The International Literary Festival BuchBasel will take place from 11th till 13th November 2016 in Basel with more than 100 events and almost 200 participants. Authors from Bosnia and Herzegovina like Lejla Kalamujic und Saida Mustajbegovic will present their writing at the event "Basel meets Sarajevo".
Saturday, 12th November 2016, 12.30 pm
Volkshaus, Galeriesaal, Basel
Basel meets Sarajevo - The siege of the multi-ethnic city of Sarajevo lasted for 1425 days (from April 1992 to February 1996) and was the longest siege in the 20th century. The Dayton Agreement has indeed ended the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but it also manoeuvred the country into a dead end: Bosnia and Herzegovina is politically and economically blocked. Leijla Kalamujic and Saida Mustajbegovic present their texts, which tell about the wounds of war, but also about living on and the power of literature. With Dževad Karahasan, Cathrin Störmer and Katrin Eckert. In cooperation with the Basel East European Forum.
For further information and tickets please visit the website of the International Literary Festival BuchBasel.