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Type of Event: Conference
Date: 2008-06-29
Venue: Stockholm, Sweden
Event theme(s): Welcome to WALTIC - the first literary congress of its kind! Between June 29th and July 2nd 2008, writers, translators and scholars will gather for a manifestation of the value of words and in support of human rights. WALTIC is a global arena for collaboration, creating opinion and achieving change. Registration is still open.

Description: Invited Speakers

Türker Armaner
Antonia Arslan
Yusuf Azemoun
Karin Barber
Abdelkader Benali
Charles Bernstein
Calixthe Beyala
Giannina Braschi
David Brookshaw
Mircea Cãrtãrescu
Mauro Covacich
Tsitsi Dangarembga
Assia Djebar
Gamal el-Ghitany
Horace Engdahl
James English
Filip Florian
Jean-Claude Guédon
Josef Haslinger
Rafael Hernández
Ho Anh Thai
Uzodinma Iweala
Clara Janés
Eileen Julien
Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Jamaica Kincaid
Antije Krog
Leevi Lehto
Eileen Julien
Henning Mankell
Ana Menendez
Gcina Mhlope
Rosa Montero
Bharati Mukherjee
Herta Müller
Simone Murray
Sonia Nimr
Saliha Paker
Barys Pjatrovitj
Elena Poniatowska
Philip Pullman
Laura Restrepo
Rodrigo Rey Rosa
Hans Rosling
Alfian Bin Sa’at
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Dava Sobel
Muniz Sodré
Saša Stanišic
Krister Stoor
Farzaneh Taheri
Shaun Tan
Yoko Tawada
Dubravka Ugrešic
Leonardo Valencia
Binyavanga Wainaina
Frank Westerman
Wu Ming I

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Event website: http://www.congrexnetwork.com/dbs/waltic/index.cfm