Writer in Prison: Yousri Alghoul

Name: Writer in Prison: Yousri Alghoul
Start: 2026-11-10T18:30:00.000Z
Location: Literaturhaus Zürich

Conversation with Palestinian writer Yousri Alghoul about literature, war and imprisonment.

Date

Tuesday 10 November

19:30

Venue

Literaturhaus Zürich

Limmatquai 62, Zürich

Price

Price on organiser’s site

Language

German, English

No German needed

About

Automatically translated from German

The German-speaking Swiss PEN Centre honours Palestinian writer Yousri Alghoul on Writers in Prison Day, who writes about war, loss and life under occupation. In conversation with Demian Cornu (translated by Zainab Lüscher), Alghoul discusses writing during war and people in prisons. Texts by the author newly translated into German for this event will be available on site.

Organiser · Literaturhaus Zürich

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