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Indre Sataite
Visual artist from Lithuania (born 1980). She studied painting at the Kaunas Art Institute of the Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts in Lithuania. In recent years she has had numerous group and solo exhibitions in Lithuania, Latvia and Austria. These include the following exhibitions: "the inner abstraction", 2008, Papier Museum Düren; "Krumen vom Tisch", 2008, Evangelische Stadtakademie Frankfurt/M.; "Every other supper", 2007, Wiederauferstehungskirche, Kaunas/Lithuania; "Body and Blood", 2006, Galerie A. Satas, Kaunas/Lithuania. 52
Itai Mushekwe
Writer and journalist from Zimbabwe (born 1983). As a journalist in Zimbabwe, Mushekwe reported on mismanagement and the inhumane politics in his country. During a journalism training course in Berlin, he learned that he had been placed on the Mugabe regime's "hit list" in Zimbabwe - a list of 14 unpopular journalists. He was unable to return to his home country without risking his freedom and life. Since then, he has been reporting on the situation in his country from Germany under a pseudonym. In December 2008, he was awarded the prestigious Johann Philipp Palm Prize for his fight for freedom of expression and freedom of the press. He is currently living in Germany on a scholarship from the P.E.N. Center.
Fiston Nasser Mwanza
Writer from the Democratic Republic of Congo (born 1981). Mwanza studied applied pedagogy, humanities and human sciences. He has already won several prizes for his poetry, most recently the "Prix Mwangaza" in 2005 for his lyrical text "Femme - Calebasse". His texts - vital, mischievous and baroque - are nourished by the political turbulence his country has experienced since gaining independence. 32 years of dictatorship, 16 years of transition, more than 65 political parties, divisions and wars of liberation have shaped the country's cultural climate and literary life. The chaos in his country, the reality of the urban jungle of violence and neglect are Mwanza's themes. Published in German: "Hundestadt ...", Literatur Nachrichten, No. 99, Winter 2008, Litprom.
Asli Erdogan
Writer from Turkey (born 1967). Erdogan studied computer science and physics at Bosphorus University in Istanbul. In 1990, she won the highly acclaimed Yunus Nadi Prize with a short story. Four years later, she gave up her career as a physicist and concentrated on writing. Her first novel "Mucizevi Mandarin" (The Miraculous Mandarin) was published in 1996. Since then, Asli Erdogan has lived as a freelance writer in Istanbul. She is a member of PEN and the Turkish Writers' Association and a founding member of the Diyarbakir Art and Literature Forum, where she regularly holds workshops, seminars and lectures. In her works, she always explores the foreign, the other against the backdrop of Turkish society and global developments. Published in German: "Die Stadt mit der roten Pelerine", novel, Unionsverlag 2008; "Der wundersame Mandarin", novel, Dagyeli Verlag 2008. Rolando Mejías, writer from Cuba (born 1959). Mejías was co-editor of the literary-political magazine Diáspora(s) in Havana. After problems with the Cuban cultural authorities, he left the country in 1997 and went to Barcelona on a scholarship from the International Writers' Association, where he has lived ever since. The poet, essayist and prose writer is one of Cuba's most important writers. His work has received numerous awards. Published in German: "Geschichten von Olmo", novel, Verlag Schöffling & Co 2003.
Tété Camille Azankpo
Painter, sculptor from Togo (born 1968). Azankpo has exhibited his work in West Africa, France, Holland and Germany since 1996. Exhibitions (selection): "La Mascarade", 2008, Papier Museum Düren; "Profi ls ou face", 2007, Michel Aveline/Paris; "L 'album du Soldat", 2006, French Cultural Institute/ Lomé; "Art in Action", 2005, Alliance Française/Accra; "Tout pour le Quotidien", 2004, Stadthalle Osnabrück; "ARTE GLOBAL", 2002, Gabriele Saure/Berlin; "Art in Action", 2002, Alliance Française/Accra; "Dans le miroir de l 'autre", 2001, Deutsche Bank Osnabrück; "La Féminité au présent", 2001 Galerie Médoc/Bordeaux, "Grands et jeunes aujourd 'hui", 2001 Assemblée Nationale/Paris.
