Central and Eastern Europe

Molly Antopol

Short Story Writer
The UnAmericans
5 Under 35 Honoree
O. Henry Prize

Peter Balakian

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Memoir: Black Dog of Fate
Memoir: Armenian Golgoth
Essays on Social Thought
Katja Esson

Katja Esson

Documentary Filmmaker
Cantineros de Cuba
Poetry of Resilience
Skydancer (Mohawk Life)

Nikola Madzirov

Award-winning Poet
Macedonian Poetry Prize
Remnants of Another Age
Themes: Exile & Refugees

Valzhyna Mort

Acclaimed Belarusian Poet
Translator of Slavic
Collected Body
Factory of Tears

Charles Simic

Yugoslavian-born Poet
Pulitzer Prize Winner
United States Poet Laureate (2007-2008)

Adam Zagajewski

Acclaimed Polish Poet
Griffin Lifetime Recognition
Essayist & Memoirist
Two Cities: Exile, History...