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10th EUROPEAN LITERATURE DAYS 22-25 NOVEMBER 2018 SPITZ/KREMS A.D. DONAU CONTENTS 3 Foreword 5 Agenda at a Glance 13 Agenda in Detail 29 Fringe Programme / Moderators 34 Readings / Workshops in Schools 37 Tickets / Booking and Reservations Service / Venues Dear Guests and Participants of the European Literature Days!

The European Literature Days celebrate their first milestone: 2018 is the tenth anniversary year. This unique literature festival enjoys an outstanding reputation far beyond our country’s borders. It is fortunate that our ten-year anniversary coincides with Austria’s EU-Presidency. This is a wonderful occasion that I wish to mark by highlighting Austria’s decisive contribution to culture. I refer to the European dimension, which characterizes our culture, and which the European Literature Days bring to life in an exemplary fashion. A host of internationally renowned writers gathers again in the Wachau region to share ideas. In 2018, the focus continues to be the topical themes of contemporary society: How is the world educated? What is the status of reading books and literary film? And what is the position of literary- artistic narrative in the age of wall-to-wall media coverage?

I am convinced that literature is still relevant today. The European Literature Days are a model that underlines this. Besides the intellectual exchange, the highlight of the festival are meetings with prominent European writers – this special interaction gives the European Literature Days their unique appeal for interested guests and visitors. Stimulating events inspire curiosity for reading books. The Wachau countryside, the historic locations in Spitz and Stein an der Donau with their wonderful ambiance and not least the regional gourmet food provide the ideal backdrop for this festival.

Of special interest are the events in schools and at the Karikaturmuseum Krems that are designed to attract a young audience. The collaborative work with the eljub European Youth Meetings is an exemplary initiative to promote cultural communication in Lower Austria.

I look forward to the European Literature Days 2018 and wish the team every success.

Johanna Mikl-Leitner Governor of Lower Austria

1 Dear Guests and Participants of the European Literature Days!

Writers and literary talents instinctively respond to current trends; they can trace them, counteract and shine a light on them. In an age of wall-to-wall media coverage, we are surrounded more than ever with a myriad of texts and images. Can we still tell the difference between fact and fiction? What do facts initiate in our minds? What affects us emotionally and what confronts us with insights?

This year, the European Literature Days explore the interdiscip- linary discourse between literature and film, language and the visual image. I am delighted that Wachau, with the support of the EU project “Literaturhaus Europa”, has become a place for international networking and for getting together with Europe’s literary community.

Exceptional literary narrative – regardless of its medium of communication – gives us direction. Even in current times, it has not lost any of its eloquence and enchantment. I hope that these influences will continue to resonate at this year’s European Literature Days.

Gernot Blümel Federal Minister for the EU, Art, Culture and Media

2 FOREWORD EuropEAN LiteraturE DAYS 2018

Get to Know Literature. Get Together in Wachau.

For the tenth successive year, Europe’s literary community gets together in the unique ambiance of Wachau for a weekend of intellectual debate and to introduce exceptional books. From 22 to 25 November, you can look forward to a special anniversary occasion: writers and film directors discuss the relationship of literature and film. Alongside the entertaining literary, musical and gastronomic events, we also present several film screenings.

The Literature Days open on Thursday evening at the Klangraum Krems Minoritenkirche with another debate this year led by Robert Menasse on a current contemporary issue. Under the headline theme How is the world educated?, Robert Menasse is joined by philosopher Richard David Precht to discuss whether and how we are equipped to deal with the challenges of the future. At Schloss Spitz and the Kino Kesselhaus Krems, the agenda for Friday and Saturday carries on with Q&A discussions, readings and film screenings about this year’s theme of narrative in literature and film accompanied, among others, by Katharina Hacker, Ildikó Enyedi, Kathrin Resetarits and Răzvan Rădulescu. Which pictures and narrative plots affect us emotionally? Why and how do they do this, and why do other media leave us totally indifferent?

Another programme highlight introduces selected books together with wine tastings, fine food and music: on Friday, withVea Kaiser and the guitar and cello duo Sain Mus; and on Saturday,

3 including Nino Haratischwili, Carmen Stephan and Madame Nielsen. On Sunday, Ilija Trojanow will be awarded this year’s Austrian Book Trade Honorary Award for Tolerance in Thought and Action as part of a literary and musical matinée with the ensemble ContrasTon from Budapest.

The versatile fringe programme offers film screenings at theKino im Kesselhaus, guided tours through Spitz an der Donau and the Maritime Museum as well as the exhibition Austria’s Finest Books/ Die schönsten Bücher Österreichs at the Karikaturmuseum Krems.

We warmly invite you to join us!

Walter Grond Artistic Director of Literaturhaus Europa

4 Agenda at a glance

5 Thursday 22 November Klangraum Krems Minoritenkirche

19.30 Writer Q&A Opening of the European Literature Days 2018 How is the World Educated? Robert Menasse (Vienna) in conversation with Richard David Precht (Cologne) Tickets EUR 10,-/8,-

6 Agenda at a Glance EuropEAN LiteraturE DAYS 2018

Friday 23 November Schloss zu Spitz

09.00 Welcome address and introduction to the headline theme (Un)Happy Love – A Tangled Web of Happiness. Narrative in Literature and Film Walter Grond, Artistic Director of Literaturhaus Europa FreE Admission

09.15 Writer Q&A Reading A Tangled Web of Happiness Writers/Filmmakers: Katharina Hacker (Berlin), Răzvan Rădulescu (Bucharest) Moderator: Rosie Goldsmith (London) FreE Admission, Booking required In cooperation with Kino im Kesselhaus Krems and Drehbuch Forum Wien.

11.00 Writer Q&A Reading FILM Where is Real Life? Where is the Novel? Writers/Filmmakers: Tim Krohn (Santa Maria Val Müstair/CH), André Schreuders (Rotterdam) Moderator: Carl Henrik Fredriksson (Vienna) FreE Admission, Booking required In cooperation with Kino im Kesselhaus Krems and Drehbuch Forum Wien.

12.30 Lunch Booking essential, MEAL VOUCHERS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE VENUE

7 Kino im Kesselhaus Krems

15.00 Writer Q&A Film Romantic Locations Writers/Filmmakers: Ildikó Enyedi (Budapest), Jasmila Žbanić (Sarajevo) Moderator: Carl Henrik Fredriksson (Vienna) FreE Admission, Booking required In cooperation with Kino im Kesselhaus Krems and Drehbuch Forum Wien.

16.30 Writer Q&A Film (Un)Happy Love Writers/Filmmakers: Olivia Hetreed (London), Kathrin Resetarits (Vienna) Moderator: Rosie Goldsmith (London) FreE Admission, Booking required In cooperation with Kino im Kesselhaus Krems and Drehbuch Forum Wien.

Schloss zu Spitz

19.00 Dinner Booking essential, MEAL VOUCHERS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE VENUE

20.00 Reading Concert Literary-Musical Soirée Writer: Vea Kaiser (Vienna) Musicians: Sain Mus – Clemens Sainitzer/cello and Philipp Erasmus/guitar Tickets EUR 16,-/14,- In cooperation with Glatt&Verkehrt Festival.

8 Agenda at a Glance EuropEAN LiteraturE DAYS 2018

Saturday 24 November Schloss zu Spitz

09.30 Guided Tour From Salzlagerstätte to Hinterhaus Castle Ruin Walking tour through historic Spitz with Mayor Andreas Nunzer Meeting point: Innenhof Schloss zu Spitz Free Admission

11.00 Workshop The Law of the Series Ivica Đikić (Zagreb), llinca Florian (Berlin), Nino Haratischwili (Hamburg), Mischa Zickler (Vienna) Moderator: Rüdiger Wischenbart (Vienna) FREE ADMISSION, BOOKING REQUIRED In cooperation with Kino im Kesselhaus Krems and Drehbuch Forum Wien.

13.00 Lunch Booking essential, MEAL VOUCHERS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE VENUE

Schifffahrtsmuseum Spitz

14.30 Guided Tour/Exhibition Down Stream. Up Stream Meeting point: Innenhof Schloss zu Spitz FREE ADMISSION, BOOKING REQUIRED

9 Schloss zu Spitz

19.00 Reading Book-Talk Fine Wine/Food Literary and Fine Food Soirée Writers: Ivica Đikić (Zagreb), Nino Haratischwili (Hamburg), Madame Nielsen (Kopenha- gen), Carmen Stephan (Genf), Marie Jeanne Urech (Lausanne) Moderator: Gerwig Epkes (Baden-Baden)

