The discussion is part of a series of events around the project "A Suitcase Full of Books"
In a roundtable discussion, the authors
Tais Zolotkovska and
Christos-Armando Gezos will exchange views on the topic of
"Literature and Home". They explore the questions of what it means to write in a foreign country, but also what meaning one's own, native-language literature can have far away from home. Can literature be a place of home and what function can literature have when one lives in a foreign country?
The discussion is part of a series of events around the project
"A Suitcase Full of Books", which has also found a place in the library of the Goethe-Institut Athens. Families from Ukraine can find 50 books for children and young people by Ukrainian and foreign authors in Ukrainian translation.
About the authors:
Tais Zolotkovska
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Tais Zolotkovska (b. 1984) - Ukrainian author, teacher of creative writing, head of the art residence "House of the Author" on Zakynthos island, Greece and the literary NGO "Anonymous Authors". Author of 13 books for adults and children. Among them are the novel "Season" (2021), books on creative writing "Write as you breathe" and "Write. The easy way from an idea to a book”, a children's book“ Four teeth ”and others. In 2023, a new novel will be published. Tais is the winner of the special award of the literary competition "Coronation of the Word", Ukraine 2021. Resides on the island of Zakynthos, Greece.
Christos-Armando Gezos
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Christos Armando Gezos was born in Himara Albania in 1988 and grew up in Greece. He studied at the National Technical University of Athens. He is the recipient of the 2013 State Literary Award for Debuting Author. His story “Hearts for Dinner” has been shot into a short movie with the same name. Stories and poems of the author have been translated into several languages (English, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Serbian, Turkish, Albanian) and his novel “The mud” is being published in France in 2023. He lives in Athens.
Presentation:
Nataliya Dovhopol
Ukrainian writer, co-founder of the YouTube channel Fantastic talk/s.
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