Roundtables

The Second Congress of the World Organization of Writers.
The agenda of eight international roundtables.

21 September 09:30−11:00

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Amur + Yenisei

The Second Congress of the World Organization of Writers brought together 150 representatives from 64 countries, including writers' unions, philosophers, translators, directors, publishers, journalists, university leaders, and heads of international creative organizations.
The work was conducted in the form of eight thematic roundtables, each of which formulated an action program, proposals, and expert conclusions.
The main theme of the Congress was the architecture of a new humanism and a new model of literature diplomacy.

Themes of roundtables

№1. Writers' Unions: From Solidarity to the Architecture of New Humanism
№2. The Art of Translation: The Word as a Crossroads of Cultures Annotation
№3. Media and Literary Magazines: From Informational Simulacrum to a Semantic Landmark
№4. Education and Universities: Literature as a Vector for Human Development
№5. Young Writers: Literary Tomorrow as a Collective Project
№6. Book Fairs, Festivals, Publishers: Culture as a Space for Interaction
№7. Dramaturgy and Cinematography: The Humanistic Vector of World Screen
№8. Philosophy and Literature: The Worldview Foundations of Humanism

The Congress Moderator

Margarita Almukhametova

President of the World Organization of Writers

Moderators of the Roundtables

Ghana

Wale Okediran

Secretary General of PAWA
Brasilia

Paulo Bracarense

writer, Secretary General of the Coordination Council of Latin American Socialists
USA / Cameroon

William F. Ndi

President of PAWA
Egypt

Ashraf Aboul-Yazid

Vice President of WOW for Information and Journalism
Cuba

Alex Pausides

Vice President of the Association of Cuban Writers
Ghana

Idowu Okediran

Chairman of the International Writers' Residency
Bangladesh

Aminur Rahman

Editor-in-Chief of The Dhaka Review
Russia

Vladislav Polyakovsky

writer, director, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology