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English Version European Literature Days th 03.11. to 06.11.2016 Spitz & Krems an der Donau The Colonizers Anton Kannemayer: Black Scream, 2015 ELit Literaturhaus Europa European Literature Days 2016 03.11. to 06.11.2016 From 3 to 6 November internati- intelligent thinking counteract the onal writers and literary experts current climate of depression. convene for the eighth successive The European Literature Days 2016 year in Wachau. They share ideas Symposium also poses relevant about contemporary issues in up-to-the-minute questions and literature and society. assembles leading writers from Europe, Africa, Asia and America. Europe, the Colonizers and why Last year’s European Literature writers attract interest? A writer Days headline theme The Migrants intervenes and warns of a new is followed by The Colonizers. This upsurge of nationalism in Euro- socio-political and cultural subject pe. He reflects on transnational can be approached thanks to the democracy as an alternative to profound contributions of cont- Anton Kannemayer exclusion and conflict. To intro- emporary novels. The introduc- duce the European Literature Days tory lecture is presented by Hans 2016, Robert Menasse – arguably Christoph Buch, probably the most the homme de lettres – invites anti-provincial of German writers, a Berlin-based political scientist doyen among cosmopolitans who Ulrike Guérot to a debate in the is “driven tirelessly by curiosity Klangraum Krems Minoritenkirche. for the world”, in the words of the The focus is founding Europe as Frankfurter Allgemeine. a Republic. Linguistic clarity and Other discussion topics apart from terludes, walks and wine tastings. Europe and the colonizers include: The event venues are schools, How can literature retain its pro- the Karikaturmuseum Krems and file in the digital media age? What most of the discussions are held at creates interest in writers and their Schloss Spitz. European literature, books? Where is European literary Spitz wines and world-class jazz. life heading? Rüdiger Wischenbart coordinates a panel discussion We warmly invite you to with leading publishers, media ex- participate! perts and writers on these issues that were recently highlighted in an Walter Grond insightful study. British journalist Artistic Director of Lucy Popescu reports on an unu- ELit Literaturhaus Europa sual financing model for an excep- tional literary project about asylum seekers. Anja Kovač introduces Versepolis – a new European web journal for poetry, books and cul- ture. The Symposium is accompanied by literary readings, musical in- Foto: ELit 2015, Sascha Osaka European Literature Days 2016 Agenda Thursday, 3 November Friday, 4 November Opening Symposium Part 1 "The Colonizers" 19:30, Klangraum Krems Minoritenkirche Schloss zu Spitz, Renaissancesaal Tickets EUR 8.00/6.00 Free accreditation for the symposium at [email protected] Europe as a Republic Robert Menasse (A) and Ulrike Guérot (D) 09:00 Arrival and registration 09:30 Welcome address by Walter Grond, Artistic Director 09:45 Memories of the Underdevelopment Opening lecture by Hans Christoph Buch (D) Response: Petina Gappah (ZWE) Moderator: Karin Harrasser (A) 11:30 Coffee Break 11:45 Asia Reading and writer Q&A panel with Tim Parks (GB) and Pankaj Mishra (GB/IN) Moderator: Carl Henrik Fredriksson (SE) European Literature Days 2016 Agenda Friday, 4 November Saturday, 5 November 13:30, Schloss zu Spitz, Basement Symposium Part 2 "What Creates Interest?" Lunch Schloss zu Spitz, Renaissancesaal Free accreditation for the symposium at [email protected] 15:00 America 09:00 Reading and writer Q&A panel with Zsófia Bán (HU) and Samanta Schweblin (D/AR) Arrival and registration Moderator: Carl Henrik Fredriksson (SE) 09:30 16:30 Diversity Report 2016 Coffee Break Introduction and moderator Rüdiger Wischenbart (A) Discussions with Yana Genova (BL), Miha Kovac (SL) and Gábor Csordás (HU) 17:00 Writer Q&A panel with Rasha Khayat (D/SA) and Gabriela Babnik (SL) Africa Reading and writer Q&A panel with Anton Kannemeyer alias Joe Dog (SA) and 11:30 Birgit Weyhe (D) Coffee Break Moderator: Christian Gasser (CH) 11:45 19:00 Versepolis – European Review of Poetry, Books and Culture Dinner Presentation by Anja Kovač (SL) 20:00 12:15 Arabic Region Crowdfunding – A Country of Refuge Reading and writer Q&A panel with Mathias Énard (F) and Najem Wali (D/IQ) Presentation by Lucy Popescu (GB) Moderator: Karin Harrasser (A) European Literature Days 2016 Agenda Sunday, 6 November Saturday, 5 November Literary Matinée 13:00 Schloss zu Spitz, Renaissancesaal Lunch Tickets EUR 24.00/22.00 (including soup and wine) 14:30, Meeting Point: Innenhof Schloss zu Spitz 11:00 Dialogues in the Vineyards Das Floß der Medusa - Concert and Reading A short walking tour to Tausendeimerberg Franzobel (A) reads from his upcoming book Das Floß der Medusa. Thomas Gansch (A), Trumpet 18:00, Schloss zu Spitz, Basement Georg Breinschmid (A), Double Bass Dinner Literary Soirée 19:30, Schloss zu Spitz, Renaissancesaal Tickets EUR 16.00/14.00 European Literature and Spitz Wines