2026 – the year of the 20th century masters
a thematic journey across the work of 20th century literary masters
Early 2026 – Modernism & Feminism
In the late 19th century women writers used the modernist form to negotiate a newly found freedom and interior life, often discovering that autonomy asked its own questions. Authors such as Virginia Woolf, Jean Rhys and May Sinclair are big names in the making of English-language Modernism, while the Romanian Sofia Nădejde was fighting to give Romanian women a voice.
Early Summer 2026 – The Race for the Perfect Short Story
The 20th century short story is a site of control and rupture, where mastery, excess and precision collide, and where there is more than one form of brilliancy.
Summer 2026 – Postwar Europe
European writers responded to war and its aftermath through irony, intimacy, and silence, inventing a new language for how storytelling could sound like after catastrophe. The Italian Natalia Ginzburg, Czech Milan Kundera and Albanian Ismail Kadare will show that postwar resistance comes in many forms.
Autumn & Winter 2026 – Exile & Displacement
A personal and literary examination of life outside the country one was born in, focusing on linguistic enrichment, emotional development, and the realities of living between places.
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