Z9Festival
Since 2015, Sibiu's young literature festival annually gathers writers from 9 countries to the Transylvanian former European Capital of Culture




2022
2022
2022
2022
2022
2022
2022
2022
Elena Boldor
ROMANIA, 2000
Ion Buzu
MOLDOVA, 1990
Valeriu A. Cuc
ROMANIA, 1991
Flavia Dima
ROMANIA, 1993
Maarten van der Graaff
NETHERLANDS, 1987
Ondřej Macl
CZECH REPUBLIC, 1989
Dóra Mărcuțiu-Rácz
HUNGARY / ROMANIA, 1996
Audun Mortensen
NORWAY, 1985
Ángelo Néstore
ITALY / SPAIN, 1986
Adelina Pascale
ROMANIA, 1995
Florentin Popa
ROMANIA, 1989
Cristina Stancu
ROMANIA, 1990
Stephanie Sy-Quia
GREAT BRITAIN / UNITED STATES, 1995
Miruna Vlada
ROMANIA, 1986
Andrada Yunusoglu
ROMANIA, 1996


2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
Kaveh Akbar
UNITED STATES / IRAN, 1989
Răzvan Andrei
ROMANIA, 1981
Emily Berry
UNITED KINGDOM, 1981
Max Czollek
GERMANY, 1987
Gabi Eftimie
ROMANIA, 1981
Teona Galgoțiu
ROMANIA, 1998
Andrei Gamarț
MOLDOVA, 1980
Berta García Faet
SPAIN, 1988
Ileana Negrea
ROMANIA, 1984
Radu Nițescu
ROMANIA, 1992
Mădălina Oprea
ROMANIA
Deniz Otay
ROMANIA, 1993
Alexandra Pâzgu
ROMANIA, 1985
Tudor Pop
ROMANIA, 1999
Florentin Popa
ROMANIA, 1989
Ariana Reines
UNITED STATES, 1982
Stacey Teague
NEW ZEALAND
Kinga Tóth
HUNGARY, 1983








2019
2019
2019
2019
2019
2019
2019
2019
Jesica Baciu
ROMANIA, 1985
Andrei Doboș
ROMANIA, 1984
Livia Franchini
ITALY
Jakobe Mansztajn
POLAND, 1982
Xiao Yue Shan
CHINA
Ioana Vintilă
ROMANIA, 1997
Nadia de Vries
NETHERLANDS, 1991
Eta Dahlia
RUSSIA
Robert G. Elekes
ROMANIA, 1985
Ioana Iacob
ROMANIA
Richard Scott
UNITED KINGDOM, 1981
Arno van Vlierberghe
BELGIUM, 1990
Elena Vlădăreanu
ROMANIA, 1981
Charlotte Warsen
GERMANY, 1984
The biggest young literature festival in all of Europe /Playground Magazine
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
Mircea Andrei Florea
ROMANIA, 1996
Raed Wahesh
PALESTINE / SYRIA, 1981
Livia Ștefan
ROMANIA, 1982
Oli Hazzard
UNITED KINGDOM, 1986
Linn Hansén
SWEDEN, 1983
Stéphane Korvin
FRANCE, 1981
Heir of the Cursed
KENYA, 1990
Gabriela Feceoru
ROMANIA, 1993
Kristofer Folkhammar
SWEDEN, 1983
Denise Bonetti
ITALY / UNITED KINGDOM
Cosmina Moroșan
ROMANIA, 1989
Galina Rymbu
RUSSIA, 1990
Ruxandra Novac
ROMANIA, 1980
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
Anna Axfors
SWEDEN, 1990
Crispin Best
GREAT BRITAIN, 1983
Yevgeniy Breyger
GERMANY, 1989
Teona Galgoțiu
ROMANIA, 1998
Gaia Ginevra Giorgi
ITALY, 1992
Benji Horváth
ROMANIA / HUNGARY, 1988
Ágnes Kali
ROMANIA / HUNGARY, 1996
Elena Mendel
SPAIN, 1985
Florentin Popa
ROMANIA, 1989
Uroš Prah
SLOVENIA, 1988
Sînziana Șipoș
ROMANIA, 1990
Kinga Tóth
HUNGARY, 1983
Alex Văsieș
ROMANIA, 1993
Jennifer L. Williams
UNITED STATES / GREAT BRITAIN

2016
2016
2016
2016
2016
2016
2016
2016
Mihnea Bâlici
ROMANIA, 1998
Sophie Collins
GREAT BRITAIN
Ana Donțu
ROMANIA, 1985
Radu Nițescu
ROMANIA, 1992
Ovio Olaru
ROMANIA, 1993
Marko Pogačar
CROATIA, 1984
Arturo Sánchez
SPAIN, 1990
Krista Szöcs
ROMANIA, 1990
Petra Szöcs
HUNGARY, 1981
Andrei C. Șerban
ROMANIA, 1990
Ioan Șerbu
ROMANIA, 1983
Gašper Torkar
SLOVENIA, 1992
Victor Țvetov
MOLDOVA, 1990
Quiet and picturesque, traces of Sibiu’s receded past reappear frequently from a history that is almost submerged – the shell of a disused Communist factory stands in the middle distance when you look over the city from the Bridge of Lies. The distinctively ocular windows, known as the ‘eyes of the city’, (once noticed they are suddenly everywhere), heighten a sense of historical surveillance, the presence of a watchful past. The outlines of an alternative reality seem to inform the smartness and vigilance of these writers. Despite huge transitions, poets in Romania remain concerned with insinuating the truth of their situation, which, with the increased presence of technology and social media, has moved closer to that of Western Europe or the US. / Sam Riviere in The Quietus (July 2015)
2015
2015
2015
2015
2015
2015
2015
2015
Ștefan Baghiu
ROMANIA, 1992
Alex Văsieș
ROMANIA, 1993
Oscar Bruno D'Artois
FRANCE / UNITED STATES, 1989
Katja Perat
SLOVENIA, 1988
Andrei Dósa
ROMANIA, 1985
Luna Miguel
SPAIN, 1990
Lucy K. Shaw
GREAT BRITAIN, 1987
Vlad A. Gheorghiu
ROMANIA, 1992
Diogo Vaz Pinto
PORTUGAL, 1985
Radu Nițescu
ROMANIA, 1992
Lieke Marsman
NETHERLANDS, 1990
Deniz Otay
ROMANIA, 1993
Vlad Drăgoi
ROMANIA, 1987
Sam Riviere
UNITED KINGDOM, 1981