The Jerusalem International Writers Festival

The Jerusalem International Writers Festival is an annual festival that takes place in the Mishkenot Sha'ananim neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel. It has been an annual event since 1974.[1]

Venue of International Writers Festival, Mishkenot Sha'ananim, Jerusalem

Each year, it features some forty writers from Israel and other countries who take part in events on the Mishkenot campus and other locations in the city. The festival has been organized by Moti Schwartz since 2014.

History

The Mishkenot Sha'ananim conference center, founded by The Jerusalem Foundation and situated across from the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, is an international cultural institution and conference center for writers, artists, scholars, and intellectuals from all over the world.

Over the years, the center has welcomed writers and hosted literary events with guests from the worlds of music, film, theater, museums, architecture, and other cultural realms. Mishkenot offers programs based on a profound commitment to dialogue, tolerance, and diversity. It provides a platform for cultural exchange in a friendly, pluralistic atmosphere.

Mishkenot's residency programs, some of which operate in the framework of the International Writers Festival, host prominent artists from a variety of spheres who spend significant periods of time at the center and draw inspiration from it. For example, in the mid-1970s, Saul Bellow visited Israel and was the guest of Mishkenot. Immersing himself in the landscape and culture of Israel, he recorded the opinions, passions, and dreams of Israelis of varying viewpoints – from Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin to novelist Amos Oz and others. His book To Jerusalem and Back presents his account of his time there.[2]

2020 (Digital Edition)

Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Festival took place in a digital format.

Featuring Writers: Dan Ariely (Prof.) (IL), Marco Balzano (IT), Gon Ben Ari (IL), Ilana Bernstein (IL), Anat  Einhar (IL), Eli Eliahu (IL), Evan Fallenberg (Prof.) (IL), Gaël  Faye (FR/RW), Matti Friedman (IL), Sefy Hendler (Dr.) (IL), Liat  Kaplan (IL), Adi  Keissar (IL), Etgar Keret (IL), Nicole  Krauss (US), Boaz Lavie (IL), Ron Leshem (IL), Noa Menhaim (IL), Dror Mishani (IL), Eshkol Nevo (IL), Tom Perrotta (US), Michael Pollan (Prof.) (US), Zeruya Shalev (IL), Sarai Shavit (IL), Leonie Swann (DE), Ayelet Tsabari (IL), Matthew Weiner (US), Rana Werbin (IL), Noa Yedlin (IL).

2019

Featuring Writers: André Aciman (US), Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ (NG), Yair Agmon (IL), Noga Albalach (IL), Eli Amir (IL), Nir Baram (IL), Sarah Blau (IL), Joyce Carol Oates (US), Julia Fermento (IL / US), Arik Glasner (Dr.) (IL), Michal Govrin (Prof.) (IL), Lauren Groff (US), David Grossman (IL), Ayelet Gundar-Goshen (IL), Adi Keissar (IL) , Nidaa Khoury (Prof.) (IL), Lana Lux (UA/ DE), Dory Manor (Dr.) (IL), Noa Menhaim (IL), Tamar Merin (IL), Dror Mishani (IL), Orian Morris (IL), Yael Neeman (IL), Andrés Neuman (AR/ ES), Itamar Orlev (IL / DE), Fania Oz-Salzberger (Prof.) (IL), Ahmad Danny Ramadan (SY/ CA),Meir Shalev (IL), Zeruya Shalev (IL) ,Udi Sharabani (IL), Sjón (IS), Sharlene Teo (SG / UK), Éric Vuillard (FR).

