33 books for another Belarus

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Surveys at the zero point

Bilingual thematic booklet (German/Belarusian) on contemporary independent art and culture in and from Belarus following the series of events organised at Leipzig University and the European University Viadrina from May to July 2021. In the form of e... More

Valjancin Akudovič

Rustle of Silence

Valjancin Akudovič is one of the central figures of the Belarusian rebirth of the transition period, whose representatives were concerned with national self-determination, overcoming the colonial legacy and establishing Belarusian culture. “The time... More

Ihar Babkou

Adam Klakotsky and his Shadows

The novel in twelve stories from the life of the courageous enlightener and encyclopaedist Adam Klakotsky is a classic novel of post-classical Belarusian literature, in which local reality is viewed through the magical crystal of day and night dreams... More

Zmicier Vishnioŭ

I am the meat that Zmicier has prepared

In his novel about the exile existence of a Belarusian writer in Berlin, Zmicier Vishniou moves between autofiction and fantasy and builds a branching labyrinth that spans different worlds: The deceased friends from Belarus visit the narrator in Berl... More

Zbych Slupoŭsky

Kinship

Kinship (satire novel) The novel's characters are part of multiple generations that go through upheavals and catastrophes throughout history: Revolution, collectivisation, war, collaboration, the Holocaust, moving out of the villages into the... More

Tanya Dzivakova and Vera Burlak

Language Games

The artist and educator Tanya Dzivakova and the poet, translator and doctor of literature Vera Burlak are developing language games for children in Belarusian, a language that is coming under increasing pressure in today's Belarus. Many children left... More

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