The Saturday performance of the band ZHADAN I SOBAKI which presented a punk-rock rendition of the poems and lyrics by Serhiy Zhadan pleased not only the Ukrainian community. The costs of the concert, as well as the Ukrainian presentation at the festival, were covered by the PPF Foundation. All proceeds from the concert, i.e. CZK 248,000, were...
Books by JANA KARŠAIOVÁ and GORAN VOJNOVIĆ take place in different countries and in different atmospheres. And yet, they have something in common – their theme is a personal story influenced by "great history".
The award named after Jiří Theiner, exile editor-in-chief of Index on Censorship, who translated the works of Klíma, Havel or Vaculík to English in 1970s and 1980s, is an integral part of Book World Prague. The fair hosts the award ceremony every year in the presence of the initiator of this prestigious award, Pavel Theiner, son of Jiří Theiner.
IRENA BREŽNÁ, a Swiss writer, journalist and interpreter of Slovak origin, talked to the visitors of the fair not only about her book The Thankless Foreigner, but also about emigration, which she experienced first-hand. The meeting with Irena Brežná was interspersed with reading from her book The Thankless Foreigner which contains her own...
The European Union Prize for Literature, supported by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, annually honours writers whose work can "transcend borders". The aim of the prize is to draw attention to the creativity and diversity of European literature and to encourage interest in foreign works.
A man of many talents, poet, novelist, essayist, translator, performer and director, SERHIY ZHADAN is undoubtedly one of the biggest stars of Ukrainian cultureand also of this year's Book World Prague. He was welcomed by hundreds of spectators and readers at the festival.
For the first time in its history, Book World Prague welcomed representatives of literary centres and agencies within the programme section entitled Central and East European Book Market. Its aim is to act as a platform for meeting professionals from the book industry from Central and Eastern Europe. A similar section can be found at other...
"Writing books in Iran is an art in itself. A writer faces many obstacles and has to avoid many forbidden topics," said Iranian writer AMIR CHEHELTAN opening the discussion. During the last hundred years of censorship in Iran, Iranian writers had to learn to write in such a way that the censor does not understand what is being said, but...
"I am Russian and I can't see Russian from the outside. But the war left its mark on our relationship with our language. I realized that when my friends and I speak Russian now, there is a new feeling of shame – we speak the language of the aggressor," said VLADIMIR SOROKIN at the very beginning of the discussion. He...
The Institute of Czech Literature of the CAS examined data from thousands of libraries around the world. The goal was to create a comprehensive picture of Czech literature in the world and show its trends. Visitors to the festival learned about the position of Czech literature during the programme Czech Literature Without Borders.