2018

Featuring Writers: Shimon Adaf (IL), Yair  Agmon (IL), Maria  Alyokhina (RU), Nir Baram (IL), Paul  Beatty (US), Haim  Be'er (IL), Gon Ben Ari (IL), Yuval Ben-Ami (IL), Michal Ben-Naftali (IL), Sarah Blau (IL), Hila  Blum (IL), Olga Borisova (RU), Dror  Burstein (IL), Ron Dahan (IL), Galit Dahan-Carlibach (IL), Assaf Gavron (IL), Ruth Gilligan (IE), Arik Glasner (IL), Michal Govrin (IL), Gail Hareven (IL), Nathan Hill (US), Miron H. Izakson (IL), Etgar  Keret (IL), Alona Kimhi (IL), Lihi Lapid (IL), Noa Menhaim (IL), Dror  Mishani (IL), Agi Mishol (IL), Eshkol Nevo (IL), Dorit Rabinyan (IL), Yishai Sarid (IL), Samanta Schweblin (AR), Francesca  Segal (UK), Graeme Simsion (AU), Noa Yedlin (IL).

2016

Featuring Writers: Shimon Adaf (IL), Noga Albalach (IL), Lila Azam Zanganeh (FR\IR), Nir Baram (IL), Sarah Blau (IL), Dror Burstein (IL), Jesus Carrasco (ES), Orly Castel Bloom (IL), Galit Dahan Carlibach (IL), Anita Desai (IN/US), Kiran Desai (/IN/US), Alex Epstein (IL), Assaf Gavron (IL), Shira Geffen (IL), Arik Glasner (IL), Michal Govrin (Prof.) (IL), David Grossman (IL), Matan Hermoni (IL), Mai Jia (CN), Dikla Keidar (IL), Etgar Keret (IL), Anthony Marra (US), Colum McCann (IE/US), Noa Menhaim (IL), Tamar Merin (IL), Sami Michael (IL), Dror Mishani (IL), Ruby Namdar (US\IL), Tal Nitzan (IL), Shelly Oria (US\IL), Leonid Pekarovsky (US), Dorit Rabinyan (IL), Yishai Sarid (IL), Asaf Schurr (IL), Meir Shalev (IL), Zeruya Shalev (IL), Yaara Shehori (IL), Ayman Sikseck (IL), Ronny Someck (IL), Gary  Shteyngart (US), Juan Gabriel Vásquez (CO), Noa Yedlin (IL), Abraham B. Yehoshua (IL), Nell Zink (US/DE).

2014

Featuring Writers: Shimon Adaf (IL), Lea Aini (IL), Nir Baram (IL), Haim Be'er (IL), Oudeh Bisharat (IL), Sarah Blau (IL), Alex Epstein (IL), David Foenkinos (FR), Assaf Gavron (IL), David Grossman (IL), Ayelet Gundar-Goshen (IL), Eran Hadas (IL), Esti G. Haim (IL), Gail Hareven (IL), Matan Hermoni (IL), Assaf Inbari (IL), Miron C. Izakson (IL), Sayed Kashua (IL), Judith Katzir (IL), Etgar Keret (IL), Maria  Kodama (AR), Michael Konyves (US), Lihi Lapid (IL), Nam Le (VN\AU), Ronit Matalon (IL), Dror Mishani (IL), Agi Mishol (IL), Reuven (Ruby) Namdar (US), Eshkol Nevo (IL), Krauss Nicole (US), Gabi Nitzan (IL), Amos Oz (IL), Dorit Rabinyan (IL), Laura Restrepo (CO), Marilynne Robinson (US), Judith Rotem (IL), Yishai Sarid (IL), Nava Semel (IL), Jan-Philipp Sendker (DE), Meir Shalev (IL), Jake Wallis Simons (UK), Ronny Someck (IL), Yossi Sucary (IL), Ofir Touche Gafla (IL), Ayelet Waldman(US), Noa Yedlin (IL), Abraham B. Yehoshua (IL).

