The EWC Board (2009-2011)

Pirjo Hiidenmaa (Finland): EWC President

Family Status: Married, 3 children (b. 1989, 1991, 2001).

Education:

Senior Reader, University of Helsinki 1998 and Helsinki School of Economics 1999.

Doctor of Philosophy,  University of Helsinki, 1995, (dissertation on Finnish language). 

Master of Arts, University of Helsinki,1986.

Work Experience:

Director of the Cultural and Social Studies Unit, The Academy of Finland, 2006 to 2011.

Senior Researcher, Research Centre for the Languages of Finland, 1993–2006.

Head of Department, Research Centre for the Languages of Finland, 1998–2006.

Lecturer, University of Helsinki, Department of Finnish Language 1991–1992.

Language Advisor, The Bank of Finland, 1988–1993.

Journalist, Suomen Lääkärilehti (Finnish Medical Journal), 1986–1988.

Researcher, Research Centre for the Languages of Finland, 1984–1986.

Posts in Non-Governmental Organizations:

Member of Delegation, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura (Society for Finnish Literature) since  2006.

Chairperson, Suomen tietokirjailijat ry. (Association of Finnish Non-Fiction Writers) since 2003. 

Member of the Board, Suomen tietokirjailijat ry. 1999–2002.

Member of the Board, Kopiosto ry. (Finnish Copyright Association) since 2003.

Member of the Board, Suomen kielitieteellinen yhdistys (Finnish Linguistic Association), 1996–1998.

Publications

Monographs:

-Oppikirjateksti toimintana. (Study Book Texts as Action) SKS, Helsinki 1995. (Doctoral dissertation).

-Suomen kieli - who cares? (Finnish Language – Who Cares?) Otava, Helsinki 2003.

-Teksti työnä, virka kielenä. (Text and language as a profession) Gaudeamus, Helsinki 2001

(co-author with Vesa Heikkinen and Ulla Tiililä).

Journal Articles (selection):

-Normering av importord i finskan.  (Pirjo Hiidenmaa & Pirkko Nuolijärvi) In Helge Sandöy & Jan-Ola Östman,

Det fremmande i nordisk språkpolitik. Om normering av  utländska ord. 2004 (in Swedish).

-Kieliopillinen metafora. In Shore, Lehtinen (eds.): Kieli ja valta. Kieli 6. Department of Finnish,

University of Helsinki 1995.

-Missä on taloustekstin ihminen? In Kalliokoski (ed.): Teksti ja ideologia. Kieli 9.

Department of Finnish, University of Helsinki 1997.

Edited Works:

-Tietoyhteiskunta – kielen valtakunta. Afinlan, Suomen soveltavan kielentutkimuksen yhdistyksen vuosikirja 2001.

(Yearbook of Afinla, the Association for Applied Linguistics in Finland). Jyväskylä, Finland.

(Mirjaliisa Charles & Pirjo Hiidenmaa).

-Tutkimusten maailma. Jyväskylän yliopiston nykykulttuurin keskus 2006. 

(Juha Herkman & Pirjo Hiidenmaa & Olli Löytty & Sanna Kivimäki).

-Hyvä kirja. Suomen tietokirjailijat 2006 (Yearbook of the Finnish Association of Non-Fiction Writers).

(Pirjo Hiidenmaa & Raimo Jussila & Annika Nissinen).

Textbooks (Secondary School and University studies):

-Piste 1 - 3, Otava 2005, Piste 4 – 6, Otava 2006, Piste 8, (Series of Secondary School textbooks

in Finnish language, literature, media and cultural studies) Otava 2007 (Pirjo Hiidenmaa, Sari Kuohukoski,

Erkki Löfberg, Helena Ruuska, Tiina Salmi).

-Kieli ja kulttuuri 1 – 3, Otava 1997, Kieli ja kulttuuri 4 – 6 (Series of Secondary School textbooks

in Finnish language, literature, media and cultural studies) Otava 1998 (Paula Havaste, Pirjo Hiidenmaa,

Ari Honka-Hallila, Ilkka Mäkelä)

-Taitava kirjoittaja (The Skilled Writer), (Irma Lonka, Kirsti Lonka, Pirjo Karvonen).

Lahden täydennyskoulutuskeskus 1994.

Awards: Doctoral Dissertation Prize of Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura (The Society for Finnish Literature) 1995.

Numerous articles on language studies, non-fiction writing and language planning in scientific publications,

general interest works, magazines, journals and newspapers.

Anna Dünnebier (Germany): EWC Vice-President

Author of novels, of non-fiction books (mainly on history) and of TV series and documentaries

Born in 1944, grew up in Bremen. Lives in Köln, Germany.

Studied Literature in Berlin and London 1964-69, MA

Started writing during that period: stories, radio plays (Magnus-Award for play „A Visit“) and short films (Award festival Oberhausen for short film „Berlinfresser“)

Worked as a journalist: reports for radio, documentaries for TV, mainly on literature and history.

Organised literary events (“Literaturtage”)

Vice President of “Verband deutscher Schriftsteller” (German Writers´ Union) 
Member of „Verwaltungsrat VG Wort“ (board of German collecting society for authors, journalist and publishers)

Anna Menyhért (Hungary): EWC Vice-President

writer, literary researcher and university teacher, editor;
12 literary awards and grants since 1987.
President of JAK / József Attila Kör, The Literary Union of Young Writers in Hungary;
Co-organiser of the EWC conference FORUM EUROPA III in Budapest 2002.

