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Homeland Insecurity
Where are you from if your homeland isn’t on the map? Nigerian author and journalist Mohammed Umar, German Sadulaev, the Russian author of I am a Chechen and the Nagalese author Easterine Kire Iralu talk about the pressures of writing about places that don’t exist. Are stateless authors doubly oppressed – both politically and culturally? Or can this uncertain identity liberate writers to create a more personal literature, unconstrained by traditions or expectations? Chaired by writer and prize-winning translator Daniel Hahn.
Photo: Saskia Schmidt
Homeland Insecurity
Where are you from if your homeland isn’t on the map? Nigerian author and journalist Mohammed Umar, German Sadulaev, the Russian author of I am a Chechen and the Nagalese author Easterine Kire Iralu talk about the pressures of writing about places that don’t exist. Are stateless authors doubly oppressed – both politically and culturally? Or can this uncertain identity liberate writers to create a more personal literature, unconstrained by traditions or expectations? Chaired by writer and prize-winning translator Daniel Hahn.
Photo: Saskia Schmidt