Canan Marasligil
(1979) is a writer, literary translator, publisher, podcast maker and curator. She works in English, French, Turkish, Dutch and sometimes Spanish, in the Netherlands and abroad. She has translated works by, among others, the Kurdish poet Bejan Matur and the Turkish author Perihan Mağden. Canan is committed to greater diversity in the arts and is interested in challenging official discourse and fighting for free speech worldwide, through a range of creative projects and activities, from literature to films and comics.
Past events
What Will They Say, Meltem?
Conversation based on a podcast series by Meltem Halaceli, about literature, poetry, feminism and violence. With live music by jazz singer and cellist Sanem Kalfa, inspired by Müesser Yeniay's poems.
Concluded with a screening of the Writers' Monument, a digital monument for all journalists and writers who were murdered for their writing.
Who's Afraid of the Female Future?
An intimate program for poetry lovers, about the relationship between poetry, womanhood and dystopia.
