The Future Library Project, 2017 chosen writer

Hello Gentle Reader

The future Library Project has been gaining traction since its inception and debut in two-thousand and fourteen. This progressive and transcending art project by the Scottish artist Katie Paterson has become the most unique time capsule project of recent memory. The project, tasks a selected writer to compose and deposit a piece of literature be it: poem/poetry, prose, fiction, non-fiction, or essay—into the time capsule, where in a hundred years’ time, it will be released and published for future generations to read. Though the project is quite new, it’s been acclaimed as quite an achievement for a writer to be selected to deposit a manuscript to add to the library. The debut writer for the project was the Canadian writer: Margaret Atwood, along with her manuscript: “Scribbler Moon.” Since then two other writers have been inducted into the library: the English author, David Mitchell, with his work: “From Me Flows What You Call Time,” and the Icelandic author, Sjón, with his recent manuscript: “VII: As My Brow Brushes On The Tunics Of Angels; or The Drop Tower, the Roller Coaster, the Whirling Cups and other Instruments of Worship from the Post-Industrial Age.”

Now the next writer chosen to add a manuscript to the project is the Turkish writer: Elif Shafak. Elif Shafak, is considered one of Turkey’s most important and popular younger writers current at work on the Turkish literary scene. She’s the author of numerous acclaimed works, including but not limited to: “The Bastard of Istanbul,” “The Forty Rules of Love,” and “Three Daughters of Eve.” Elif Shafak has become the youngest writer, currently at work inducted into the project; as well as occupying a unique position within the project, due to her occupying a unique position in a globalized literary scene. Shafak is known for her literary works which dissolve borders and boundaries, be it geographical, cultural, ideological, political and literary; as well as spiritual and theological. Her literary voice is noted for its plurality, and desire to retain connections in a divisive and fragmented time.

The recent inducements of Sjón and Elif Shafak, are beginning to show the projects global reach, as more international authors are included in the project. These writers will bring unique cultural narratives and experiences, as they add their voice to the project, in which they have recorded the unique perspective of the time.

Congratulations to Elif Shafak for being invited to join the project and offer her own voice to the chorus, of the past sailing through time, to be reawakened a century later, to be read, analyzed, and pondered on.

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M. Mary