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Literature of the World

The selection for Literatures of the World is made by the festival’s organisers, supported by an international network of curators and friends, and by the jurors, internationally renowned experts in the literature of their regions. The current guest authors of the DAAD’s Berlin Artists’ Programme will also receive invitations. This festival section allows audiences to get to know not only world-renowned authors, but also fascinating new discoveries from the fields of prose and poetry.

 

Participants of the "Literatures of the World" section:

2011

The following authors have confirmed their attendance at the 11th ilb:

Constantin Abaluta, Rumänien
Kader Abdolah, Iran/ Niederlande
Mohammed Achaari, Marokko
Raja Alem, Saudi-Arabien
Swetlana Alexijewitsch, Weissrussland (DAAD)
Sara Al Jarwan, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
Khulood al-Mualla, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
Ken Babstock, Kanada (DAAD)
Andrzej Bart, Polen
Tahar Ben Jelloun, Marokko / Frankreich
Louis de Bernières, Großbritannien
Marica Bodrožić, Deutschland / Kroatien
A. S. Byatt, Großbritannien
Bernardo Carvalho, Brasilien (DAAD)
Javier Cercas, Spanien
Patrick Chamoiseau, Martinique
Amir Hassan Cheheltan, Iran (Premiere)
Chirikure Chirikure, Zimbabwe (DAAD)
Patricia Cornwell, USA
Ludwig Fels, Deutschland
Rawi Hage, Kanada / Libanon (DAAD)
Paul Harding, USA
Adam Haslett, USA
Günter Herburger, Deutschland
Peter Stephan Jungk, Österreich / Frankreich
(Michael Krüger, Deutschland) Teilnahme unsicher
Wolfgang Kubin, Deutschland
Andrej Kurkow, Ukraine
Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanien
Melinda Nadj Abonji, Ungarn/Schweiz
Piotr Paziński, Polen
András Petöcz, Ungarn
DBC Pierre, Australien/ Irland
Vera Polozkova, Russland
Kathy Reichs, USA
Tomasz Różycki, Polen
Jaroslav Rudiš, Tschechien
Boualem Sansal, Algerien
Michail Schischkin, Russland/ Schweiz
Raoul Schrott, Österreich
Luis Sepúlveda, Chile
Gary Shteyngart, USA
Steinunn Sigurðardottir, Island
Miriam Toews, Kanada
Sigurbjörg Þrastardóttir, Island
Ilija Trojanow, Bulgarien / Österreich (Premiere)
Mario Vargas Llosa, Peru
Irvine Welsh, Schottland
Tomáš Zmeškal, Tschechien

2010

Aharon Appelfeld, Israel [Bio]
Marçal Aquino, Brazil [Bio]
Dieter Bachmann, Switzerland [Bio]
Vladislav Bajac, Serbia, nominated by Alberto Manguel
Israel Bar-Kohav, Israel
Priya Basil, Great Britain
Ken Bruen, Ireland
Ann Cotten, USA/ Germany
Louis-Philippe Dalembert, Haiti/ France
Rana Dasgupta, UK/ India [Bio]
Dietmar Dath, Germany
Tishani Doshi, India [Bio]
Mahmud Doulatabadi, Iran
Jennifer Egan, USA [Bio], nominated by Pankaj Mishra
Nuruddin Farah, Somalia [Bio]
Joshua Ferris, USA [Bio]
Franzobel, Austria [Bio]
Assaf Gavron, Israel [Bio]
Elizabeth Gilbert, USA
Juan Goytisolo, Spain [Bio]
Durs Grünbein, Germany
Carla Guelfenbein, Chile
Kevin Hart, Australia, nominated by Robert Gray
Anjum Hasan, India, nominated by Pankaj Mishra
Alois Hotschnig, Austria [Bio], nominated by Ilija Trojanow
Anilda Ibrahimi, Italy/Albania
Sabrina Janesch, Germany
Javad Khavari, Afghanistan, nominated by Atiq Rahimi
Wladimir Kaminer, Germany/ Russia [Bio]
Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Senegal, nominated by Fatou Diome
Sema Kaygusuz, Turkey
Esther Kinsky, Germany
Ayse Kulin, Turkey
Amara Lakhous, Italy/Albania
Liao Yiwu, China [Bio]
Dea Loher, Germany
Nicol Ljubic, Germany
Alberto Manguel, Canada / France
Yann Martel, Canada
Eva Menasse, Germany
Philipp Meyer, USA
Sudabeh Mohafez, Germany, nominated by Ilija Trojanow
Mohammad Hussain Mohammadi, Afghanistan, nominated by Atiq Rahimi
Hassouna Mosbahi, Tunisia
Dennis O’Driscoll, Ireland,nominated by Robert Gray
Sofi Oksanen, Finland
José F. A. Oliver, Germany [Bio]
Alexander Osang, Germany
Alan Pauls, Argentina
Martin Pollack, Austria
Moritz Rinke, Germany
José Saramago, Portugal
Hans Joachim Schädlich, Germany
Jochen Schmidt, Germany
Igiaba Scego, Italy
Leanne Shapton, Canada [Bio]
Samuel Shimon, Great Britain/ Iraq [Bio]
Sjón, Iceland [Bio]
Takis Theodoropoulos, Greece, nominated by Alberto Manguel
Nguyen Huy Thiep, Vietnam
Eliot Weinberger, USA [Bio]

