Bilingual reading tour through Swiss libraries with Fariba Vafi 2023

In mid-March 2023, Interbiblio is co-organizing a bilingual reading tour through Swiss (member) librariesFariba Vafi. The books "Tarlan», «The dream of Tibet" and "In the rain», which have been published by our publishing house, will be read at the individual readings.

 

Here is an excerpt from the article:

 «Unsettled, Unbound: Women in Search of Independence in Contemporary Iranian Literature»

Interbiblio is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2023 and is organizing a bilingual reading tour through Swiss (member) libraries in March 2023 with the internationally award-winning Iranian author Fariba Vafi, who will also be celebrating her 60th birthday next year. The author will read and tell stories from her works in Farsi and answer questions from the audience; an intercultural interpreter will be available on site into German or Translate French. The reading tour will take place fromMarch 16th until and with25th March 2023 and runs through nineInterbiblio member libraries in the German and French languageSwitzerland.

Fariba Vafi's works have been translated from Persian into German, French and Italian, along with many other languages. In her novels and stories, the author deals with critical issues such as the role of women in Iran and their struggle for a self-determined life, as well as fleeing into exile.

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