Latest publications:

„Én”-ek éneke. Líraolvasás. 1998. (The Songs of “I”-s. Reading Lyric Poetry.)
Egy olvasó alibije. Tanulmányok és kritikák. 2002. (The Alibi of a Reader. Literary Essays and Reviews.)

Tiziana Colusso (Italy): Member of the EWC Board

Tiziana Colusso is an Italian poet, writer, journalist. She studied Comparative Literature in the Universities of Rome and Paris (Paris-Sorbonne) and her main interest, as a cultural activist, is on world literature, multiculturalism, dialogue between languages and cultures, nature protection and ethics. In charge for Cultural and International Projects for Sindacato Nazionale Scrittori from 2001,  she is also from 2005 an elected member of the Board of the EUROPEAN WRITERS’ CONGRESS (from 2007 the name changed in EUROPEAN WRITERS’ COUNCIL). She is the Editor of the International Literary Magazine FORMAFLUENS (www.formafluens.net) and contributes also to other Reviews and Magazines, both printed and online.

She has published writings of narrative, poetry, stories and fairy tales. Some of her texts are translated and published in ten languages: English (UK) French (France and Belgium); Spanish (Latin America), Slovak, Bulgarian; Latvian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Bengali, Arab (Egypt).  Among her books: Il sanscrito del corpo (The Body’ Sanskrit), poetry, Fermenti editrice, Rome 2007; Italiano per straniati ('Italian for the Estranged', poetry,  Fabio D'ambrosio editore, Milan, 2004); Né lisci né impeccabili,  ('Neither Smooth nor Impeccable', short stories, Arlem, Rome 2000), Mida au périperique est, ed.Brandes, Belgium) ; La criminale sono io – ciò che è stato torna a scorrere ('I am the Criminal - What Has Been Flows Again', novel, Arlem 2002). Il Paese delle Orme ('The Land of Fading prints', fairy tale, Edizioni Interculturali 1999).  Le avventure di Gismondo, mago trasformamondo ('The Adventures of Gismondo, World-transforming Magician', musical fairy tale, Edizioni Musicali, Rome, 1998).; La terza riva del fiume ('The Third Bank of the River', fantasy short story, Edizioni Impronte degli Uccelli, Rome, 2003). She has contributed to several anthologies, both in poetry and prose. 

Contact:  www.tizianacolusso.it 

Born in Terrassa, 1950. B.A. in Catalan Literature and B.A. in Drama. In 1973 was board member of the “Pen Club Catalan Center” and in 1977 founding member of the “Associació d’Escriptors en Llengua Catalana” (Catalan Writers Association), president since 2007. In 1997 he was the first president of “Guionistes Associats de Catalunya” (Catalan Scriptwriters Guild). Now he is in the board of “Institució de les Lletres Catalanes” (Catalan Literature Institute) and “Centro Español de Derechos Reprográficos-CEDRO”.

As a writer, he published his first book in 1971, but has mainly devoted himself to theatre as playwright, translator, director and manager. As a playwright he has written half a dozen plays, and has been involved in over 50 productions, mainly as a translator, adapter and dramaturg. He has also worked as scriptwriter for the radio, television and cinema. He is teaching at the Barcelona Theatre Institute since 1973, where he has been Assistant Director and Head of the Cultural Services. Involved in several theatre companies, he directed  the “Teatre Lliure” three different times, and now is a member of the directors board. He also represented the latter at the European Theatres Union.

Myriam Diocaretz (The Netherlands): Secretary-General

EWC Secretary-General since April 2006. In 2007 she was awarded the Socrates Extraordinary Chair in Humanism and Digital Society, which she held until 2008 at the Maastricht ICT Competence Centre – MICC, Universiteit Maastricht, and since 2009 she continues as Socrates Professor at the Tilburg Centre for creative Computing (TiCC) at Tilburg University. Her current research relates philosophy and humanistic visions with Knowledge Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Multi-Agent Technology,  Future and Emerging Technology in the 21st century. In 2009 she guest-edited with Jaap van den Herik a special issue of the International Journal of Social Robotics, titled "Rhythms and Robot relations".

She has lectured extensively on critical studies, digital issues, eCulture, Humanism and Converging Technologies. She is the author, editor, and co-editor of over 18 books and over fifty scholarly essays in English, French and Spanish on poetics, translation studies, gender, dialogical criticism. She has published research and reports on ICT innovation, e-publishing, e-content, mobile Internet services, rich media authoring tools and LivingLabs innovation. As an academic editor she has established five scholarly book series in French, English and Spanish respectively, including Critical Studies (Rodopi, Amsterdam/New York), which she directs since 1989. International consultant for copyright, e-rights. She is Chief Executive of MDD-Consultancy—Information Society Services.

Since 2004 she has been selected as Independent Expert for the European Commission DG INFSO & Media for project reviews and evaluations on digital culture and cultural heritage, access to and preservation of cultural and scientific resources; also for the eTEN programme, and recently for DG Research, Social Sciences and Humanities (FP7). She was a member of the i2010 digital libraries High Level Expert Group—Copyright Subgroup (INFSO & Media, 2006-2008) and a member of the Steering Group of the Civil Society Platform for Intercultural Dialogue (2006-2008).

Studies: PhD.  in  Comparative Studies, State University of New York; M.A. Stanford University;  Lic. en Letras, University of Concepcion, Chile. Previous work experience : Senior Researcher, Head of the eCulture Unit, European Centre for Digital Communication/ Infonomics, 2001-2006, Maastricht; Worldwide Training Manager at WorldCom, Amsterdam; Training Co-ordinator at Stream International, Amsterdam. Several academic positions and guest lectures at universities in the USA and Europe. More information: http://www.myriamdiocaretz.net/