Previous Participants of the "Literatures of the World" section:

2009

Abbas Beydoun (Lebanon) nominated
Yussef Bazzi
Tomás Eloy Martínez (Argentina) nominated
Andrés Neuman
Katarina Frostenson (Sweden) nominated
Göran Sonnevi und Marie Darrieussecq
Alberto Manguel (Canada/France) nominated
Aleksandar Hemon und Leila Sebbar
Boualem Sansal (Algeria) nominated
Maïssa Bey und Yvon Le Men
Yoko Tawada (Japan) nominated
Christine Montalbetti und Joy Harjo
Ilija Trojanow (Bulgaria/D) nominated
Youssouf Amine Elalamy und Erasmus Schöfer

2008

Chris Abani (Nigeria/USA) nominated
Helon Habila  and Ivan Vladislavić
Yury Andrukhovych (Ukraine) nominated
Natalka Snyadanko and Vasyl Makhno
Robert Gray (Australia) nominated
Don Paterson and Tim Liardet
László Krasznahorkai (Hungary) nominated
Mihály Víg and Ion Grigorescu
Katja Lange-Müller (Germany) nominated
Irina Liebmann and Ulrich Peltzer
Alberto Manguel (Canada/France) nominated
Marina Warner and Milton Hatoum
Abdourahman A. Waberi (Djibouti/France) nominated
Dinaw Mengestu and Laila Lalami

2007

Hanan al-Shaykh (Lebanon/UK) nominated
Shusha Guppy and Abdel Moneim Ramadan
Juri Andrukhovych (Ukraine) nominated
Andrij Bondar and Natasza Goerke
Namita Gokhale (India) nominated
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi and Nayantara Sahgal
Philip Jeyaretnam (Singapore) nominated
Tash Aw and lê thi diem thúy
László Krasznahorkai (Hungary) nominated
Szilárd Borbély and Cosmin Manolache
Alberto Manguel (Canada/France) nominated
Guillermo Arriaga Jordan and Jane Urquhart
Herta Müller (Germany) nominated
Sigitas Parulskis and Dan Sociu
Charles Simic (USA) nominated
Jorie Graham and Paul Muldoon
Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru) nominated
Iván Thays and Piedad Bonnett
Abdourahman Waberi (Djibouti/France) nominated
Jean Rouaud and Asli Erdogan
Adam Zagajewski (Poland) nominated
Tony Hoagland and Marie Lundquist

2006

Hanan al-Shaykh (Lebanon/UK) nominated
Iman Humaidan and Aamer Hussein
Jon Fosse (Norway) nominated
Paal-Helge Haugen and Dag Solstad
Philip Jeyaretnam (Singapore) nominated
Rattawut Lapcharoensap and Wei Hui
László Krasznahorkai (Hungary) nominated
Ted Milton and Hiroshi Sakagami
Alberto Manguel (Canada/France) nominated
Joan Lingard and Anne Michaels
Iris Radisch (Germany) nominated
Attila Bartis and Jáchym Topol
Charles Simic (USA) nominated
Deborah Eisenberg and James Tate
Shashi Tharoor (India) nominated
Vikram Chandra and Manil Suri
Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru) nominated
Jorge Eduardo Benavides and Patricia de Souza
Abdourahman A. Waberi (Djibouti/France) nominated
Salim Bachi and Helon Habila
Adam Zagajewski (Poland) nominated
Jerzy Kronhold and Tomasz Różycki

2005

Jon Fosse (Norway) nominated
Katarina Frostenson, Rolf Sagen, Søren Ulrik Thomsen
Philip Jeyaretnam (Singapore) nominated
Rofel G. Brion, Vyvyane Loh, Huzir Sulaiman
Antjie Krog (South Africa) nominated
Mia Couto, Ingrid de Kok, Gcina Mhlophe
Alberto Manguel (Canada/France) nominated
Barry Lopez, Emine Sevgi Özdamar, Sergio Pitol
Abdelwahab Meddeb (Tunisia/France) nominated
Vénus Khoury-Ghata, Antoine Raybaud, Ryoko Sekiguchi
Iris Radisch (Germany) nominated
Thomas Kapielski, Helga M. Novak, Linn Ullmann
Charles Simic (USA) nominated
Russell Banks, Francine Prose, Mark Strand
Shashi Tharoor (India) nominated
Shauna Singh Baldwin, Namita Gokhale, K. Satchidanandan
Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru) nominated
Soledad Alvarez, Arturo Fontaine, Giovanna Pollarolo
Adam Zagajewski (Poland) nominated
Ellen Hinsey, Edward Hirsch, Petr Král

