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PEN World Voices: the New York Festival of International Literature debuted in April 2005 and brought together remarkable writers from more than 45 countries for seven days of discussions, tributes, readings, and conversations that worked to expand the literary horizons of American audiences.
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Conversation: Chico Buarque and Paul Auster
April 16, 2005 | New York Public Library | New York City
>> All Saturday events
International Noir
April 17, 2005 | National Museum of the American Indian | New York City
With Jakob Arjouni, Natsuo Kirino, Luc Sante, Paco Ignacio Taibo; moderated by Robert Polito
>> All Sunday events
The Power of the Pen: Does Writing Change Anything?
April 18, 2005 | The Town Hall | New York City
With Margaret Atwood, Nuruddin Farah, Jonathan Franzen, Ha Jin, Ryszard Kapuscinski, Antonio Muñoz Molina, Salman Rushdie, Wole Soyinka, and others; introduced by David Remnick
>> All Monday events
Africa and the World: The Writer’s Role
April 19, 2005 | Tishman Auditorium, Vanderbilt Hall | New York City
With Elizabeth Alexander, Breyten Breytenbach, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Achmat Dangor, Nuruddin Farah, Zakes Mda, Pedro Rosa Mendes, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, and Uwe Timmin
>> All Tuesday events
A Believer Nighttime Event
April 20, 2005 | The New School Tishman Auditorium | New York City
With Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Katja Lange-Müller, Minae Mizumura, Rick Moody, Patrick Roth, Yoko Tawada, and others; hosted by Jonathan Ames
>> All Wednesday events
“Strange Times, My Dear”: The PEN Anthology of Contemporary Iranian Literature
April 21, 2005 | The New School | New York City
With Ahmad Karimi Hakkak, Nassim Khaksar, Nahid Mozaffari, Azar Nafisi, Shahrnush Parsipur, Niloufar Talebi, Goli Taraghi, and Sholeh Wolpe
>> All Thursday events
Conversation: Michael Ondaatje and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichienge
April 22, 2005 | Hunter College | New York City
Introduced by Peter Carey
>> All Friday events
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