Priya Basil

Priya Basil b. 1977, is a British-Indian writer who grew up in Kenya and now lives in Germany. She is co-founder of Authors for Peace. She regularly writes for Lettre International and various daily newspapers. Recently published in German: Im Wir und Jetzt. Feministin werden, 2021. .... If the whole world digested ‘Be My Guest’, we’d be OK. ... Chauvinists, xenophobes, climate change deniers – inhospitable people the world over – will detest her compellingly beautiful book. Alexander Gilmour, The Financial Times

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Priya Basil
b. 1977, is a British-Indian writer who grew up in Kenya and now lives in Germany. She is co-founder of Authors for Peace. She regularly writes for Lettre International and various daily newspapers. Recently published in German: Im Wir und Jetzt. Feministin werden, 2021.

.... If the whole world digested ‘Be My Guest’, we’d be OK. ... Chauvinists, xenophobes, climate change deniers – inhospitable people the world over – will detest her compellingly beautiful book.
Alexander Gilmour, The Financial Times

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Sjón

Sjón, b. 1963, is an Icelandic writer and artist. He became famous for his song lyrics for Björk, in particular for Lars von Trier’s film Dancer in the Dark. He was a member of the Surrealism, Punk, Dada and Poetry performance group, Medúsa. Sjón lived for several years in England and The Netherlands, before returning to Reykjavík. He received the Nordic Council Literature Prize for his novel The Blue Fox. Latest publication in German: CoDex 1962, 2020.
“Nobody combines head and heart more poetically than SJÓN.”
BJÖRK

Franzobel

Franzobel, b. 1967, is one of the most popular and popularizing Austrian writers. He is the recipient of several awards, including the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, the Nestroy Prize and the Arthur Schnitzler Prize. His plays were performed among others in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Denmark, France, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, Italy, Russia and the U.S. To date translations are available in 23 languages.

Franzobel, geb. 1967, ist einer der populärsten und polarisierendsten österreichischen Schriftsteller. Er erhielt mehrere Auszeichnungen, darunter den Ingeborg-Bachmann- Preis, den Nestroy-Preis und den Arthur-Schnitzler- Preis. Seine Theaterstücke wurden unter anderem in Mexiko, Argentinien, Chile, Dänemark, Frankreich, Polen, Rumänien, der Ukraine, Italien, Russland und den USA gezeigt. Übersetzungen liegen bislang in 23 Sprachen vor.

Patricia Portela

Patricia Portela
b. 1974, is a Portuguese writer, performer and filmmaker. She accomplishes her transdisciplinary artistic projects in Europe, USA and the Middle East. She has been director of the Teatro Viriato in Viseu since 2020. Recently published: Dias úteis, 2017.
Patricia Portela asks with her unique power of imagination: what causes us to sell our soul nowadays??
Carlos Vaz Marques, Livros do Dia

Marguerite Abouet

Until the age of 12 Marguerite Abouet spent her childhood in Ivory Coast and then moved to Paris. Her book series Aya is one of the most successful comics in France and has been translated into many other languages. The story of the three adolescent girls growing up in the late 1970s in Africa has also been animated as a movie.
Participant of the European Literature Days 2015.

Yvan Alagbé

Born in Paris, raised in Benin and Paris, Yvan Alagbé met Olivier Marboeuf in 1990. Marboeuf studied biology and mathematics and Alagbé studied mathematics and physics. They ventured into the alternative comics scene, and created the Dissidence Art Work association in 1991. From 1992, they made L'Oeil Carnivore, a fanzine about comics, litterature, music, cinema and painting. Their first big project, Ville Prostituée, drawn by Alagbé and written by Marboeuf, was published by Vents d'Ouest in 1993. Afterwards, they founded their own publishing house, Amok, and began the alternative comics review Le Cheval sans Tête.

Yvan Alagbé wurde in Paris geboren und ist dort sowie in Benin aufgewachsen. 1990 traf er während des Mathematik- und Physikstudiums auf Olivier Marboeuf und gemeinsam wagten sie sich in die alternative Comicscene vor. 1991 gründeten sie die Dissidence Art Work Association und ab 1992 brachten sie L'Oeil Carnivore, ein Fanzine über Comics, Literatur, Musik, Kino und Malerei heraus. Ihr erstes Großprojekt, Ville Prostituée, gezeichnet von Alagbé und geschrieben von Marboeuf, wurde 1993 von Vents d'Ouest herausgegeben. Später gründten die beiden ihren eigenen Verlag, Amok, und gaben das alternative Comic Magazin Le Cheval sans Tête heraus.

