International literary festival in Oslo, Norway
18‒20 september 2008

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(Last updated Sep 18)

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Welcome by Eli Borchgrevink, Du store verden!/DSV and Adam Powell
Opening speach by Ana Valdés (writer and translator, Uruguay/Sweden)

SPØRRING
ved Erling Kittelsen i samtale med Tom Remlov
– om økonomitenkningen i kulturinstitusjonene og ånden som flyr ...
... AND I JUST WANT TO ASK
Erling Kittelsen in dialogue with Tom Remlov
– about cultural institutions' way of thinking about economics – and the present spirit of the people...
på norsk / in Norwegian

Music: Embla Laache

Dr. Amitabh Mitra (South Africa)
'Current literary trends in today's South Africa, and among its youth'
Interview by Santosh Kumar – Poetry reading

Albert Russo (France)
'On being an author with a global background, reflections from over the years'
Interview by Pradip Choudhuri – Poetry reading

Music: Embla Laache

Seminar led by Adam Powell:
Multilingual literature
Fictional literature, poetry, essays etc. in whose mother tongue: the author's or that of the majority?
see separate seminar program

Pradip Choudhuri (India)
'Looking back at the Hungry Generation ... the movement, its history and its influence'
Interview by Albert Russo – Poetry reading

Santosh Kumar (India)
'The mandate and philosophy of Taj Mahal Review and Cyberwit's other publications'
Interview by Amitabh Mitra – Poetry reading

Daves Guzha / Rooftop Promotions (Harare, Zimbabwe)
presents the play 'Super Patriots & Morons'
(tonight at the National Theatre)

Basim Mardan – guest writer, Skien (Iraq/Norway) – Readings

Venke Aarethun repr. Ultima (Norway):
Presentation of the Palestinian project 'Al Kamandjati'
Ana Valdés: About Palestinian literature
Dialogue

Video: 'A Heart from Jenin' (Ana Valdés / Celia Parsberg – Sweden)

Oslo Fine Arts Academy / Vasuky Jayapalan, Sakthi Baskar and Narthaki Nataraj – Tamil performance, Bharatnatyam

Seminar led by Adam Powell:
Multilingualism
Writing and publishing multilingual books
see separate seminar program

Music: Rafael Prado Gutiérrez and Pedro Jose Lugones Peña

Zakia Khairhoum and Lene Steimler:
Presentation of the play 'Det Vidunderlige' ('The Wonderful')
– premiere at the TWIST08 festival this autumn
på norsk / in Norwegian

Diane Oatley (Spain/Norway)
Readings

Barbara E Mercer (Canada)
Readings

Zakia Khairhoum (Morocco/Norway)
Readings
på norsk / in Norwegian

Nirmal Brahmachari (India/Norway)
Poetry readings
på norsk / in Norwegian

Fabio Croce (Italy)
'The importance and challenges of publishing niche and gay literature in today's Italy, and perhaps internationally'
Interview by Jon Rognlien (Norway)
Readings in Italian

Music: Rafael Prado Gutiérrez and Pedro Jose Lugones Peña

Nadir Guendouz (Nordic Black Theatre – NBT, Norway)
Choice of international dramaturgy for the stage

Book launch (international publishers)
led by Zainab McCoy (Nordic Black Theatre, Norway)
Short presentations by Pradip Choudhuri, Fabio Croce, Karunesh Agrawal, Amitabh Mitra and Albert Russo

Adam Powell (Norway)
reads poems written in five languages

Authors in exile (Iran/Kurdistan/Norway)
Readings led by Azad Rostami:
Laila Simaei, Ayaz Khonsyawashan, Hossein Haideri, Syaroj, Hashmatollah Shafieian
In cooperation with the Norwegian Authors' Union and Elyas Poorgholam

Erling Kittelsen (Norway)
Readings

Lily Bandehy (Norway)
Readings

Music: Padik (Norway/Sweden)
Abdulrahman Surizehi, Rostam Mirlashari, Sebastian Notini

The tent opens

Avanti Flatabø (India/Norway)
Readings

Dipok Sharma (India/Norway)
Readings

Seminar led by Adam Powell:
Electronic publishing
Current and future trends in electronic publishing – its consequences, challenges and benefits
In collaboration with the National Library of Norway
see separate seminar program

Elyas Poorgholam (Iran/Norway):
Helga Meisingset (actress) reads from his tale 'Hassany and the black Diven'
– premiere at the TWIST08 festival this autumn
på norsk / in Norwegian

Walid al-Kubaisi (Iraq/Norway)
Readings
på norsk / in Norwegian

Elyas Poorgholam:
Helga Meisingset reads from his new novel 'Faren' ('The Father')
på norsk / in Norwegian

Easterine Iralu (guest writer, Tromsø)
– a presentation in dialogue with Kjell Olaf Jensen
(Norsk PEN/ICORN, Norway)

Family Reggae Disco

WORDS – one path to peace and understanding
Santosh Kumar: Historic and literary aspects
Ana Valdés reads from her new book 'Er tid skall komma' ('Your time will come') about the absence of freedom of expression
Dialogue

WORDS – one path to peace and understanding
Elly Christensen (cultural worker, Denmark/Norway):
Summarisation and comments after the three day festival

Punjabi University Theatre Company / Indian Welfare
Society Norway
presents JALWA and LOONA; a play by Shiv Kumar Batalvi
(performances 22-23 September in Oslo and Drammen)

Hannah Wozene Kvam (artist, writer, slam poet)
Readings
på norsk / in Norwegian

Music: Unni Løvlid and Becaye Aw