Ithaca City of Asylum | Providing refuge for persecuted writers and artists
Description: Around the world, writers, journalists, visual artists, filmmakers, musicians, actors, and other creative people are censored, harassed, imprisoned, or killed for speaking their minds or exercising their imaginations. Since 2001, Ithaca City of Asylum has welcomed at-risk writers and artists into the Ithaca community, enabling them to continue their work and helping them and their…
Around the world, writers, journalists, visual artists, filmmakers, musicians, actors, and other creative people are censored, harassed, imprisoned, or killed for speaking their minds or exercising their imaginations. Since 2001, Ithaca City of Asylum has welcomed at-risk writers and artists into the Ithaca community, enabling them to continue their work and helping them and their families meet the challenges of a new environment. Learn more .
For more than 20 years, Ithaca has stepped up to help writers and artists in peril. Our solidarity sends echoes well beyond our community. Learn more.
“Truth, Lies, and Literature: Andrey Kurkov in Conversation” featured the well-known Ukrainian author in dialogue with Boris Dralyuk, translator of his most recent novels.
Ithaca City of Asylum | Providing refuge for persecuted writers and artists