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23rd Vilenica International Literary Festival
Daily Programme
Tuesday, 2 Sept, 19.00
Vilenica Pre-Opening Event with Zoé Valdés (Cuba |
France)
Moderator: Marko Jenšterle
Interpretation
of Slovene translations: Nataša Barbara Gračner
Music: Diego
Barrios Ross (voice), Aljoša Kosor (guitar) Ljubljana,
Ljubljana, Slovene Writers' Association summer garden
In case
of rain, the event will take place in Jazz Club Gajo, Ljubljana.
In collaboration with the Cervantes Insitute and the
Embassy of Spain.
Vilenica Pre-Opening Event with
Ulrich Peltzer (Germany)
Moderator: Amalija Maček
Interpretation of Slovene translations: Igor Delfin
Maribor, Jazz Club Satchmo
In collaboration with the
Goethe-Institut Ljubljana.
Vilenica Pre-Opening
Event with Goran Stefanovski and Kica Kolbe (Macedonia)
Moderator: Tanja Lesničar Pučko
Music: Aritmija
Hrovača, Škrabec Homestead
In collaboration with the Tuma
publishing house.
Vilenica Pre-Opening Event with
Yo Yo and Yang Lian (China | Great Britain)
Moderator:
Ai Ling Cai
Gorizia (Italy), Gorizia Castle
In
collaboration with the Ex-Border Festival.
Vilenica Pre-Opening Event with Iztok Geister (Slovenia) and Peter
Stamm (Switzerland)
Moderator: Sonja Polanc
Koper, Regional Museum
In collaboration with the
newspaper Primorske novice.
Vilenica Pre-Opening
Event of the "Golden Boat" Literary Society
Sežana, Kosovel Cultural Centre
Organized by the “Golden
Boat” Literary Society.
Wednesday, 3 Sept, 18.00
Official opening of the 23rd Vilenica Festival and
presentation of the CEI Fellowship for Writers in Residence
At the opening of the festival, the guests will be
welcomed by the Mayor of Sežana, Mr. Davorin Terčon, and others, while Ambassador Harald Kreid will
announce the winner of the CEI Fellowship for Writers in Residence
for 2008.
Moderator: Dražen Dragojević
Lipica, Klub
Hotel atrium
In case of rain, the event will take place in the
Wedding Hall, Lipica
Wednesday, 3 Sept, 20.00
Literary reading
Florin Lăzărescu
(Romania)
Irina Nekit (Moldova)
Yo Yo (China | Great Britain)
Marina Palei (Russia | the Netherlands)
Laslo Blašković (Serbia),
Zoé Valdés (Cuba | France)
Moderator: Dražen Dragojević
Lipica, Valley of the Mother of God
In case of
rain, the event will take place in the Wedding Hall, Lipica.
Wednesday, 3 Sept, 23.00
Literary-musical event: Vibrato of Silence
Srečko Kosovel (poems), Barbara Korun (voice), Zlatko Kaučič (gongs,
bells and little bells, xylophone, child’s zithers, toys and the
like)
Lipica, Klub Hotel atrium
In case of rain, the
event will take place in the Wedding Hall, Lipica.
Thursday, 4 Sept, 10.00
Central European Initiative Round Table at Vilenica: "The
Author between Text and Context"
Moderator: Marko
Uršič (Slovenia)
Panelists: Ivana Sajko (Croatia), Tomas
Venclova (Lithuania), Goran Stefanovski (Macedonia), Yuri
Andrukhovych (Ukraine)
Lipica, Maestoso Hotel, Allegra
Hall
The debate will be in the English language with
conference translating into Slovene.
Thursday, 4 Sept, 15.00
The 6th International Comparative Literature Colloquium
(Part I): "The Author: Who or What Is Writing Literature?"
Chairs: Vanesa Matajc and Gašper Troha
Lipica, Maestoso Hotel, Wedding Hall
Thursday, 4 Sept, 19.00
Literary reading
Dušan Šarotar (Slovenia)
Tsvetanka Elenkova (Bulgaria)
Peter Stamm (Switzerland)
Magdalena Svetina Terčon
(Slovenia)
Kica Kolbe (Macedonia)
Arian Leka (Albania)
Andrea Winkler (Austria)
Jean-Michel
Maulpoix (France)
Moderator: Dražen Dragojević
Lokev,
St Michael's Church
Thursday,
4 Sept, 19.00
Literary reading by the
candidates for the CEI Fellowship for Writers in Residence for
2008 and a presentation of selected poems of Srečko Kosovel The
Golden Boat in English translation.
