|
Literary Corner
SARAJEVO v knjižnici že dva tisoč let knjige načrti
Veno Taufer: VUKVAR |
Report by the Chair of the Writers for Peace Committee, Belgrade, 12 - 18 September 2011This year’s International PEN Congress was of historical importance as it took place in the Balkans, which were only a few years ago still ravaged by war. In this sense it could be compared to the famous Bled congress in 1965, when for the first time in the history of International PEN the gathering was also attended by the writers from the then Soviet Union as observers. This year saw the meeting of writers from nations which not long ago would not even speak to each other. Representatives from 28 member centres of the Committee and two observer centres met at the general meeting. More ...WFPCThe International PEN Writers for Peace Committee was founded in 1984 as a response to the difficulties posed to cultural collaboration during the Cold War years. Its key aim was to open doors to peaceful and intellectual cooperation, encouraging the sharing of ideas and writings, during a period when many other doors were closed. During its early years, the Committee's annual meetings in Bled gave space for a democratic dialogue between writers from both East and West and during the break-up of the former Yugoslavia, offered somewhere that writers from these countries could exchange views and tell their stories. More ...General Assembly of the WfCP, September 2011The WfPC will hold its annual General Assembly at the coming International PEN Congress inBelgrade (12th – 18th of September. More ... |