Readings and wine tastings with Spitz vintners. Authors: Rasha Khayat (D/SA), Petina Gappah (ZWE), Peeter Helme (EST), Gabriela Babnik (SL), Jonas Lüscher (CH) Moderator: Gerwig Epkes (D) ELit Vintners: Weingut Johann Donabaum, Weingut Florian Schneeweis, Weingut Christina Gritsch, Weingut Josef & Herta Donabaum, Weingut Karl Lagler followed by reception with Spitz Community, musical recitals by Musikschule Wachau European Literature Days Themes 2016 Europe as a Republic Opening Is it time to re-think Europe? What might utopian experiments look like Robert Menasse (A) and Ulrike Guérot (D) today? How do Ulrike Guérot and Robert Menasse – the masterminds of this project – envisage our society? Thur, 3 November, 19:30 Klangraum Krems Minoritenkirche “Menasse is a narrator and polemicist, a perceptive intellectual historian Tickets EUR 8.00/6.00 and visionary dreamer; he verifies facts before developing ideas. He is a seducer who wins hearts and minds thanks to his powerful language”, is how the Salzburger Nachrichten described Menasse’s book Der Europä- ische Landbote. He travelled to Brussels for the book research where he discovered that hardly any of the usual clichés about fossilized Eurocrats were accurate. In his essay with echoes of Georg Büchner, Menasse called for nothing less than “the invention of a new, post-national democracy”. In cooperation with the political scientist Ulrike Guérot, he wrote the mani- festo describing the founding of a European republic. They have since constantly raised awareness based on their visionary ideas: they advocate no borders, rights for refugees to build their own towns in Europe and the reconstruction of the free world. European Literature Days Themes 2016 The Colonizers Symposium Part 1 An African country – how is it portrayed by a European novelist and an "The Colonizers" African writer? Similarly, how is India described in a European novel and an Indian writer’s work? In Patrick Deville’s novel, Peste et Choléra Fri, 4 November, 9:30 (“Plague and Cholera”), which was introduced at the European Literature Schloss zu Spitz, Renaissancesaal Days 2015, the French writer refers to a dynamic of 19th century European Free accreditation for the symposium at colonization which also concerns writers and literature. The ‘Europeani- [email protected] zation’ project in the name of progress inspired explorers, researchers, scientists as well as travel writers and adventurers to set off for suppo- sedly unknown terrain. Writing about their ideas of foreign cultures they get caught up in the process of colonization. They were followed by the military and merchants who conquered the land. Their ‘Europeanization’ finally ushered in chaos. Following the colonial powers’ race for world domination from 1860 until the present-day, travel writers also shape the image of cultures outside Europe. From Joseph Conrad and Andre Mal- raux to Hubert Fichte and Bruce Chatwin, in each case they have enriched and expanded the literature of their countries of origin. Is this true for writers today in our globalized world? How can their different approaches foster clearer insights about the world? European Literature Days Themes 2016 What Creates Interest? Symposium Part 2 In the past decade, which writers and books were successful outside "What Creates Interest?" their original language contexts? What power do the major book and media groups have, and how much influence do specialists have in cultur- Sat, 5 November, 09:30 al spheres? Schloss zu Spitz, Renaissancesaal Accreditation for the symposium at Reading books can no longer be taken for granted. Multiple offers from [email protected] competing media aim to attract the readers’ attention. Many people re- gard the book world as a closed environment, which is at best accessible to writers and readers, but this universe has so many distinct planets without fixed connections that orbit around a target audience. The 2016 Diversity Report follows up current developments by reviewing translations of literature in Europe. During the last decade which writers and books were successful outside their original language contexts? What boundaries are identifiable? What is changing? Do literary awards still influence the economy of interest? What about self-published authors and their books? In their Diversity Report 2016, Rüdiger Wischenbart and his team ana- lyzed 250 writers in a dozen European countries. They considered basic conditions and market circumstances; they reviewed literature and literary translations in the wider context of a book market, which is basically in flux, and a reading culture that reacts to a multiplicity of media offers. In Symposium Part 2 the core statements from the Diversity Report 2016 will be used as a basis of the discussion with the team of writers. Illustration: Ondřej Buddeus Foto: Name Fotograf European Literature Days Themes 2016 Versepolis Symposium Part 2 Versepolis. What does the new European online magazine promise for "Versepolis" poetry, books and culture? Sat, 5 November, 11:45 Versepolis is a new online literary magazine for poetry, books and culture.