European Literature Days to introduce many fascinating works of literature

(Cinet)- European Literature Days, is organized by Cultural Institutes Association and European Embaries, will take place in Goethe Institut, Hanoi on May 22.

European Literature Days will display and introduce some books in a system of literature from France, Germany, Great Britain, Poland and Sweden, books for kids and teenagers from Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands and Italy, ect.

Books by female authors featuring strong women and reflecting the role of women in society represent an important issue in this year: German writer Katharina Hagena will read and talk about her novel “The Taste of Apple Seeds” about three generations of women in a family, their fates and secrets. “School of Wives” by Magdalena Witkiewicz has been very successful in Poland and is now released in Vietnamese, as well as the uncommon love stories by Swedish author Katarina Mazetti. The UK based poet Aiofe Mannix will give a workshop about creative writing and participate in a panel discussion about female writing and women in contemporary European literature.

European countries have a long tradition in children’s literature. Danish author Hans Christian Andersen has become world-famous with his fairy tales, including “The Little Mermaid” or “The Steadfast Tin Soldier“. Who wants to immerse himself into Andersen’s fairy tale world, has the opportunity to do so at the European Literature Days.

Some people have lived a life much more exciting and dramatic than any novel could invent. This is true for Marcel Reich-Ranicki, the Jewish intellectual surviving the Warsaw Ghetto, whose autobiography “Mein Leben” is presented now in the Vietnamese edition at the Goethe-Institut. The threat of persecution and death under the Nazi regime is also a topic in many books of French writer Patrick Modiano who has also got Jewish roots. The Institut Français presents this important writer and his works in a roundtable discussion.

Umberto Eco is not only the most famous and important contemporary semiotician, but also numerously awarded bestseller author. With “The Prague Cemetery” he gives conspiracy fans a new breath-taking novel. Still being hot off the press, the Vietnamese translation will be presented by the translator Nguyen Thuy Hien at the Casa Italia. On the next day, the Casa Italia invites all those who want to begin their Sunday with a brilliant philosophical consideration, to a literary cocktail with H.E. Ambassador Lorenzo Angeloni. Besides being the ambassador of Italy to Vietnam, he is an active intellectual and writer. During the cocktail he will present his latest book that is now released in Vietnamese.

During the four-day event, the audiencealso have the opportunityto meet Christoph Links, a German publisher and former CEO of the Frankfurt Book Fair, listen to talks about market and book marketing: How to bring books to the audience? Best practices from Germany will be presented and analysed in the discussion. The comprehensive program of presentations, round table discussions, workshops and film screenings will be supplemented by publishers’ book stalls.

The European Literature Dayswill open on May 22 and lasted until the end of May 25.

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