Moderator: Katja
Šulc
Hruševje, St Daniel's Church
Thursday, 4 Sept, 20.00
Outdoor Party
Lokev
Friday, 5 Sept, 10.00
The 6th International Comparative Literature Colloquium
(Part II)
Lipica, Maestoso Hotel, Wedding Hall
Friday, 5 Sept, 11.00
Presentation of books
The poetry collection
Samost | Aloneness | Alleinsein (selection) by Svetlana Makarovič
will be presented by the poetess, the author of the afterword
Boris A. Novak, translators Ludwig Hartinger and Alan McConnell-Duff
as well as the editor of the book Lela B. Njatin. The Slovene
translation of four plays by Vilenica 2007 Prize Winner Goran
Stefanovski titled The Demon of Debar Maalo will be presented by
the author, the translator Aleš Mustar, the author of the foreword
Lidija Dimkovska and the editor of the Vilenica Series Zdravko
Duša.
Moderator: Dražen Dragojević
In collaboration with
the publishing house Cankarjeva založba.
Ljubljana,
Konzorcij Bookshop
Friday, 5 Sept
Artuma: an afternoon of Lithuanian literature
15.00
Round table
on contemporary Lithuanian literature: “From Smuggling one’s
Essence to the Freedom of one’s Reality”
Moderator:
Marko Sosič (Slovenia) Panelists: Aušrinė Jonikaitė, Kornelijus
Platelis, Tomas Venclova and Eugenijus Ališanka from Lithuania
Ljubljana, Slovenska matica
The debate will be in the
English language with conference translating into Slovene.
17.00
Literary-musical event
Reading: Tomas Venclova,
Sigitas Parulskis, Birutė Jonuškaitė, Eugenijus Ališanka,
Kornelijus Platelis from Lithuania
Music accompaniment:
Lithuanian Jazz Trio: Vytautas Labutis, saxophone, Leonidas
Shinkarenko, bass guitar, Arvydas Joffė, drums.
Moderator:
Katja Šulc
Ljubljana, Slovene Writers' Association summer
garden
In case of rain, the event will take place in Jazz Club
Gajo, Ljubljana.
Friday, 5
Sept, 20.00
Reception by the Mayor of the
City of Ljubljana
The company will be welcomed by Mr.
Zoran Janković, Mayor of the City of Ljubljana, and Mr. Slavko
Pregl, President of the Slovene Writers' Association. Literary
reading: Andrzej Stasiuk (Poland), Jüri Talvet (Estonia), Yang
Lian (China | Great Britain)
Presentation of the Vilenica
Prize Winner, Andrzej Stasiuk: Jana Unuk
Literary-musical
event: Aloneness The literary reading by Svetlana Makarovič will
be accompanied by a soloist from the Budapest Gipsy Symphony
Orchestra, András Suki on violin, while actress and singer Janja
Majzelj together with pianist Joži Šalej will sing the poetess’
chansons.
Moderator: Dražen Dragojević
Ljubljana,
Ljubljana Castle, State Hall
Saturday,
6 Sept
Literary Matinée at Štanjel Castle
-Literary reading
Imre Oravecz (Hungary)
Iztok Geister (Slovenia)
Yuri
Andrukhovych (Ukraine)
Ivana Sajko (Croatia)
Diego Marani
(Italy)
Andrej Khadanovich (Belarus)
Ulrich Peltzer
(Germany)
Reading by Young Vilenica 2008 Award
Winners: Liam Visentin and Ana Šemrov
-Rezija (Val
Resia) at Vilenica
Presenters: Matej Šekli and Roberto
Dapit
Readers: Silvana Paletti and Renato Quaglia Musical-dance
performance: Val Resia folklore group
- Appearance by
Poetry Slam award winner from the Cúirt Festival (Ireland):
Elaine Feeney
- Presentation of the
Crystal Vilenica 2008 Award
Moderator: Dražen
Dragojević
Štanjel castle
In case of
rain, the event will take
place in the Spacal Gallery in Štanjel.
Saturday,
6 Sept, 19.00
Presentation of the Vilenica
2008 International Literary Prize
Reading: Andrzej
Stasiuk (Poland), Svetlana Makarovič (Slovenia), Yang Lian (China
| Great Britain), Tomas Venclova (Lithuania), Renato Quaglia (Val
Resija | Italia) Actors: Nataša Barbara Gračner, Brane Grubar,
Branko Šturbej, Boris Ostan Dancers: Siniša Bukinac, Dana Petretič
and members of the Val Resia folklore group Musical soloist:
András Suki (violine), Aleksander Ipavec (accordion)
Keynote
speech: President of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr. Danilo Türk
The prize will be presented by the president of the Slovene
Writers' Association, Mr. Slavko Pregl.
Moderators: Nina
Jerman and Dražen Dragojević
Screenplay and direction: Igor
Likar
Vilenica cave
Guests will be welcomed in
front of the Vilenica cave at 18.30.
Saturday,
6 Sept, 20.30
Closing party
Concert: Katalena
Dance: Val Resia folklore group
In
front of the Vilenica Cave
Sunday, 7 Sept
Farewell
breakfast and departure of the guests
Changes to the programme are possible.
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