Wines from the etstate Weingut Josef und Hertha Donabaum. Gourmet evening with cuisine by the Weinhotel Wachau. Tickets EUR 28,-/26,- (incl. Wine and Food)

Sunday 25 November Schloss zu Spitz

11.00 Reading Concert Fine Wine/Food Literary-Musical Matinée Reading and discussion with Ilija Trojanow (Vienna) Moderator: Katja Gasser (Vienna)

Music: Ensemble ContrasTon – Judit Rajk/vocals, Horia Dumitrache/clarinet, András Szalai/cymbal (Ost West Passage – Music from Central Europe by Béla Bartók, Arvo Pärt, Bruno Mantovani, Barnabás Dukay, Máté Balogh, György Kurtág)

Presentation of the Austrian Book Trade Honorary Award for Tolerance in Thought and Action to Ilija Trojanow by HVB President Benedikt Föger. Tickets EUR 16,-/14,-

Followed by reception hosted by Spitz Community. In cooperation with the Association of Austrian Book Trade (HVB) and Spitz Community.

10 Agenda at a Glance EuropEAN LiteraturE DAYS 2018

Fringe Programme Fri 16/ Sat 17/ Sun 18/ Wed 21 November Kino im Kesselhaus Krems

(Un)Happy Love – A Tangled Web of Happiness Film Films by writers and directors participating in the European Literature Days.

Films: The Have-Nots (Die Habenichtse), film by Florian Hoffmeister based on the novel by Katharina Hacker Love Island, film by Jasmila Žbanić On Body and Soul (Körper und Seele), film by Ildikó Enyedi Wuthering Heights, film by Andrea Arnold based on the novel by Emily Brontë, Screenplay: Olivia Hetreed

Screening times and tickets: www.kinoimkesselhaus.at In cooperation with Kino im Kesselhaus Krems.

15 to 30 November Karikaturmuseum Krems

Austria´s Finest Books (Die schönsten Bücher 2017) Exhibition

Opening hours and tickets: www.karikaturmuseum.at

In cooperation with Association of Austrian Book Trade (HVB) and Karikaturmuseum Krems.

Agenda in Detail

13 Writer Q&A Opening of the European Literature Days 2018

How is the World Educated? Robert Menasse in conversation with Richard David Precht

Klangraum Krems Minoritenkirche Thu 22.11.2018, 19.30

Tickets EUR 10,-/8,-

In 2013, Germany’s renowned philosopher Richard David Precht caused controversy about the educa- tion system with his book Anna, School and God. How our School System is Betraying Our Children. His thesis: instead of encouraging children to develop curiosity, creativity, original- Robert Menasse Richard David Precht ity, orientation and team spirit to cope with an increasingly complex world, they were drilled to become conformist bores. Richard David Precht, b. 1964, is a German philosopher and publicist. He is Honorary In his two-volume history of philosophy, Precht Professor of Philosophy at the Leuphana presented his arguments in a wider historical University of Lüneburg and the Hochschule context. He showed how down the ages human für Musik Hanns Eisler music conservatory individuals learned to comprehend the world in Berlin. All his books were bestsellers and have been translated into more than forty around them. Since the Renaissance, they focu- languages. Since 2012, he hosts the philoso- sed on inner emotions and tried to make sense of phy show Precht on German TV channel ZDF. personal feelings and thoughts. Finally, modern »Precht talks like a book, like his book – full man asks what is real about reality and whether he of anecdotes, clear, precise, touching on should continue to act morally as well as how he multiple subjects and inspiring.« can envisage a fair society. DER SPIEGEL

Robert Menasse, b. 1954, is an Austrian In this stimulating context, Robert Menasse hosts writer. He studied German literature, his ELit conversation series with Richard David philosophy and political science and lectured Precht and tackles a highly topical question in the at the University of São Paulo. He has won numerous literary prizes, including the 2017 light of technical advances and artificial intelli- German Book Prize for his novel The Capital. gence: How are people educated? What defines a person and makes him unique? »The humane is always worth striving for; it is never reliably given: with his novel ›Die Hauptstadt‹, Robert Menasse vividly shows that this also applies to the European Union. «

Jury German Book Price 2017

14 Welcome address and introduction to headline theme (Un)Happy Love – A Tangled Web of

Happiness. Narrative in Literature and Film Walter Grond, Artistic Director of Literaturhaus Europa

Schloss zu Spitz Fri 23.11.2018, 09.00

Can love stories be simply told? What lies behind the ambivalent phrase ‘tell us a story’? Every culture needs storytelling to find direction, to develop and not to implode. Film, like literature, has long been a source of such fables, which makes literature and film so fascinating. Both genres show that there are no definite truths; yet, they show a way forward because they approximate reality. An idea of truth lies behind the metamorphoses and artifices of literature and film and their play on facts and fictions.

