Speakers

Sofia Andrukhovych
writer

Badiucao
artist and activist

Alhierd Bacharevič
writer

Miquel Barceló
artist

Guillaume Basset
writer

Gérard Biard
journalist and editor-in-chief of Charlie Hebdo

Hana Blažková
literary critic

Gioele Coccia
artist

Blanka Činátlová
literary historian and publicist

Radka Denemarková
novelist, screenwriter, literary historian, and translator

Kryštof Eder
lirerary critic and fiction editor

Nicolai Khalezin
director, playwright, co-founder and artistic director of Belarus Free Theatre

Melissa Chan
journalist and reporter

Charms Kids
music project

Chrystabell
singer, songwriter, and actress

Marie Iljašenko
poet, writer and translator

Enrique Juncosa
curator, cultural manager, and poet

Daniella Kaliada
artist and activist

Natalia Kaliada
co-founder and artistic director of Belarus Free Theatre, theatre-maker and writer

Anna Kameníková
actress

Daniel Kehlmann
writer

Adéla Knapová
writer and journalist

Dana Lédl
illustrator and visual artist

Martin Lukáš
literary critic

Paul Lynch
writer

Alberto Manguel
writer, translator, essayist, and promoter of reading

Ayat Najafi
film and theatre director, a multimedia artist

Jan Němec
writer, journalist, and publicist

Ilona Németh
visual artist, art professor, and curator

Patrik Ouředník
writer and translator

Panzetti / Ticconi
artist duo

Viktor Pivovarov
artist

Adania Shibli
author, essayist, and playwright

Bill Shipsey
Founder and Executive Director of Art for Human Rights

Jemimah Steinfeld
journalist, author, editor-in-chief and CEO of the Index on Censorship

Kai Strittmatter
columnist, journalist, and sinologist

Nina Špitálníková
journalist, author, and specialist in Korean studies

Marek Torčík
poet and prose writer

Otto M. Urban
curator and art historian

Petr Vizina
journalist, publicist, moderator and musician