2012

Featuring Writers: Shimon Adaf (IL), Lea Aini (IL), Eli Amir (IL), Yair Assulin (IL), Nir Baram (IL), Lukas Barfuss (SZ), Hanoch Bartov( IL), Haim Be'er (IL), Aimee Bender (US), Sami Berdugo (IL), Sarah Blau (IL), Yochi Brandes (IL), Orly Castel-Bloom (IL), Tracy Chevalier (UK), Solveig Eggerz (IS\US), Alona Frankel (IL), David Grossman (IL), Arnon Grunberg (NL),Amir Gutfreund (IL), Aleksandar Hemon (US\BA), Alon  Hilu (IL), Sayed Kashua (IL), Etgar Keret (IL), Herman Koch (NL), Laszlo Krasznahorkai (HU), Haggay Linik (IL), Dory Manor (IL), Ronit Matalon (IL), Lorenza Mazzetti (IT), Dror Mishani (IL), Yael Neeman (IL), Eshkol Nevo (IL), Amos Oz (IL), Claudia Pineiro (AR), Dorit Rabinyan (IL), Tom Rob Smith (UK), Moshe Sakal (IL), Boualem Sansal (DZ), Meir Shalev (IL), Zeruya Shalev (IL), Gary Shteyngart (US), Einat Yakir (IL), Abraham B. Yehoshua (IL).

2010

Featuring Writers: Shimon Adaf (IL), Eli Amir (IL), Aharon Appelfeld (IL), Naim Araidi (IL), Paul B. Auster (US), Gabriela Avigur-Rotem ( IL), Yossi Avni-Levy (IL), Russell Banks (US), Nir Baram (IL), Sarah Blau (IL), Dror Burstein (IL), Adolfo Garcia Ortega (ES), Nurit Gertz (IL), Paolo Giordano (IT), Michail Grobman (IL), David Grossman(IL), Amir Gutfreund (IL), Kathryn Harrison (US),Liliana Heker (AR), Judith Hermann (DE), Yoel Hoffman (IL), Yu Hua (CN), Siri Hustvedt (US), Sayed Kashua (IL), Judith Katzir (IL), Daniel Kehlman (DE), Etgar Keret (IL), Alona Kimhi (IL), Jamaica Kincaid (US), Nicole Krauss (US), Andrej Kurkov (UA), Ron Leshem (IL), Ayal Megged (IL), Daniel Mendelsohn(US), Eshkol Nevo (IL), Sofi Oksanen (FI), Amos Oz (IL), Michael Rips (US), Jonathan Safran Foer (US), Simon Sebag Montefiore (UK), Hussein Serag (EG), Meir Shalev (IL), Zeruya Shalev (IL), Yossi Sucary (IL), Gadi Taub (IL), Lyudmila Ulitskaya (RU), Abraham B. Yehoshua (IL).

2008

Featuring Writers: Eli Amir (IL), Aharon Appelfeld (IL), Naim Araidi (IL), Yehuda Atlas (IL), Gabriela Avigur Rotem (IL), Haim Be'er (IL), Sarah Blau (IL), Yochi Brandes (IL), Erri De Luca (IT), Nathan Englander (US), Anita Diamant (US), Anna Enquist (NL), Avirama Golan (IL), Nadine Gordimer (ZA), David Grossman (IL), Amir Gutfreund (IL), Gail Hareven (IL), Alon Hilu (IL), Yoel Hoffman (IL), Lidia Jorge (PT), Salim Jubran (IL), Ismail Kadare (AL), Sayed Kashua (IL), Judith Katzir (IL), Etgar Keret (IL), Nicole Krauss (US), Savyon Liebrecht (IL), Gila Lustiger (FR\DE), Mira Magen (IL), Andrei Makine (FR), Guillermo Martinez (AR), Ayal Megged (IL), Noa Menhaim (IL), Sami Michael (IL), Eshkol Nevo (IL), Amos Oz (IL), Judith Rotem (IL), Jonathan Safran Foer (US), Ingo Schulze (DE), Hussein Serag (EG), Meir Shalev (IL), Zeruya Shalev (IL), Ilan Sheinfeld (IL), Hans Ulrich Treichel (DE), Niall Williams (IE), Boris Zaidman (IL).

References
  1. Steinberg, Jessica. "Bi-annual Jerusalem book fests join forces to become yearly event". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. Howe, Irving (17 October 1976). "To Jerusalem and Back". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 11 March 2019.

Programs
  • The festival program of 2020
  • The festival program of 2019
  • The festival program of 2018
  • The festival program of 2016
  • The festival program of 2014
  • The festival program of 2012
  • The festival program of 2010
  • The festival program of 2008
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