Participant of the European Literature Days 2015.
Teilnehmer der Europäischen Literaturtage 2015.

Pierre Alféri

Pierre Alféri is a French writer, poet and essayist. He is amongst the most innovative voices in France. Alféri is also well known for his experimental films and theatre studies, visual poetry and tone pieces as well as for his picture books and posters (see alferi.fr). The artist’s versatility is revealed in numerous exhibitions, film shows and performances of his works both at home and abroad. Since 2007, Pierre Alféri has taught literature at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

Pierre Alféri ist ein französischer Autor, Dichter und Essayist. Er zählt zu den innovativsten Stimmen aus Frankreich. Außerdem ist er für seine Experimentalfilme, Theaterstudien, Visuelle Poesie, Tonstücke, Bilderbücher und Poster bekannt (siehe alferi.fr). Seine künstlerische Vielseitigkeit war in zahlreichen Ausstellungen, Film Shows und Performances im In- und Ausland zu sehen. Seit 2007 unterrichtet Pierre Alféri auch Literatur an der École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

Ghayath Almadhoun

Ghayath Almadhoun, geb. 1979, ist ein palästinensisch schwedischer Dichter und Filmemacher. Er studierte an der Universität Damaskus, wanderte 2008 nach Schweden aus. Seine Gedichte wurden in zahlreiche Sprachen übersetzt. Zuletzt auf Deutsche erschienen: Ein Raubtier namens Mittelmeer, 2018.
"Seine Gedichte sind getragen von Drastik, Absurdität und einer großen stilistischen Sensibilität. Sie führen die syrische Katastrophe vor Augen und verteidigen zugleich Menschsein und Individualität.“
Andreas Fanizadeh, Weltempfänger

Ghayath Almadhoun, b. 1979, is a Palestinian and Swedish poet and filmmaker. He studied at Damascus University and emigrated to Sweden in 2008. His poems have been translated into numerous languages. His most recent book in German: Ein Raubtier namens Mittelmeer, 2018.
“His poems are sustained by radicality, absurdity and great stylistic sensitivity. They visualize the Syrian disaster and at the same time defend humanity and individuality.”
Andreas Fanizadeh, Weltempfänger

Fabio Andina

Fabio Andina, b. 1972, is a Swiss writer. He studied film theory and screenwriting in San Francisco; he currently lives in Ticino. Published in German: Tage mit Felice, 2020.
“What have the days done with the narrator? We don’t find out. And what about us? What is essential? Enough to eat, a warm dwelling, some company, a book?”
Katja Lückert, Deutschlandfunk

Juri Andruchowytsch

Juri Andruchowytsch was born in 1960 in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. He is considered the leading contemporary Ukrainian writer. He writes poems, prose, essays and translates from German and Polish. In 1985 he co-founded the legendary literary performance group "Bu-Ba-Bu" (Burlesk-Balagan-Buffonada). His books are translated into many languages. He was awarded the Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding and the Goethe Medal.

Ljuba Arnautović

Ljuba Arnautović, born in 1954 in Kursk (Soviet Union), is an Austrian writer, translator and journalist. Her second novel Junischnee (June Snow) relates the story of her father, who was in a generation of Austrian Schutzbund children; he arrived in Moscow from Vienna and only returned decades later. After the German attack on the Soviet Union, he was sent to the Gulag. Recently published: Junischnee, 2021.

Gabriela Babnik

Gabriela Babnik, geb. 1979, ist eine slowenische Schriftstellerin, Literaturkritikerin und Übersetzerin. Sie lebte einige Jahre in Nigeria und schrieb ihre Masterarbeit über nigerianische Literatur. Ihr Werk wurde u.a. mit dem Literaturpreis der Europäischen Union ausgezeichnet.
Buchpublikation auf Englisch:Dry Season, Istros Books London 2015

Gabriela Babnik, b. 1979, is a Slovenian writer, literary critic and translator. She lived for several years in Nigeria and completed her Master’s thesis on Nigerian literature. The European Union Literature Prize is among the many accolades for her work.
English book publication: Dry Season, Istros Books London 2015

