Poetry event during TLRC meeting in Biel/Bienne
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.























