecture on the Weather" - photo credits: Donald Dietz
Group Rehearsal
28 September 2007 at Bard College (New York), performing in John Cage Event, "Lecture on the Weather" - photo credits: Donald Dietz