Festival internazionale
di letteratura a Venezia
prossima edizione: 15 18 aprile 2026

Programme

Reservations for the opening event with Ramin Bahrami are now close, since we have reached the maximum number of participants. Please register to the waiting list at the link below

Reservations for Incroci di civiltà 2026 are now open! Book your seat!

Opening Ceremony

Wednesday April 15

- 5.30 pm

 Teatro Stabile del Veneto Carlo Goldoni

Institutional greetings

  • Premio Cesare De Michelis
  • Premio giovani Incroci - Albero d'Oro
  • Premio Incroci - Musei Civici di Venezia

to follow

Concert by

Ramin Bahrami (Iran - Germany - Italy)

Waiting list for the event with Ramin Bahrami [ITA]

 Thursday April 16

- 10.00 am

Auditorium Santa Margherita - Emanuele Severino

Ping Lu (Taiwan)

The conversation will be in Chinese

Book the conversation with Ping [ITA]

- 12.00 pm

Auditorium Santa Margherita - Emanuele Severino

Davide Zannoni (Italy)

The conversation will be in Italian

Book the conversation with Zannoni [ITA]

in parallel

- 12.00 pm

‌‌Ca' Bottacin - ESU Venezia

Mylene Fernández Pintado (Cuba)

The conversation will be in Italian

Book the conversation with Fernández Pintado [ITA]

-  3.00 pm

Fondazione di Venezia - Palazzo Flangini

Ramin Bahrami (Iran - Germany - Italy)

The conversation will be in Italian

Book the conversation with Bahrami [ITA]

in parallel

- 3.00 pm

Auditorium Santa Margherita - Emanuele Severino

Ryōko Sekiguchi (Japan - France)

The conversation will be in Italian

Book the conversation with Sekiguchi [ITA]

- 5.00 pm

Auditorium Santa Margherita - Emanuele Severino

Jonathan Galassi (United States)

The conversation will be in English

Book the conversation with Galassi [ITA]

- 5.30 pm

Fondazione di Venezia - Palazzo Flangini

Widad Tamimi (Italy)

The conversation will be in Italian

Reservations for the event are closed. However, we advise you to show up 15 minutes before the start of the event. Often not all those who book show up, so it is likely that there are still places available

- 8.00 pm

Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi

Samah Karaki (France - Lebanon)

The conversation will be in French

Book the conversation with Karaki [ITA]

Saturday April 18

- 10.30 am

Fondazione Querini Stampalia

Stevo Grabovac (Bosnia-Erzegovina)

The conversation will be in Serbian

The author will not be attending the conversation in person but the author will be joining it by remote connection. The event will still take place at the Fondazione Querini Stampalia at the same hour

Book the conversation with Grabovac [ITA]

- 12.00 pm

Fondazione Querini Stampalia

Sara Stridsberg (Sweden)

The conversation will be in English

Book the conversation with Stridsberg [ITA]

- 5.00 pm 

Auditorium Santa Margherita - Emanuele Severino

Geoff Dyer (Great Britain)

Dayanita Singh (India)

The conversation will be in English

Book the conversation with Dyer and Singh [ITA]

- 7.00 pm 

Auditorium Santa Margherita - Emanuele Severino

Zadie Smith (Great Britain)

The conversation will be in English

Reservations for the event scheduled are now closed because we have reached the maximum number of participants. However, we advise you to show up 15 minutes before the start of the event. Often not all those who book show up, so it is likely that there are still places available

Waiting list conversation with Smith [ITA]