Ana Marwan: Reading and Conversation

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APRIL 17 | 6.30 PM

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Join us for a reading and conversation with Austrian-Slovenian writer Ana Marwan. This event features a real premiere, as the writer will read the English translation of her short text “Wechselkröte“, for which she was awarded the prestigious Ingeborg Bachmann Literary Prize in 2022, for the very first time!

In a conversation with ACFNY Deputy Director Melina Tsiamos, Ana Marwan will provide insight into her literary work, and her very special personal connection to New York!

About Ana Marwan

Born and raised in Slovenia, Ana Marwan moved to Vienna, where she now continues to live, at the age of 25 to study literature and write prose as well as poetry in both German and Slovenian. Marwan works as a freelance author, and is currently the editor of the Austrian literary magazine “Literatur & Kritik“. She was awarded the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in 2022 for her text “Wechselkröte” (Otto-Müller-Verlag, 2022), and is also a contributing author to schreibART, a literature program of the Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs.