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Migrants and Literature in Finland and Sweden

Migrants and Literature in Finland and Sweden

Migrants and Literature in Finland and Sweden presents new comparative perspectives on transnational literary studies. This collection provides a contribution to the production of new narratives of the nation. The focus of the contributions is contemporary fiction relating to experiences of migration. The volume discusses multicultural writing, emerging modes of writing and generic innovations. When people are in motion, it changes nations, cultures and peoples. The volume explores the ways in which transcultural connections have affected the national self-understanding in…

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26.10.2018 – Seminar: Today’s Literature, Tomorrow’s Literary History

26.10.2018 – Seminar: Today’s Literature, Tomorrow’s Literary History

26.10.2018 / 10-17h Place: Finnish Literature Society (SKS), Great Hall, Hallituskatu 1, Helsinki The seminar, which is a part of the project “Toward More Inclusive Finnish Literature,” (https://research.uta.fi/plural-en/projects/) aims to gather immigrant authors, residing in Finland, along with scholars, researchers and anyone engaged in literature produced by immigrant authors. The seminar provides the ground for all participants, especially immigrant authors, to not only engage in mind-provoking speeches, panels and discussions and exchange their own experience and expertise with regard to…

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LITERATURE – LINKS

LITERATURE – LINKS

ASSOCIATIONS & UNIONS SUOMEN KIRJAILIJALIITTO / THE UNION OF FINNISH WRITERS THE FINNISH BOOK PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION THE FINNISH CRITICS’ ASSOCIATION THE FINNISH ASSOCIATION OF TRANSLATORS AND INTERPRETERS NUOREN VOIMAN LIITTO SOCIETY  OF SWEDISH AUTHORS IN FINLAND SELKOKESKUS LUKUKESKUS / THE FINNISH READING CENTRE PEN FINLAND THE OFFICE OF FINNISH COMICS SOCIETY KIILA NIHIL INTERIT  (In Finnish) HELSINKI POETRY CONNECTION SIVUVALO PLATFORM THE FINNISH SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY WRITERS ASSOCIATION THE ASSOCIATION OF FINNISH NON-FICTION WRITERS IN FINLAND SÄRÖ (in Finnish)…

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