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Literature « For Peace, against War » – a selection

Looking for international (women) writers of peace literature? Here is a terrific, extensive  resource  link about (literary) peace and anti-war writings: https://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/2015/06/06/women-writers-on-peace-and-war/ Bertha von Suttner is represented by 11 selections from her extensive oeuvre. There are also many texts by male authors. An introductory note by the compiler is at https://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/about/
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Alfred Hermann Fried(1864-1921), Peace Activist and Nobel Prize Laureate

Petra Schönemann-Behrens provides an informative review of the life and times of Alfred H. Fried (1864-1921), a significant if underappreciated Austrian pacifist of the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. Already in 2011, on the 100th anniversary of his Nobel Peace Prize, Petra Schönemann-Behrens’ biography of Alfred H. Fried was published in German. This excellent study of a fascinating pioneer of the pre-World War I peace movement – and close collaborator of Bertha von Su...
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New book by S.Vani, a young Bertha von Suttner Enthusiast in India

Supriya Vani is a peace activist and journalist in India, and author of the book, Battling Injustice:16 women Nobel Peace Laureates. She has interviewed several world leaders for the cause of world peace. She passionately works on the related topics of peace, gender equality, sexual violence, rape and human trafficking. Her new book on New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, based on interviews with her, was published in 2020
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The Barbarization of the Sky, an essay of 19 pages by Bertha von Suttner

The Barbarization of the Sky is an essay of 19 pages, written by Bertha von Suttner in 1912. The first English translation was released in summer of  2016 and marks the 20th anniversary of the ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, during a Mastercallsof Prof Hope May , connecting Bertha von Suttner’s ideas to current themes concerning aerial bombardments and international law governing nuclear weapons. https://www.peacepalacelibrary.nl/2016/06/berth...
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Die Waffen Nieder! First translation of Lay Down Your Weapons! into Georgian

The famous novel of Bertha von Suttner was translated into the Georgian language, from a German edition by Ms. Tamar Kotrikadze, and published in Autumn 2019 by the publishing house Artanuji. The novel -written some 130 years ago- was included in their classic cycle series, which they have been publishing for decades. The cover was designed by Ms. Tamar Chanishvili. The foreword was written by Ms. Nino Kalandarishvili (winner of the Bertha von Suttner Peace Prize 2019) and Ms .Salome Adamia. ...
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New Dutch edition of Lay Down Your Weapons! promoted at ATRIA’s Take it to the Streets Exhibition

December 16th, 2019: During the opening of the Institute on Gender Equality and Women's History (Atria) Exhibition "Take to the Streets: 100 years of Women Suffrage and Activism" Aletta Jacobs impersonator Professor Greta Nordenbos promoted the new Dutch edition of Lay Down Your Weapons! by Bertha von Suttner, edition Orlando, Euro 25.-
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