18-23 May

18 MAY, MONDAY

Venue: Writers’ House of Georgia, 13, Machabeli str.

12.00 –  Press Conference: organizers, sponsors, partners

18.00 –  Opening of the Tbilisi International Festival of Literature

18.30 – Philip Besson (France) – meeting with the public/book presentation “DE LÀ, ON VOIT LA MER” (“Intelekti” Publishing).

Discussion language: French with Georgian translation

20.00 – Svetlana Alexievich (Belarus) talks with AnnaKordzaia-Samadashvili.

Book presentation “Voices from Chernobyl” (“Artanuji” Publishing).

Discussion language: Russian

21.30 – Poetry Jam – with the participation of all poets of the Festival

19 MAY, TUESDAY

15.00 – Philip Besson (France) meets Tbilisi State University students

            Tbilisi State University

18.00 – Raoul Schrott (Austria) – Hesiod’s “Theogony”, Homer’s “Iliad”, ancient texts, their sources and background

Moderation by Lasha Bakradze

Discussion language: German with Georgian translation

            Literature Museum 

18.00 – Claudio Pozzani (Italy) meets the students of Dante Alighieri Society

Discussion language: Italian

            Dante Alighieri Society, Tbilisi Committee 

18.00 – Vera Pavlova (U.S.) – poetry evening

Language: Russian

            Caucasian House 

19.00 – Mikolaj Lozinski (Poland) meeting with the public

Moderation by Magda Novakovska

Discussion language: Polish with Georgian translation

            Europe House Tbilisi 

19.00 – Sarah Bower (UK), Anthea Nicholson (UK) moderation by Davit Gabunia

Discussion language: English with Georgian translation

            Writers’ House of Georgia 

20.30 – Caronlyn Forche (U.S.), Kimberly Johnson (U.S), Paata Shamugia (Georgia) – Poetry evening

Language: English, Georgian

 Writers’ House of Georgia 

20 MAY, WEDNESDAY

15.00 – Sarah Bower (UK) meets students of Free University. Workshop on creative writing

Discussion language: English

            Free University 

18.00 – Violet Grigoryan (Armenia), Giunel Mevlud (Azerbaijan), Eka Kevanishvili (Georgia) – poetry evening

Language: Armenian, Azeribaijani and Georgian with English translation

             Caucasian House

18.00 – Raoul Schrott (Austria) – Lyric and Prose, meeting with the public.

Discussion language: German

             Goethe Institute Tbilisi 

19.00 – Photo exhibition “Ukrainian Night” with photographer Miron Zownir and author of the book Kateryna Mishchenko. Serhiy Zhadan (Ukraine) talks about events in Ukraine.

Moderation by Lasha Bakradze

Discussion language: Russian with Georgian translation

            Europe House Tbilisi 

19.00 – Claudio Pozzani (Italy) – poetry reading, meeting with the public. Presentation of the translation of his book “March of Shadow”. Presentation of “Anthology of modern Georgian poetry” in Italian translation.

Translator: Nunu Geladze

Language: Italian with Georgian translation

             Writers House of Georgia 

20.30 – Poetry of Lithuanian poets Language: Lithuanian with Georgian translation

Writers’ House of Georgia

21 MAY, THURSDAY

14.30 – Josip Novakovich (Croatia/Canada) meets students of the University of Georgia.

Moderation by David Dephy

Language: English with Georgian translation

            Georgian University

18.00 – Presentation of U.S. Embassy Book translation program

Language: English with Georgian translation

            Writers’ House of Georgia 

19.00 – Panel discussion: “Poetry today: off-center of literary mainstream” – Claudio Pozzani (Italy), Violet Grigorian (Armenia), Vera Pavlova (U.S.), Kimberly Johnson (U.S), Rati Amaglobeli (Georgia).

Discussion language: English/Russian with Georgian translation

             Writers’ House of Georgia 

20.30  – Vera Pavlova (U.S.), Serhiy Zhadan (Ukraine) and Zviad Ratiani (Georgia) – poetry evening

Language: Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian

              Writers’ House of Georgia 

22 MAY, FRIDAY

14.30 – Lucy Tapahonso (U.S.) meets the students of the American Academy in Tbilisi

Discussion language: English

            American Academy in Tbilisi 

18.00 – Rasul Yunan (Iran) talks with Giorgi Lobjanidze

Discussion language: Persian with Georgian translation

            Caucasian House 

18.00 – Panel discussion: “Writer and Citizen – civil responsibility of the author” Svetlana Alexievich (Belarus), Carolyn Forche (U.S.), Lucy Tapahonso (U.S.A), Josip Novakovich (Croatia/Canada), Giunel Mevlud (Azerbaijan), Lasha Bugadze (Georgia).

Moderation by Levan Berdzenishvili (Georgia)

Discussion language: English, Russian with Georgian translation

             TBC Gallery 

20.00 –  Kimberly Johnson (U.S.), Carolyn Forche (U.S.) and Zviad Ratiani (Georgia) In Memoriam Mark Strand

Language: English/Georgian

              Writers’ House of Georgia 

21.00 – Final poetry night with participation of all guests

            Writers’ House of Georgia 

23 MAY, SATURDAY

13:00 – Childrens’ session with Vaso Guleuri and Davit Gabunia,

reading of Sven Nordkvist’s picture books  “Findus and Petsson”

Language: Georgian

14:00 – Workshop for students – how to write a play with Lasha Bugadze (Georgia)

Language: Georgian

17:00 – Workshop for students – creative writing with Anna Kordzaia-Samadashvili (Georgia)

Language: Georgian

Programm +

Nino Surguladze’s exhibition of Theatre Costumes

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