Exile, Writing, and Cultural Freedom
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Friday 28 May 2004 7:00 pm |
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Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 West San Francisco Street |
Svetlana Alexievich
Svetlana Alexievich, born in 1948 in Belarus, is the author of War Doesn’t Have a Woman’s Face which brou… Read full bio.
Russell Banks
Russell Banks, INCA’s current president, is a prolific writer of fiction, whose titles include Searching for Su… Read full bio.
Jayne Cortez
Jayne Cortez was born in Arizona, raised in California, and resides in New York City. Described as a “womanist … Read full bio.
Fernando Garavito
Fernando Garavito, is a well-known and highly respected newspaper columnist from Bogotá, Colombia. He was forc… Read full bio.
Bei Dao
Bei Dao, who was forced into exile following the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989, is widely treasured by those who … Read full bio.
Wole Soyinka
Wole Soyinka, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986 and president of INCA from 1997-2000, is among contemp… Read full bio.
About this Event
An evening in support of the International Network of Cities of Asylum with Svetlana Alexievich, Russell Banks, Jayne Cortez, Fernando Garavito, Bei Dao, Wole Soyinka, and others.
The International Network of Cities of Asylum (INCA) was created after an appeal launched in July 1993 by 300 writers from all over the world for a new international structure capable of organizing a concrete solidarity with persecuted writers, in the form of a Cities of Asylum Network.
Fernando Garavito English Text Translation
Svetlana Alexievich English Text Translation
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