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Irena Brezna

Irena Brezna is an author, poet, and award-winning journalist. She was born in Bratislava, Slovakia and moved to Switzerland at the age of 18. Her books include a novel for young people, Biro und Barbara (1989) and essays on Europe, Die Sammlerin der Seelen (2003).

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Dreams of authenticity: war, TV, and the Chechen mask

Swiss television processes the suffering of Chechnya according to time-honoured formulas recycled in dozens of wars worldwide: ruins, corpses, graves, tears. But Chechen custom defies the media conventions. How do the professionals then react? Irena Brezna fascinatingly explores the tensions between two worlds.

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