Autrice e traduttrice, è nata nel 1953 a Budapest ed emigrata con i genitori in Svizzera nel 1960. Cresciuta a Lucerna, ha studiato Filosofia e Letteratura tedesca e francese all’Università di Losanna. Tra i suoi romanzi ricordiamo Unstete Leute (1992), Rufe von jenseits des Hügels (1994), Mutters Buch (1997), Pilatus (2003), Im April (2006), Eine … Leggi tutto Christina Viragh: biography
Interview with Frank Westerman
(Segue traduzione in italiano) During the last edition of the Waterlines Project, students from the International College had the opportunity to meet Frank Westerman, an example of an innovative style of writing and storytelling. Born in 1964 in Emmen, he grew up in Assen and studied Tropical Agriculture at Wageningen University (the Netherlands), he works … Leggi tutto Interview with Frank Westerman
EVENTO – Waterlines incontra Rothko in Lampedusa
Una tavola rotonda a più voci per una riflessione sul tema della “fuga", motivo conduttore sia delle residenze di Waterlines nel 2019 che della mostra “Rothko in Lampedusa" (a Palazzo Querini fino al 24 novembre). I diversi contributi intendono metterne in luce vari aspetti nel corso dei tempi e nell'intreccio fra vita e arte. … Leggi tutto EVENTO – Waterlines incontra Rothko in Lampedusa
Guadalupe Nettel – Appuntamenti
Lunedì 8 aprile ore 15.30 Fondazione di Venezia Rio Novo, Dorsoduro 3488/U Style Exercises laboratorio di scrittura creativa ispirato a Exercices de style di Raymond Queneau in lingua inglese Giovedì 11 aprile ore 16.00 Fondazione di Venezia Rio Novo, Dorsoduro 3488/U Corpi in bilico/Identità in transito: la narrativa di Guadalupe Nettel dialogo con Margherita Cannavacciuolo … Leggi tutto Guadalupe Nettel – Appuntamenti
Guadalupe Nettel: biography
Scorri per la versione italiana Guadalupe Nettel, born in Mexico City in 1973, grew up between Mexico and France. She is the author of the novels El huésped (2006), The Body Where I was Born (Seven Stories Press, 2015), and After the Winter (Coffee House Press, 2018), for which she was awarded the Herralde Novel … Leggi tutto Guadalupe Nettel: biography
The dystopic Venice of Albert Ostermaier
(Scorrere per la versione italiana) A dystopic world where Venice is the last safe place in Italy and a referendum to decide whether to blow up the Ponte della Libertà and to stop the current of refugees coming to Venice from across the country. This is the initial setting of the play directed by the … Leggi tutto The dystopic Venice of Albert Ostermaier
Igiaba Scego – biography
Igiaba Scego was born in Rome. After graduating in "Foreign Literature" at the La Sapienza University in Rome, she obtained her doctorate in pedagogy at the Third University of Rome. At present, she is writing and doing research on the dialogue between cultures and the question of migration. She collaborates with many magazines that deal with migrant … Leggi tutto Igiaba Scego – biography
Mayank Austen Soofi – biography
Indian writer, photographer, blogger and journalist http://www.thedelhiwalla.com Soofi was born in Nainital in the mountains of Uttarakhand and moved to Delhi around 2004. He uses 'Austen' as his middle name as a tribute to the author Jane Austen, about whom he often blogs.His writings were featured in Volume 4 of "Penguin Book of New Writing from India" published … Leggi tutto Mayank Austen Soofi – biography
Nataša Dragnić – biography
Born in 1965 in Split, Croatia. When she was six she wrote her first poem. When she was eighteen she moved away for the first time to pursue a degree in German and Romance studies in Zagreb. In 1995 she earned a master’s degree in literature. She also completed a degree in diplomacy in Zagreb and … Leggi tutto Nataša Dragnić – biography
Billy Kahora – biography
KENYAN WRITER AND EDITOR BASED IN NAIROBI. Billy Kahora is the Managing Editor of Kwani?. He also writes fiction and completed an MS.c in Creative Writing with distinction at the University of Edinburgh as a Chevening Scholar in 2007. Before that Billy studied and worked in South Africa for 8 years and in between worked as an … Leggi tutto Billy Kahora – biography
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