Supporting a young writer. Educational institutions. Creative writing schools

“Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.” How valid is George Bernard Shaw’s cutting remark? There are multiple literary courses and creative writing schools, readers’ clubs for poets and prose writers from different generations, study groups and salons for talented youth – what is their role in improving the quality of literature?

At the roundtable, representatives of cultural institutions from different countries will share their views on what form literary education should take.

Participants:

Moderator

• Alexey Varlamov, writer, literary historian, Rector of Maxim Gorky Literature Institute (Russia)

Speakers

• Veronika Dmitrieva, lead editor at Elena Shubina Editorial Office (Russia)
• Nadia Alekseeva, prose writer (Russia)
• Michalis Albatis, writer (Greece)
• Bigeldy Gabdullin, writer, President of PEN Club (Kazakhstan)
• Cheng Dongze, chief editor of Shiyue [ELS1] literary magazine (China)