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Poetry event during TLRC meeting in Biel/Bienne

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Poetry event during TLRC meeting in Biel/Bienne

Photograph of Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee delegates at a poetry evening held at the Neues Museum in Biel/Bienne. This event took place whilst delegates were gathered in Switzerland for a TLRC meeting, which took place on 21-24 June 2018. Seated left to right on the front row are: unknown; Kissima Diagana, member of the Mauritanian Centre; Dessale Berekhet Abraham, founder and president of the Eritrean Centre in Exile (2014-); and Blanca del Río Vergara, president emeritus of the Chilean Centre. Seated left to right on the middle row are: Arne Svingen, Board member of the Norwegian Centre (2014-); Nyima Tso, secretary and treasurer of the Tibtan Writers Abroad Centre (2016-); Nikolas Kawinga, president of the Zambian Centre (2004-); Zaw Tun, Board member of the Myanmar Centre; Simona Škrabec, chair of PEN International’s Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee (2014-20); Elisha July, president of the Zimbabwean Centre; and Lokdun, vice-president of the Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre (2016-22). Folu Agoi, president of the Nigerian Centre (2017-), can be seen standing at the very back on the left.

Poetry event during TLRC meeting in Biel/Bienne

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Evento poético durante el encuentro del TLRC en Biel/Bienne

Fotografía de delegados del Comité de Traducción y Derechos Lingüísticos (TLRC, por sus siglas en inglés), durante un evento poético celebrado en el Neues Museum en Biel/Bienne. El acto tuvo lugar cuando los delegados se habían reunido en Suiza para el encuentro del TLRC meeting, que tuvo lugar del 21 al 24 de junio de 2018. Sentados en la primera fila, de izquierda a derecha: desconocido; Kissima Diagana, miembro del Centro Mauritano; Dessale Berekhet Abraham, fundador y presidente del Centro Eritreo en el Exilio (2014-); y Blanca del Río Vergara, presidenta emérita del Centro Chileno. Sentados en la fila del medio: Arne Svingen,miembro de la junta del Centro Noruego (2014-); Nyima Tso, secretario y tesorero del Centro de Escritores Tibetanos en el Extranjero (2016-); Nikolas Kawinga, presidente del Centro Zambiano (2004-); Zaw Tun, miembro de la junta del Centro de Myanmar; Simona Škrabec, presidenta del Comité del TLRC de PEN Internacional (2014-20); Elisha July, presidente del Centro de Zimbabwe; y Lokdun, vicepresidente del Centro de Escritores Tibetanos en el Extranjero (2016-22). Folu Agoi, presidente del Centro Nigeriano (2017-), puede verse de pie, a la izquierda, al fondo.

Date:

24/06/2018

Creator:

[Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre]

Centre:

Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre (བོད་ཀྱི་པེན།)

Format:

Photograph

Language:

n/a

Place:

Biel/Bienne, Switzerland

Subject:

Literary Event; Meeting; Translation and Linguistic Rights; Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee

Poetry event during TLRC meeting in Biel/Bienne

Poetry event during TLRC meeting in Biel/Bienne

Poetry event during TLRC meeting in Biel/Bienne

Evento poético durante el encuentro del TLRC en Biel/Bienne

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