Correspondence to Franz Werfel, 1941, 1944.

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Correspondence to Franz Werfel, 1941, 1944.

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1 item concerns Neumann's critical view of the European PEN Club in America, of which Werfel was a member; see related correspondence under correspondent: Lania, Leo, 1896-1961.

2 items (2 leaves).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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PEN (Organization)

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P.E.N. is a rough acronym for poets, playwrights, essayists, editors and novelists. The first International Congress was held in London in 1923. From the description of Records [manuscript]. 1977. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225843867 Jules Romains was president of the international PEN Club from 1936 to 1941. After emigrating to the U.S. in 1941, he founded in New York City the European PEN Club in America, an organization of émigré authors from Nazi-occupi...

Neumann, Robert, 1897-1975

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Neumann had known Franz Werfel in Vienna, and they had close contact in exile in Sanary, in the south of France, in 1939. Neumann emigrated to London, where he was active in organizing Austrian writers in exile. It was at Neumann's suggestion that Werfel in 1938 agreed to be the honorary president of the PEN Club Austrian Centre (an exile division of the P.E.N. international organization), of which Neumann himself was acting president. Neumann indicates that he was acquainted with Anna Mahler in...