Konrad Bogusław Bach

Konrad Bogusław Bach, born 1984, is a Polish writer. He studied theatre arts and Catholictheology, classical philology and film writing in Berlin, Krakow and Rome. He lives in the Polish–German border town of Gubin/ Guben. Recently published in German: Der Wisent, 2022

Mark Baczoni

Mark Baczoni was born in Budapest and grew up in London. He studied in Cambridge and Budapest, and translates both prose and poetry from Hungarian and French. He is the translator of Alexander Lénard's Stories of Rome and Jenő Rejtő's The Fourteen Carat Car (both Corvina, Budapest). His translations of Péter Závada’s poems appeared in The White Review and Cordite. He has contributed fairytales by Elek Benedek to Asymptote's Translation Tuesdays and Exchanges Magazine, and was also involved with a Modern Poetry in Translation workshop on János Pilinszky’s Quatrain. He is one of the editors of Hungary's leading English-language literary portal, Hungarian Literature Online (hlo.hu).

Mark Baczoni wurde in Budapest geboren und wuchs in London auf.Er studierte in Cambridge und Budapest und übersetzt heute Prosa und Lyrik aus dem Ungarischen und Französischen ins Englische. Er ist Redakteur von Ungarns führendem englischsprachigen Literaturportal Hungarian Literature Online (hlo.hu).

Peter Balko

Peter Balko, b. 1988 in Lučenec/Lošonc, is a Slovakian writer. He is well-known as a screenplay writer and has won many awards for his debut novel. Published in German: Zusammen sind wir unbesiegbar, 2020.
“Myths and cheeky children’s pranks, sadistic Nazis and his grandparent’s love story – it’s impressive how Peter Balko interweaves the most diverse set pieces as building blocks for his Slovakian Macondo.”
Wolfgang Popp, Ö1 Kulturjournal

Jaroslav Balvin

Jaroslav Balvin, born 1981, Czech writer and journalist. He is Editor-in-chief of czechlit.cz.

Jaroslav Balvin, geboren 1981, tschechischer Autor und Publizist. Er ist Chefredakteur von czechlit.cz.

Priya Basil

Priya Basil, geb. 1977, ist eine britisch-indische Schriftstellerin. Sie wuchs in Kenia auf, studierte in Großbritannien und lebt heute in Berlin. Basil ist Mitbegründerin von Authors for Peace. Zuletzt auf Deutsch erschienen: Gastfreundschaft, 2019.
„Dass es gerade in Zeiten von Migration und neuem Nationalismus gut und wichtig ist, sich über die Bedeutung von Gastfreundschaft zu verständigen, ist … der zentrale, nie pädagogisch vorgetragene, sondern ganz selbstverständlich mitschwingende Gedanke der in Berlin lebenden Autorin“
taz. die tageszeitung

Priya Basil, b. 1977, is a British-Indian writer. She grew up in Kenya, studied in Great Britain and now lives in Berlin. Basil is a co-founder of Authors for Peace. Her latest book in German: Gastfreundschaft, 2019.
“The idea that especially in times of migration and the upsurge of nationalism, it is good and proper to publicize the importance of hospitality is ... the prevailing, never educationally pronounced, though entirely natural and sympathetic idea of the Berlin-based writer”
taz. die tageszeitung

Lana Bastašić

Lana Bastašić
b. 1986, is a Bosnian writer. She is editor of the Spanish literature magazine Carn de cap and co-founder of 3+3 sisters, a project that promotes writers from the Balkans. She was awarded the European Union Prize for Literature in 2020. Recently published in German: Fang den Hasen, 2021.

With captivating language between rebellious defiance and biting humour, Bosnia’s exciting literary shooting star, Lana Bastašić, tells the story in “Fang den Hasen” of an extraordinary friendship amidst the turmoil of Yugoslavian history.
Fischer Verlag

Klaus Bittner

Klaus Bittner studied special educational needs, art history and history in Cologne and Bonn, training apprenticeship at the bookstore Buchhandlung Walther König and founder of the bookstore Buchhandlung Klaus Bittner in 1980. Co-organization of festivals, co-founder of the Literaturhaus Cologne and advisor to the LitCologne international literature festival.
Klaus Bittner, Studium der Sonderpädagogik, Kunstgeschichte und Geschichte in Köln und Bonn, Lehre in der Buchhandlung Walther König, 1980 Gründung der Buchhandlung Klaus Bittner. Beteiligung an der Organisation von Festivals, Mitgründer des Kölner Literaturhauses, Berater der LitCologne.

