The guests of Vilenica 2012

Based on the consultants’ proposals, the Vilenica jury have selected the prize winner and the guests of the 27th Vilenica. The selection criteria remain the same: literary excellence and plurality in geographic, generational and generic sense.

Vilenica Prize Winner 2012
David Albahari, Sebia / Canada

Slovene Author in Focus
Boris A. Novak

Literary readings
Antonia Arslan, Italy
Mircea Cărtărescu, Romania
Miljana Cunta, Slovenia
László Darvasi, Hungary
Dimitré Dinev, Bulgarija / Austria
Dušan Dušek, Slovakia
Zineb El Rhazoui, Mortocco
Alberto Garlini, Italy
Maja Haderlap, Austria / Slovenia
Petr Hruška, Czech Republic
Igor Isakovski, Macedonia
Erica Johnson Debeljek, USA / Slovenia
Colm Keegan, Ireland
Miroslav Košuta, Italy / Slovenia
Rumen Leonidov, Bulgaria
Dorota Masłowska, Poland
Indrek Mesikepp, Estonia
Miroslav Mićanović, Croatia
Paul Muldoon,  Ireland / USA
Ioana Nicolaie, Romania
Iztok Osojnik, Slovenia
Tom Petsinis, Australia
Sebastijan Pregelj, Slovenia
Pino Roveredo, Italy
Monique Schwitter, Switzerland
Bekim Sejranović, BiH / Norway
Marko Sosić, Italy / Slovenia
Ognjen Spahić, Montenegro
Dmitry Strotsev, Belarus
Tomaž Šalamun, Slovenia
Dušan Šarotar, Slovenia
Ajla Terzić, BiH
Karlis Vērdiņš, Latvia
Gian Mario Villalta, Italy
Jiaxin Wang, China
Aldo Žerjal, Slovenia

Hebrew Literature
Hana Amichai, Israel
Nurit Zarhi, Izsael
Sami Michael, Israel
Hava Pinhas-Cohen, Israel
International Comparative Literature Colloquium
Bojan Baskar, Slovenia
Ajse Deniz Temiz, Turkey
Jörg Döring, Germany
Marijan Dović, Slovenia
Jerneja Fridl, Slovenia
Jernej Habjan, Slovenia
Peter Hitchcock, USA
Marko Juvan, Slovenia
Maria Kalantzopoulou, Greece
Alenka Koron, Slovenia
John Levin, UK
Urška Perenič, Slovenia
Robert Stockhammer, Germany
Sonja Stojmenska – Elzeser, Macedonia
Jola Škulj, Slovenia
Andrei Terian, Romania
Mimi Urbanc, Slovenia
Sarah J. Young, UK

Literary Mediators
Stefano Bisacchi, Italy, Literary agency Tempi Irregolari
Emanuelle Delloye, Francie, Festival Étonnants Voyageurs
Ljudmil Dimitrov, Bulgaria, profesor at the University in Sofia
Tito Exposito, Canary Islands / Spain, Editorial Baile del Sol
Sergey Glovyuk, Russia, translator, editor
Marlena Gruda, Poland, translator
Kari Klemelä, Finnland, translator, editor
Inessa Kuryan, Belarus, Centre for Literary and Cultural Studies in Minsk
Inma Luna, Vanary Islands / Spain, Editorial Baile del Sol
John O‛Brien, USA, Dalkey Archive Press
Rosalind Ramsay, UK, Rosalind Ramsay Ltd
Simona Škrabec, Slovenia / Spain, translator
Geoffrey E. Taylor, Canada, Harbourfront Cente
Sabina Tržan, Slovenia / Italiy, Nikita Editore
Authors in Residence
Alberto Bertoni, Italy
Colm Breathnach, Ireland

Young Vilenica Award
Veronika Martinčič, Slovenia
Tilka Namestnik, Slovenia
Marta Radić, Croatia