Mighty, moving and prize-winning literature, and rare insights into the history of three smaller European regions, Ticino, Moldova and the Faroes. Andino shares the story of his Ticino grandfather, imprisoned in WW2 for helping Jews escape; Corobca’s protagonist Ana recalls the hardship when Soviet soldiers forced her to leave Bukovina, and Kjelnaes lifts our spirits with powerful personal stories from the Faroes.
With:
Fabio Andina (Switzerland)
Liliana Corobca (Romania)
Marjun Syderbø Kjelnæs (Faroes)
CHAIR: Bidisha
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About the chair:
Bidisha is a broadcaster, presenter and journalist. She specialises in culture as well as current affairs and human rights and provides cultural diplomacy, arts critique and political analysis tying these interests together across all media. She works for the main UK broadsheets, BBC TV and radio, CNN, Channel 5, ABC and Sky News. Her fifth book is Asylum and Exile: Hidden Voices of London and her most recent publication is the essay The Future of Serious Art. She has served as Trustee for the Forward Prizes for Poetry, the PANDA Performing Arts Network and the Booker Prize Foundation. She is also an acclaimed art director and film- and stills-maker.
