07/06 //\ 19:00 //\ Photo Cluster
//\ Reading with Olja Alvir hosted by Maša Dabić
Olja Alvir is a writer, poet and translator based in Vienna. She publishes reports, essays and poems on language, migration and culture in publications such as Der Standard, Falter, Missy Magazine, and many others. Her novel Kein Meer was published in 2016, and her multilingual poetry collection Spielfeld in 2022. She also works as a subtitler, and moderator at literary and other events.
Maša Dabić was born in Sarajevo. She has studied translation and interpreting studies and received her PhD at the University of Vienna, where she teaches translation and interpreting in Russian. She translates literature, theatre plays and poetry, mainly from the Balkans region. In 2017 she published her first novel Reibungsverluste (edition atelier) on the topic of interpreting in psychotherapy.
The reading will be held in English.
Supported by Stadt Wien, BMKOES, Bezirk Josefstadt, Bezirk Margareten, Bezirk Meidling, Photo Cluster and Hotel Korotan.