[SKRIVA] WALTICs slutpressrelease
- From: "ahrvid@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <ahrvid@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <skriva@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:27:20 +0200 (CEST)
(Som jag sitter här är WALTICs slutceremonier på gång att börja. Jag hann få
följande E-pressrelease, som här vidarebefordras - men bara, exklusivt!, för
SKRIVA. Mina övriga WALTIC-noteringar har annars gått till rätt många listor.
Notabeet är att man avser att göra en ny WALTIC 2010, men plats för det är inte
bestämt; antagligen inte Sverige, utan kongressen flyttar nog runt mellan
länder. --AE)
WALTIC ? Writers? and Literary Translators? International Congress
Press release
02-06-2008
The first ever WALTIC concludes today
WALTIC, the literary world congress, is ending today. During the past three
days, 600 authors and scholars, translators and activists, from a total of 90
countries, have gathered to manifest the value of words. At the time of
writing, 358 people have signed the WALTIC resolution to increase literacy,
safeguard freedom of speech and strengthen authors? rights. * The Swedish
Writers? Union is now planning a new congress for 2010.
?WALTIC 2008 is the first congress of its kind. We all agree that we authors
and translators must continue to meet and create public opinion. No decision
has yet been made as to where WALTIC 2010 will be held. I?ve had many proposals
from different parts of the world,? says Mats Söderlund, president of The
Swedish Writers? Union, the founder and host of WALTIC.
During the congress, 120 authors from all over the world have spoken, equal
numbers of women and men. The equality reflected in the speakers? list gave us
a point of departure for a discussion about women?s conditions as authors.
Women?s specific conditions and needs may be the focus of WALTIC 2010. Taslima
Nasrim, Dubravca Ugreši? and others have taken an inititiative to a spontaneous
meeting, at which an authors? network, ?WALTIC gender workshop? was
established. Until WALTIC 2010, The Swedish Writers? Union and its sister
organisations will contribute to Save the Children?s work to increase literacy
and secure education for children in areas of war and conflict.
?The fact that so many WALTIC participants have signed the resolution to
increase literacy, safeguard freedom of speech, and strengthen authors? rights
shows that authors and their literature have an important role to play. A book
can give readers new perspectives and help us to understand each other. A book
can also change the world,? says Mats Söderlund.
Read the ?WALTIC 2008 Resolution? at www.waltic.com
Contact information
Mats Söderlund?s assistant Amanda Mogensen, phone number: +46 709 72 14 16
E-mail: press@xxxxxxxxxx
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WALTIC, The value of words, is the first literary world congress of its kind.
For the first time ever, writers and translators from all over the world will
gather together in one common manifestation for the value of words and in
support of human rights. The initiative for WALTIC 2008 came from the Swedish
Writers? Union (SFF), an association of writers and literary translators with
approximately 2,600 members. www.sff.info, www.waltic.com
* Men jag skrev inte på, för jag håller inte med om starkare upphovsrätt. (Se
Waltzes...)
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