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information letter
The 14th Finno-Ugric Writers‘ Congress
Tartu August 23–26, 2017
The Association
of Finno-Ugric literatures has been organaising congresses every two years since
1993. The aim of these Congresses is to keep and develop literary links between
Finno-Ugric peoples, to exchange information, thoughts and experiences about
what is happening in literature as well as in society and to support endangered
Finno-Ugric languages and literatures.
In 2017, it is Estonia’s turn to organise the Congress. We are happy to
inform you that the 14th Finno-Ugric writers’ congress will take place in
Tartu, on August 23–26, in the new premises of the Estonian National Museum.
The theme of the congress is „The History of Finno-Ugric peoples through
literature“; in addition we shall also discuss current subjects in literatary
life. The first day will be dedicated to plenary presentations; in the
following days we will work in two sessions, one dedicated to the main theme
and the second to other questions the delegates consider as important. The
Congress will conclude with a plenary session.
We ask your Writers’ Union to compose a
delegation of 10 members and to send us the list before January 15, 2017.
Please send us titles with short abstracts of the presentations before May
1st 2017. We expect the articles for INF by the same deadline.
We hope that the
14th Congress of our organisation will be as inspiring and fruitful as the
previous ones. Welcome to Tartu, a UNESCO literary town!
Eva Toulouze,
Vice-President of the Association of Finno-Ugric literatures
Vice-President of the Association of Finno-Ugric literatures
Indrek Koff, member
of the board of the Association of Finno-Ugric literatures
