LITERARY EXCHANGE DURING LOCKDOWN IN 2020

This e-book is part of the Ulysses' Shelter project started in 2017 with the objective to build a network of exchange literary residencies aimed at young writers and literary translators. The second stage of Ulysses' Shelter is once again being co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, and coordinated by Croatian publishing house and literary agency Sandorf, with four partners, Literature Across Frontiers and Wales Literature Exchange in Wales, Krokodil in Serbia, Thraka in Greece and Slovene Writers' Association in Slovenia.



This e-book represents a cross-section of external and internal events from each young literary creator in the months between August 2020 and the end of 2020. It consists of five chapters, each offering a unique insight into the artists' lives, thinking and fears in the last quarter of 2020, that is, in the year Covid-19 was born.



At the end of the book, there is a short reflection by the young literary creators on the guest performances carried out in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Then there is a short presentation of all the literary correspondents.



TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword 5

Chapter 1: Eluned Gramich and Katja Zakrajšek 10

Parallels between the language positions of Slovenian and Welsh 11

Chapter 2: Thomas Tsalapatis and Sergej Harlamov 28

Gained in translation or repetition with variation29

Chapter 3: Maja Klarić and Kaja Teržan 37

Poems instead of Letters 38

Chapter 4: Dino Pešut and Aljaž Koprivnikar 42

Poem exchange and reflection 43

Chapter 5: Lloyd Markham and Aljoša Toplak 54

From emails to a joint online project 55

The joint project from Lloyd and Aljoša 77

Epilogue and Project Description 82

About the Project Ulysses' Shelter 2, the Young Residents and Their Pen Pals 91