Topics of the Congress

The task of IRWA

Literature as interpreter of Roma culture
- What does the statement "There is no people without literature" mean?
- The Roma people - especially the Finnish Roma people and Roma activists - is the only people in the world which does not support artists.
Is the writer alone?

Influential Roma writers
- Literature as a political tool and as a voice of people
- Where is the line between politics and art literature?
- How does the majority react on Roma writers and Roma literature?
- How can Roma art influence the attitude of the majority?

Holocaust

What do Roma writers write about?
- The themes of Roma literature
- The situation of Roma literature and Roma writers in the Baltic sea area?
- Insights to the production of the writers
- Reader's digest read by the writers themselves