The City Authorities of Wrocław (south-western Poland) have announced that a special meeting with participation of two winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Belarusia's Svetlana Alexievich and Poland's Olga Tokarczuk has been scheduled for 15 July.
Headlined “Protest/Pratest”, the organizers say that the event will be "not only a conversation of two eminent writers, awarded the most important distinction in the literary world, but also a debate of two unquestionable artistic and intellectual authorities, whose words have the power to change reality".
The two writers are to speak primarily about the role of women and challenges they face in both countries, and also about freedom, responsibility, courage, as well as literature.
Belarusian writer and journalist, Svetlana Alexievich is a dedicated critic of the regime of Alexander Lukashenko, forced to emigrate from her country. She was awarded the Nobel Literary Prize in 2015.
Outspoken Polish author Olga Tokarczuk holds the Nobel Prize for 2018.
Organizers of the meeting, which is also to be broadcasted online, are the City of Wrocław, Wrocław House of Literature, Wrocław UNESCO City of Literature and Olga Tokarczuk Foundation.
Source: City of Wrocław Press Office