How to write about war

Luxor stage
20. 7. 2023 10:30 - 11:30

 

If you are an author, and find yourself in the middle of a war, it is extremely difficult to cover its full breadth, causes, political background, effects or everyday moments from the front, which the reader often cannot understand. Is this even desirable? Is writing a good way to cope with a traumatic experience? One Ukrainian and two Czechs, journalists and writers who have experienced - and are still experiencing - the war in Ukraine first hand, will try to explain how tricky and emotionally demanding it is to write about the war.

Oksana Maslova (UKR)

Author and Playwright

Adéla Knapová (CZE)

Writer and journalist, founder of the ONE HEART Foundation

Lenka Klicperová (CZE)

Journalist and photographer