5th International Literary Festival, to the sea-girt shores of Cyprus
Wednesday – Saturday, 3 - 6 November 2021, Nicosia, Lemithou, Galata
 
The 5th international Literary Festival, to the sea-girt shores of Cyprus, will be four days long, from Wednesday to Saturday, with both both days included, 3 - 6 November 2020, and will host 30 writers and poets, from 11 countries, including Cyprus.
 
It is a well-known fact, that renowned as well as emerging literary voices and their interactive participation give significant value to an international literary festival. Their participation brings together their writing - reading with the audience-listener, in an atmosphere of communication (networking meetings that result in the tightening of relations between authors and the public), understanding (translations of poems and texts) and contemporary presentations (performance, videos).
 
The author-reader and audience-listener create a new platform-dialogue, on which they converge in search of new ideas and new approaches, that help better understand the contemporary literary trends. The Festival provides the platform for contemporary-modern writing- performing to be made public and reach more audiences, while at the same time never forgetting the classical.
 
Keeping this in mind and together with one of its key objectives, which is the presentation of specialised events dedicated to specific literary themes (countries or writers / poets), Ideogramma, is dedicating, in its fifth edition of the International Literary Festival, to the sea-girt shores of Cyprus, two events: one to the greatest living Irish poet Michael Longley, and the other to the world-famous German writer Bernhard Schlink (whose novel Der Vorleser, was made into the Oscar winning film, The Reader).
 

•  4 days, from Wednesday to Saturday 
• 30 writers and poets; 8 from abroad and 22 from Cyprus
• 1 theatre director, 2 actors and 1 musician
• Readings, Discussions and Meet the Writers Sessions
• A Dedication to Michael Longley and his work
• A Dedication to Bernhard Schlink and his work
• Visiting the unique library of the University of Cyprus
• In Nicosia (capital city), Lemithou (home of the cultural foundation Parakentro) and Galata (home of one of the UNESCO heritage Byzantine churches on the Troodos mountains)

 
Participants:
Michael Longley (Ireland), Elena Penga (Greece), Jean-Pierre Vallotton (Switzerland), Aleš Šteger (Slovenia), Gabriel Itkes Sznap (Sweden), Yang Lian (China), Dr Afra Atiq (UAE), Raquel Lanseros (Spain). Lisa Majaj – Suhair (Palestine / USA)
 
Cyprus: Aimilios Solomou, Andreas Kapandreou, Yiorgos Moleskis, Giorgos Christodoulides, Eleni Artemiou – Fotiadou, Erato Ioannou, Euphrosyne Manta – Lazarou, Louisa Papaloizou, Nadia Stylianou, Alev Adil, Gur Genç, Nora Nadjarian, Christos Tsiailis, Panayiotis Nicolaides, Pambis Anayiotos, Polina Mackay
 
All events are open and free to the public and will be widely promoted in the local (print, tv and radio), the internet (news and culture websites and blogs) and social media (Facebook, twitter, etc).

Start date/End date:   Wednesday, 3 November – Saturday 6 November 2021 (both dates included)

Start time/End time:    
Wednesday – Kastelliotissa medieval Hall – 19.30 – 21.30
Thursday – Parakentro Cultural centre – 11.30 – 13.00
Thursday – ARTos House – 20.00 – 21.30
Friday – University of Cyprus Library – 12.00 – 13.00
Saturday – Walking the old city of Nicosia – 10.30 – 12.30
Saturday – Nic Mun Multifunctional Foundation – 18.00 – 20.00

Visiting Hours:  Open and Free to the Public  (with SafePass)

Entrance Price/Τicket:   FREE
FESTIVAL PROGRAMME
3 - 6 November 2021
 
Wednesday, 3 November, 2021 – evening
19.30            Literary Encounter
Readings, Interviews
Venue: Kastelliotissa Medieval Hall, Nicosia
 
 
Thursday, 4 November 2021 - day
09.00           Literary Walks
Presentations, Readings
Venue: cultural centre “Parkentro”, Lemithou
 
Visit the St Sozomenos Church, Galata
 
Thursday, 4 November 2021 – evening
20.00           Dedication to Bernhard Schlink and his work
                   Talk:Elena Penga
Staged Reading: Andreas Araouzos, director
venue: ARTos Foundation, Nicosia

Venue:
Name: Ecophysis Bee & Nature Center
Postal address: Vavla, 7713, Larnaca
Phone number: +357 96373013

Friday, 5 November 2021 - morning
10.30           Interacting with Students
Writers and Poets visit high schools and universities in Nicosia
 
Friday, 5 November 2021 - evening
19.00           Dedication to Michael Longley and his work (online)
                   Talk: Polina Mackay
Venue: ARTos Foundation, Nicosia
 
 
Saturday, 6 November 2021 - morning
10.30           Walking the multicultural city of Nicosia (within the walls)
 
Saturday, 6 November 2021 - evening
18.00           Literary Horizons
Readings, Projections
venue: Nicosia Municipality Multifunctional Foundation
 
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