Philipp Blom

b. 1970, is a German writer, historian, journalist and translator. He worked in London and Paris and now lives in Vienna as a programme creator for the public broadcaster ORF.
“Blom is a marvellous narrator. His insights from the economy to technology including cultural history are more far-reaching than his counterparts, and he is a brilliant dramaturge of his material.”
Martin Ebel, Tages-Anzeiger

Karina Boehm

Karina Böhm, born 1980, studied Scandinavian languages and is the owner of Skandibok, an online shop for nordic literature.

Karina Böhm, geb. 1980, Skandinavistik-Absolventin und Inhaberin von Skandibok, dem Webshop für nordische Literatur.

Szilárd Borbély

Szilárd Borbély was a Hungarian poet (1963 - 2014). He is one of the most important authors of contemporary Hungarian literature.

Szilárd Borbély war ein ungarischer Lyriker (1963 - 2014). Er zählt zu den bedeutendsten Autoren zeitgenössischer Literatur in Ungarn.

Wilbirg Brainin-Donnenberg

Wilbirg Brainin-Donnenberg, director of drehbuchFORUM Wien (Screenwriters Forum Vienna) film curator, publicist and filmmaker. She has studied psychology and sociology in Vienna, Paris, and Salzburg. Several workshops on Script consulting with Linda Seger, Linda Aronson et al. and Sources 2 Mentors Training. Graduated from Friedl Kubelka School for Independent Films (2016-18). She has worked for the Austrian independent film distribution sixpackfilm from 1993 to 2004, then she curated numerous film programs as a freelance curator in Austria and abroad (such as, Phantome. Metamorphosen. Animismus im Film for the Generali Foundation Vienna; Österreich. Form verlässt Norm. Heimat geht fremd.; Women and Madness in Film; Hommage to Anne Charlotte Robertson) and was also active as film educator and on several juries at Austrian and international film festivals. She is co-editor of the book Gustav Deutsch. Filmemacher, 2010-2013 Head of the Diagonale Film Industry Meeting (Festival of Austrian Films), Board Member of FC GLORIA Women's Film Network and Synema - Gesellschaft für Film und Medien and part of the FIDLAB selection committee in Marseille and mentor for Ex-Oriente. Initiator and Curator of the FC Gloria Cinema Salons. 2016 she initiated the ongoing screenwriters award If she can see it, she can be it – Female characters beyond clischées). Based in Vienna, Austria.

www. drehbuchforum.at
www.fc-gloria.at

Hans Christoph Buch

Hans Christoph Buch, b. 1944, is a German writer and journalist. He is regarded as one of the leading German travel writers and intellectuals with regard to post-colonialism and literature. He taught German literature in New York, Texas, California, Havana, Buenos Aires, Beijing and Shanghai, published reportages from war and conflict regions as well as a novel trilogy about Haiti. His autobiographical novel Sechs Arten das Eis zu brechen was published in July 2016.

Hans Christoph Buch, geb. 1944, ist ein deutscher Schriftsteller und Journalist. Er gilt als einer der bedeutendsten deutschen ReiseschriftstellerInnen und Intellektuellen in Bezug auf Literatur und Postkolonialismus. Er unterrichtete deutsche Literatur in New York, Texas, Kalifornien, Havanna, Buenos Aires, Peking und Schanghai, publizierte Reportagen aus Kriegs- und Krisengebieten sowie eine Romantrilogie über Haiti. Sein autobiographischer Roman Sechs Arten das Eis zu brechen erschien im Juli 2016.

Ondřej Buddeus

Ondřej Buddeus, b. 1984, is a Czech writer, translator and editor. In the Czech Republic and abroad he has appeared with various event formats. He regularly collaborates with other artists and tries to place poetic texts in an “extended field”. In the context of his literary project a me, published both as a book and online, he developed a multimedia theatre performance as well as installation (Steirischer Herbst 2012). In autumn 2016, his graphic novel Kopf im Kopf will be published in German translation.

