The International Visegrad Fund has approved the Literary Residents for 2016. The Visegrad Literary Residency Program consists of a series of residency stays and literary events addressed to writers of fiction and non-fiction, poets, essayists, critics as well as literary translators, publicists and journalists from the Visegrad Countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia).
It is based on a partnership of 4 Host Institutions, one in each V4 country: Institut umeni (Arts Institute) in Prague, Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum (Petőfi Literary Museum) in Budapest, Stowarzyszenie Willa Decjusza (Villa Decius Association) in Krakow and Literarné informačné centrum (Centre for Information on Literature) in Bratislava.
- Compact Spring Edition (1st May – 12th June 2016)
Czech Republic:
1) Roman Sikora – Literarné informačné centrum in Bratislava (SK)
2) Petr Maděra – Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum in Budapest (HU)
3) Petra Hůlová – Villa Decius Association in Krakow (PL)
4) Jan Tĕsnohlídek – Institut umeni in Prague (CZ)
Poland:
1) Michał Zygmunt – Literarné informačné centrum in Bratislava (SK)
2) Magdalena Pokrzycka – Walczak – Institut umeni in Prague (CZ)
3) Maciej Kuziemski – Villa Decius Association in Krakow (PL)
4) Adam Miklasz – Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum in Budapest (HU)
Slovakia:
1) Barbora Škovierová – Institut umeni in Prague (CZ)
2) Mária Modrovichová – Literarné informačné centrum in Bratislava (SK)
3) Peter Šulej – Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum in Budapest (HU)
4) Rút Lichnerová – Villa Decius Association in Krakow (PL)
Hungary:
1) Bernadett Morsányi – Villa Decius Association in Krakow (PL)
2) Roland Orcsik – Institut umeni in Prague (CZ)
3) Péter Gerencsér – Literarné informačné centrum in Bratislava (SK)
4) Petra Szöcs – Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum in Budapest (HU)
- Regular Autumn Edition (1st September – 30th November 2016)
Czech Republic:
1) Petr Borkovec – Literarné informačné centrum in Bratislava (SK)
2) Olga Peková – Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum in Budapest (HU)
3) Sára Vybíralová – Villa Decius Association in Krakow (PL)
4) Radek Malý – Institut umeni in Prague (CZ)
Poland:
1) Żanna Słoniowska – Villa Decius Association in Krakow (PL)
2) Iwona Nowacka – Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum in Budapest (HU)
3) Katarzyna Raduszyńska – Literarné informačné centrum in Bratislava (SK)
4) Zbigniew Machej – Institut umeni in Prague (CZ)
Slovakia:
1) Silvester Lavrik – Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum in Budapest (HU)
2) Patrik Oriešek – Villa Decius Association in Krakow (PL)
3) Peter Brezňan – Literarné informačné centrum in Bratislava (SK)
4) Peter Krištúfek – Institut umeni in Prague (CZ)
Hungary:
1) András Bán– Villa Decius Association in Krakow (PL)
2) Katalin Szlukovényi – Institut umeni in Prague (CZ)
3) Ilka Błaszczyk Zakor – Literarné informačné centrum in Bratislava (SK)
4) János Térey – Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum in Budapest (HU)