2004

Philip Jeyaretnam (Singapore) nominated
Alfian Bin Sa'at, K.S. Maniam, Duong Thu Huong
Alberto Manguel (Canada/France) nominated
Javier Cercas, Edgardo Cozarinsky, Hassan Daoud
Abdelwahab Meddeb (Tunisia) nominated
Alberto Mussa, Nabil Naoum, Bernard Noël
Martin Mooj (Netherlands) nominated
Bernlef, Adrian Mitchell, Hagar Peeters
Iris Radisch (Germany) nominated
David Albahari, Juri Andruchowytsch, Susanne Riedel
Ilma Rakusa (Switzerland) nominated
Fuad Rifka, Elena Schwarz, Jean-Philippe Toussaint
Véronique Tadjo (Ivory Coast/South Africa) nominated
Tanella Boni, Hamidou Dia, Zakes Mda
Shashi Tharoor (India) nominated
Joseph Olshan, Alka Saraogi, M.T. Vasudevan Nair
Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru) nominated
Andrés Barba, Alonso Cueto, Alvaro Enrigue
Yvonne Vera (Zimbabwe) nominated
Chris Abani, Aritha van Herk, Leone Ross
Eliot Weinberger (USA) nominated
Taha Muhammad Ali, Semezdin Mehmedinović, Aharon Shabtai

2003

Juan Gustavo Cobo Borda (Colombia) nominated
Adolfo Castañón, Eduardo Chirinos, Darío Jaramillo Agudelo
Alberto Manguel (Canada/France) nominated
Anita Desai, Jabbar Yassin Hussin, Susan Swan
Abdelwahab Meddeb (Tunisia/France) nominated
Mohammed Bennis, Lorand Gaspar, José María Ridao
Martin Mooj (Netherlands) nominated
Remco Campert, Clara Janés, Yôko Ogawa
Ljudmila Petruschewskaja (Russia) nominated
Windows MediaOlga Schamborant, Viktorija Tokarjewa, Tatjana Tolstaja
Ilma Rakusa (Switzerland) nominated
Gennadij Ajgi, László Darvasi, Ryszard Krynicki
Véronique Tadjo (Ivory Coast/South Africa) nominated
Fatou Keïta, Leïla Marouane, Lewis Nkosi
Shashi Tharoor (India) nominated
Romesh Gunesekera, Lee Siegel, O.V. Vijayan
Yvonne Vera (Zimbabwe) nominated
Achmat Dangor, Witi Ihimaera, José Manuel Prieto
Eliot Weinberger (USA) nominated
Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Semezdin Mehmedinović, Alberto Ruy Sánchez
Herbert Wiesner (Germany) nominated
László Márton, Michèle Métail, Dieter Wellershoff

2002

Bei Dao (China/USA) nominated
Ouyang Jianghe, Yu Hua, Zhang Zao
Tedi López Mills (Mexico) nominated
Tomás Segovia, Antonio Cisneros, Eduardo Lizalde
Alberto Manguel (Canada/France) nominated
Nélida Piñon, Liliana Heker, Eduardo Berti
Abdelwahab Meddeb (Tunisia/France) nominated
Gôzô Yoshimasu, Michel Deguy, Salah Stétié
Martin Mooj (Netherlands) nominated
Breyten Breytenbach, Eddy van Vliet, Tahar Ben Jelloun
Ilma Rakusa (Switzerland) nominated
Petr Borkovec, László Krasznahorkai, Drago Jančar
Véronique Tadjo (Ivory Coast/South Africa) nominated
Boniface Mongo-Mboussa, Bessora, Alain Mabanckou
John Tranter (Australia) nominated
Anne Waldman, Alan Duff, Tom Raworth
Eliot Weinberger (USA) nominated
Luljeta Lleshanaku, Forrest Gander, Yoel Hoffmann
Herbert Wiesner (Germany) nominated
Robert Bober, Paul Nizon, Ulrich Peltzer
Yvonne Vera (Zimbabwe) nominated
Farida Karodia, Jamal Mahjoub, Pauline Melville

2001

Dieter Bachmann (Switzerland) nominated
Inger Christensen, Antonio Tabucchi, Leo Tuor
Martin Mooj (Netherlands) nominated
Tahar Ben Jelloun, Agus R. Sarjono, James Fenton
Dilip Chitre (India) nominated
Namdeo Dhasal, Rita Dove, Daniel Weissbort
Pura Lopez Colomé (Mexico) nominated
José Emilo Pacheco, Enrique Fierro, Hugo Gola
Ilma Rakusa (Switzerland) nominated
Peter Esterhazy, Ales Rasanau, Ljudmila Ulitzkaja
Kazuo Shiraishi (Japan) nominated
Günter Kunert, Mazisi Kunene, Jehuda Amichai
Véronique Tadjo (Ivory Coast/South Africa) nominated
Ken Bugul, Boris Boubacar Diop, Abdourahman A. Waberi
John Tranter (Australia) nominated
Pamela Brown, Michele Leggott, Rodney Hall
Yvonne Vera (Zimbabwe) nominated
Chenjerai Hove, Goretti Kyomuhendo, Antije Krog
Eliot Weinberger (USA) nominated
Bei Dao, Michael Palmer, Lydia Davis