Ondřej Buddeus, geb. 1984, ist ein tschechischer Schriftsteller, Übersetzer und Herausgeber. Mit unterschiedlichen Veranstaltungsformaten tritt er in Tschechien und im Ausland auf. Regelmäßig arbeitet er mit anderen KünstlerInnen zusammen und versucht dichterische Texte im „erweiterten Feld“ zu platzieren. Im Rahmen seines literarischen Projekts a me – erschienen sowohl als Buch wie auch online – entwickelte er eine multimediale Theateraufführung sowie eine Installation (Steirischer Herbst 2012). Sein Graphic Novel Kopf im Kopf erscheint im Herbst 2016 in deutscher Übersetzung.

Zsófia Bán

Zsófia Bán, b. 1957, is a Hungarian writer, essayist and literary and art critic. Raised as the child of Jewish parents in Brazil, in 1969 the family returned to Hungary. She studied English and Romance Studies in Budapest, Lisbon, Minneapolis and New Brunswick. She has worked in film studios, as an exhibition curator and now teaches American Studies in Budapest. A recipient of numerous awards.

Zsófia Bán, geb. 1957, ist eine ungarische Schriftstellerin, Essayistin und Literatur- und Kunstkritikerin. Sie wuchs als Kind jüdischer Eltern in Brasilien auf, 1969 kehrte die Familie nach Ungarn zurück. Sie studierte Anglistik und Romanistik in Budapest, Lissabon, Minneapolis und New Brunswick. Sie arbeitete in Filmstudios, war Ausstellungskuratorin und lehrt heute Amerikanistik in Budapest. Ihr Werk wurde vielfach ausgezeichnet.

West Camel

West Camel is a writer, reviewer and editor. He edited Dalkey Archive’s Best European Fiction 2015, and is currently working as a freelance editor and writer for new press Orenda Books, Yale University Press and other organisations.

West Camel ist Schriftsteller, Kritiker und Redakteur. Er redigierte Dalkey Archives Best European Fiction 2015, und arbeitet derzeit als freier Redakteur und Schriftsteller für new press Orenda Books, Yale University Press ua.

Arno Camenisch

b. 1978, is a Swiss writer who is bilingual in Rhaeto-Romanic and German. He composes prose, poetry as well as being a playwright.
“This entirely unique language of Camenisch’s narratives is enchanting from the very first thanks to its poetry. It leaves addicted readers.”
Saarländischer Rundfunk

Rafael Cardoso

Rafael Cardoso, born 1964, is a Brasilian writer and art historian. His works of fiction include O Remanescente (2016), Entre as Mulheres (2007), Controle Remoto (2002) and A Maneira Negra (2000), all published in Brazil. He is the author of numerous books on the history of Brazilian art and design and is also active as an independent curator. He has taught at universities in Brazil and Germany, including Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Hamburg Universität and Freie Universität Berlin.

Rafael Cardoso, geb. 1964, ist ein brasilianischer Schriftsteller und Kunsthistoriker. Er unterrichtete an Universitäten in Brasilien und Deutschland, u.a. an der Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, der Universität Hamburg und der Freien Universität Berlin. Er schrieb zahlreiche Bücher über die Geschichte Brasiliens und ist auch als Ausstellungskurator tätig. Seine Romane sind ins Deutsche übersetzt.

Zuletzt auf Deutsch: Das Vermächtnis der Seidenraupen. Geschichte einer Familie, Fischer Verlag 2016

Léa Cassagnau

Léa Cassagnau was born in 1996. She is studying for a master's degree in comparative literary studies at University Paris 3 – Sorbonne Nouvelle. Léa Cassagnau est née en 1996. Elle est étudiante en master de littérature comparée à l'Université Paris 3 – Sorbonne Nouvelle.

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The Fight for Europe. State of Exception, reloaded

Sjón

Franzobel

Patricia Portela

Marguerite Abouet

Yvan Alagbé

Pierre Alféri

Ghayath Almadhoun

Fabio Andina

Juri Andruchowytsch

Ljuba Arnautović

Gabriela Babnik

Konrad Bogusław Bach

Mark Baczoni

Peter Balko

Jaroslav Balvin

Priya Basil

Lana Bastašić

Klaus Bittner

Philipp Blom

Karina Boehm

Szilárd Borbély

Wilbirg Brainin-Donnenberg

Hans Christoph Buch

Ondřej Buddeus

Zsófia Bán

West Camel

Arno Camenisch

Rafael Cardoso

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