The ILO 2019 is organized by the Peter-Weiss-Foundation for Art and Politics, Germany and is supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs #CivilSocietyCooperation.
The participants of the festival are 31 authors from 7 countries. All events of the festival are free.
Guests of the ILO 2019:
- Maxim Biller (Germany)
- Andriy Bondar (Ukraine)
- Dimitré Dinev (Bulgaria/ Austria)
- Michael Fehr (Switzerland)
- Durs Grünbein (Germany)
- Maryna Hrymych (Ukraine)
- Yuriy Izdryk (Ukraine)
- Boris Khersonksy (Ukraine)
- Max Kidruk (Ukraine)
- Eugenia Kononenko (Ukraine)
- Andrey Kurkov (Ukraine)
- Dmytro Lazutkin (Ukraine)
- Johanna Lier (Switzerland)
- Andriy Lyubka (Ukraine)
- Henry Thomas Marsh (UK)
- Terezia Mora (Germany)
- Stepan Protsiuk (Ukraine)
- Marina Skalova (Switzerland)
- Natalka Sniadanko (Ukraine)
- Thomas Sandoz (Switzerland)
- Yuri Slezkine (USA)
- Pavlo Stekh (Ukraine)
- Yulia Werba ( Ukraine)
Participants of the program for children and young adults:
- Chen Jian Hong (China/France)
- Franz Hohler (Switzerland) – opening speech
- Emmanuelle Houdart (France)
- Andriy Lesiv and Romana Romanyshyn (Ukraine)
- Galyna Malyk (Ukraine)
- Oleksiy Nademlynsky (Ukraine)
- Lesia Voronina (Ukraine)
- Robert Paul Weston (United Kingdom).
Opening event
The opening ceremony of the festival will take place at Odesa House of Scientists on September 25th at 6.00 pm. The opening speech will be held by the Swiss author, winner of various literature awards, member of PEN, Franz Hohler.
Program
English: http://litfestodessa.com/en/
Ukrainian: http://litfestodessa.com/ua/
Organizers:
The ILO 2019 is organized by the Peter-Weiss-Foundation for Art and Politics, Germany.
Festival Directors: Hans Ruprecht and Ulrich Schreiber
Main partners of the festival:
The festival is organized with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
#CivilSocietyCooperation .
- Foundation Jan Michalski, Switzerland
- Odesa City Council
- Odesa Regional Council
- international literature festival berlin
- Leukerbad International Literary Festival, Switzerland
Festival locations :
- House of Scientists
- TEO Theatre
- Odesa I.I.Mechnikov national university
- Odesa puppet theatre
- Terminal 42
- Odesa Literature Museum
Contact
Maxim Melnyk (festival coordination)
0501487562
Yulia Suschenko (coordination of media)
050-928-10-60
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/InternationalesLiteraturfestivalOdessa/