To trace the magic of literature and film, the European Litera- ture Days 2018 invite participants to contemplate the differen- ces between narrative approaches in literature and film. What techniques are used by these genres to control our emotions? Peter Weiss summarized the difference between image and language: visual images reveal pain and language explains its underlying causes. Is this summary true? Is his idea of writing as a process of doubt and contradiction also a suitable description for these genres?

How do stories, novels and films affect us emotionally? What is the difference between a text narrative and one based on moving images? Which narrative techniques are used in literature and film? What makes literary texts inspire a film adaptation? How do films influence writing? Where are the transitions between the usually collective film productions and the highly individual process of writing?

15 Writer Q&A Reading

A Tangled Web of Happiness Writers/Filmmakers: Katharina Hacker, Răzvan Rădulescu Moderator: Rosie Goldsmith

Schloss zu Spitz Fri 23.11.2018, 09.15

FREE ADMISSION, BOOKING REQUIRED

In cooperation with Kino im Kesselhaus Kems and Drehbuch Forum Wien.

At first glance, Katharina Hacker and Răzvan Rădulescu could not have more distinctive styles. While Rădulescu waxes lyrical about the sim- plicity of narrative in film, Hacker emphasizes her Katharina Hacker Răzvan Rădulescu admiration for complex narrative spaces within the novel that give thoughts and feelings the opportunity to move in different directions. Do literature and film demand a fundamentally different Katharina Hacker, b. 1967, is a German writer approach? and translator from Hebrew. Her novel Die Habenichtse was awarded the 2006 German In the film adaptation of Katharina Hacker’s novel, Book Prize and the film version was directed in 2016 by Florian Hoffmeister. The Have-Nots, the plot is about love and violen- ce, about private grief and the shock that gripped »Hacker’s themes are philosophical, religious Western societies in 2001 after the attacks on the and political, but the light, unobtrusive poetry of her narrative permeates any heaviness.« World Trade Center. Carsten Hueck, Süddeutsche ZeitunG

The film Tuesday After Christmas – the screen- Răzvan Rădulescu, b. 1969, is a Romanian play was co-authored by Răzvan Rădulescu with screenwriter and novelist. He teaches drama- Alexandru Baciu and director Radu Muntean – is turgy at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe about love and responsibility. At the centre of the and York University in Toronto. His novel Theodosius, the Small film is the contemplation of solitude and lone- was awarded the 2011 European Literature Prize. liness. »Răzvan Rădulescu represents so-called Katharina Hacker’s text was exclusively compiled post-revolutionary Romanian cinema and belongs to its most successful filmmaker for the European Literature Days and will be pub- generation.« lished in the run-up to the festival on the website. Sarajevo Film Festival

16 Writer Q&A Reading FILM

Where is Real-Life? Where is the Novel? Writers/Filmmakers: Tim Krohn, André Schreuders Moderator: Carl Henrik Fredriksson

Schloss zu Spitz Fri 23.11.2018, 11.00

FREE ADMISSION, BOOKING REQUIRED

In cooperation with Kino im Kesselhaus Kems and Drehbuch Forum Wien.

The conversation between the writer Tim Krohn and the filmmaker André Schreuders revolves around the energies and secrets that are released while narrating a story. How do literature and film behave in relation to each other? Tim Krohn André Schreuders

In 2015, Tim Krohn launched one of the most intri- guing literature projects in recent years. He set up the Menschliche Regungen crowdfunding project Tim Krohn, b. 1965, is a German writer who where backers can choose from 1,000 feelings and lives in Switzerland. He writes prose, plays moods and even write a story about it – the mater- and audio plays. In 2015, Tim Krohn set ial is then included in a novel by Tim Krohn. Three up the crowdfunding project Menschliche Regungen volumes have been published so far. An encyclo- . paedia of human emotions is under composition. »Tim Krohn is a writer known as a cheerful and funny entertainer, as a narrator of André Schreuders traces the relationship of litera- brilliant, floating stories of love and its occasional implicit levity.« ture and film. His film Along Chapel Road explores the locations of an important novel in Flemish Gabriele von Arnim / Tages-Anzeiger, ZUrich literature – i.e. Louis Paul Boon’s Chapel Road. The focus is on the novelist’s desire to record in André Schreuders, b. 1967, is a Dutch the novel all aspects of life and the filmmaker’s director, screenwriter, camera man and publisher. His company AS Film produces aim to rediscover in real locations the things that low-budget films. He is working on a book he first found in the novel. about Daniil Charms.

