Stockholm Literature | Moderna Museet

Stockholm, 28.10 2016 – 30.10 2016

Stockholm Literature | Moderna Museet introduces and highlights international literature and translation in dialogue with other arts. The programme features discussions, lectures, readings, performances and poetry walks through art.

In 2016, guests will include several prominent international writers:
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (Kenya/USA), Samanta Schweblin (Argentina/Germany), Saša Stanišić (Bosnia/Germany), Dorit Rabinyan (Israel), Almudena Grandes (Spain), Don DeLillo (USA), Jamaica Kincaid (Antigua/USA), Hiromi Itō (Japan/USA), Monika Fagerholm (Finland), Sjón (Iceland), Hélène Cixous (Algeria/France), and Adel Abdessemed (Algeria/UK).

They will be talking to the writers Jerker Virdborg, Daniel Sjölin, Elisabeth Åsbrink, Majgull Axelsson, Kristina Sandberg, Ulf Karl Olov Nilsson, choreographer and stage director Mats Ek, museum director Daniel Birnbaum, and the artist Astrid Svangren (all from Sweden). Talks in the exhibition Thomas Schütte: United Enemies will feature writer Carl-Henning Wijkmark and actor Hannes Meidal.

The Translation of the Year Prize will be presented at the Festival. The 2016 Prize is awarded to Henrika Ringbom, for her translation of Toivo by Henriikka Tavi (Finland).

Press release: Stockholm Literature | Moderna Museet 28 – 30 October, 2016
More info about Stockholm Literature 2016