Connecting Emerging Literary Artists (CELA) is about sharing stories beyond barriers.
CELA is a talent development program that offers a European context to a new generation of literary creators across 10 different countries.
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Meet the participants
Aixa De la Cruz Regúlez
Writer, resident #2 2019-2023
CELA is a great opportunity to acquire a wide knowledge of what's going on in European literature, to share my work with other writers and literary professionals and receiving important feedback and guidelines to continue growing as a writer.
Mirt Komel
Writer, resident #2 2019-2023
CELA helps me internationalize my work, as well as get in touch with fellow writers.
Tereza Prymak
Translator, resident #2 2019-2023
It promotes and motivates young contemporary artists.
Tadeáš Dohňanský
Translator, resident #2 2019-2023
It gives me the possibility to read new texts by emerging authors and translate them, which creates a very strong connection between me as a beginning translator and these authors.
Anna Háblová
Writer, resident #2 2019-2023
Without CELA I would not be able to meet so many people from the field of literature. It creates new possibilities and inspiration.
Daniel Montoya Aguillón
Literary Professional, resident #2 2019-2023
It's very nice to find a space where we can rethink an old fashioned idea of publishing and make community with it.
