Shahrazad - Stories for life

At this year's Book Fair in Gothenburg, ICORN and Shahrazad collaborate to bring the visitors two events featuring ICORN Guest Writers Chenjerai Hove, Sihem Bensedrine, and Philo Ikonya.

In September, several ICORN Guest Writers, the ICORN Administration Center and Shahrazad - stories for life will participate in and meet with writers and translators from around the world at the second Writers' and Literary Translators' International Congress (WALTIC ) in Istanbul.

ICORN writers Chenjerai Hove (Zimbabwe), Philo Ikonya (Kenya) and Sihem Bensedrine (Tunisia) discuss literature, censorship and freedom of expression at the Gothenburg Book Fair in September.

World Poetry Day is coming up this Sunday, and is celebrated one day early in Uppsala, as ICORN Guest Writer Anisur Rahman (Bangladesh) and former Guest Writer Faraj Bayrakdar (Syria) take part in an event dedicated to words, and to encounters between poets and audiences of all ages and backgrounds. The following day, Rahman and ICORN Guest Writer Zurab Rtveliashvili (Georgia) join a large group of colleagues to celebrate poetry and the free word in Stockholm. This event is co-organised by Shahrazad - stories for life .

Georgian poet and performance artist Zurab Rtveliashvili meets writer Carola Hansson to discuss the theme of exile, at Kulturhuset in Stockholm, 24th February at 7 pm. Exile is a reality lived by Rtveliashvili, while Hansson treats the theme in her latest novel "Med et namn som mitt" ("With a name like mine").

Carlos Aguilera (Cuba), Zurab Rtveliashvili (Georgia) and Horacio Castellanos Moya (El Salvador) are all making appearances at the upcoming Book Fair.