{"id":41068,"date":"2022-05-13T14:46:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T12:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/literaturfestivalberlin.de\/authors\/priya-basil\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T17:15:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:15:21","slug":"basil","status":"publish","type":"authors","link":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/authors\/basil\/","title":{"rendered":"Priya Basil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Priya Basil is a writer and cultural researcher. Her writing has been nominated for several international literary awards, including the Commonwealth Writers\u2019 Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and she regularly writes essays for various publications, including \u00bbThe Guardian\u00ab and \u00bbDie Zeit\u00ab. Her latest book \u00bbLocked In and Out\u00ab is an essay exploring questions of memory culture and belonging in Germany. Basil is co-founder and board member of the NGO WIR MACHEN DAS and serves on the advisory board of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights. She has curated literary and cultural projects for institutions such as the Goethe-Institut, Literarisches Colloquium Berlin as well as the ILB. She conceptualized Europe\u2019s Kitchen during Germany\u2019s 2020 EU Council Presidency and has curated the Objects Talk Back series at the Humboldt Forum since 2021. From 2021 to 2023, she was International Writer in Residence for Mindscapes (Wellcome Trust), and in 2024 held a residency with Canopy, exploring links between climate and health. A new book based on her global research is in development. In 2025\/26 she is a fellow of The Centre for Advanced Study inherit. heritage in transformation K\u00e4te Hamburger Kolleg based at the Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin. 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