The literary event Incroci di civiltà (Crossings of Civilizations) will take place in Venice, Italy from May 20 to 22, 2010.
Incroci di civiltà is an international literary festival that celebrates the long-standing tradition of Venice as the meeting place of peoples and cultures. Its first edition was held in 2008 and past guests include Orhan Pamuk, Anita Desai, Javier Marias, Salman Rushdie, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Robert Coover, Yves Bonnefoy, Elias Khuri, Kiran Desai. Festival's main goal is to have a small and select number of poets and novelists dialogue with their readers in the beautiful environment of the city of Venice.
