Turkish Literature Now!

Literature from Turkey is the focus of this program. Writers and poets from Turkey read from their own work and from Turkish literature that they love, or that has influenced their own work. The presentation is in English, the readings are in Turkish. Each reading will be accompanied by a projection of the text in Dutch and English.
One of the participating authors is Perihan Magden (Turkey, 1960). Orhan Pamuk described her as 'one of the most inventive and outspoken writers of this era'.
Other participating authors are Nese Yasin, Gündüz Vassaf, Kamran Nazirli and Selim Temo.

This literary program was accomplished in collaboration with Stichting Winternachten. Since 1995 Stichting Winternachten has been dedicated to the development and maintenance of a network of writers from the Netherlands and countries with a shared history, such as Indonesia, Surinam, the Netherlands Antilles, Aruba and South Africa. Winternachten organises a self-titled annual festival in the Hague, featuring writers, music and film from these and other - predominantly non-Western - countries. As of 2008 Winternachten has included Turkey and Morocco in the writers' network.

Find out more about the Turkish Literature Now! festival via the Tropentheater agenda.
More information about Stichting Winternachten