»André Schreuders is a philosopher and film- Both projects are about the thirst for reading and maker who progressively creates his own film joy of discovery. The Q&A discussion centres on language, somewhere between philosophy, our expectations of literature and film. poetry, fiction and documentary.«

Institute of documentary film Prag

17 Writer Q&A Film

Romantic Locations Filmmakers: ldikó Enyedi, Jasmila Žbanić Moderator: Carl Henrik Fredriksson

Kino im Kesselhaus Fri 23.11.2018, 15.00

FREE ADMISSION, BOOKING REQUIRED

In cooperation with Kino im Kesselhaus Kems and Drehbuch Forum Wien.

The most recent films by Ildikó Enyedi and Jasmila Žbanić are about romantic relationships. On Body and Soul or Love Island are romantic films that couldn’t be more different. And yet, they also have something in common. The film locations play a Ildikó Enyedi Jasmila Žbanić central role for the evolution of the story.

In Ildikó Enyedi’s On Body and Soul, an introvert financial director of an abattoir and a female Ildikó Enyedi, b. 1955, is a Hungarian director quality inspector, who appears to be autistic, both and screenwriter. In 2017, Enyedi won the notice that they have the same dreams at night. Golden Bear at the 67th Berlin International On Body and Soul They tentatively move closer. The story concentra- Film Festival for her film . In 2017, she was accepted into the Academy of tes on a love affair where language is not enough to Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that awards convey feelings that only reach the other through the annual Oscars. images. »›On Body and Soul‹ by Ildikó Enyedi is the romantic film of the year.« Love Island is an apparently light-footed love story. Jasmila Žbanić developed the plot with the Die Zeit Bosnian-Canadian writer Aleksandar Hemon. Jasmila Žbanić, b. 1974, is a Bosnian director A married couple spends a relaxing holiday on the and screenwriter. She worked as a puppeteer Croatian Adriatic coast until a young seductress in the US and founded a film production arrives. An unusual relationship intrigue runs its company in Sarajevo. In 2006, her feature film Esmas Geheimnis – Grbavica won the course. Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. Romantic locations – what do they mean in literature and film? Are they merely a backdrop »Jasmila Žbanić shows in an exemplary way that vital social incentives can be initiated by for a story? Do they produce local interest and artistic interventions.« represent the world realistically? Or do they imply Jury Verdict KAIROS PriZe 2014 a transition to inner worlds?

18 Writer Q&A Film

(Un)Happy Love Writers/Filmmakers: Olivia Hetreed, Kathrin Resetarits Moderator: Rosie Goldsmith

Kino im Kesselhaus Fri 23.11.2018, 16.30

FREE ADMISSION, BOOKING REQUIRED

Olivia Hetreed, b. 1961, is a British screen- In cooperation with Kino im Kesselhaus Kems and Drehbuch Forum Wien. writer and literary advisor. She has adapted works among others by Geoffrey Chaucer, Emily Brontë, Carline Lawrence and Tracy In her books about emotional life during the age of Chevalier’s novel The Girl with the Pearl capitalism, the sociologist Eva Illouz describes the Earring . Olivia Hetreed is President of the connection between money, sex and love as well as Writers‘ Guild of Great Britain. the consumption of romantic stories. In this case, »Olivia Hetreed is known as an expert in films make a substantial contribution to the be- literary adaptations.« haviour of lovers and their beloved. Olivia Hetreed Marisol Grandón, The Telegraph and Kathrin Resetarits, two screenwriters who pay Kathrin Resetarits, b. 1973, is an Austrian great attention to literature, talk about the (un) director, actress, writer and literary advisor. requited love affairs in films as well as in real life. She is artistic assistant for Michael Haneke and teaches screenwriting and dramaturgy at the Film Academy Vienna. British director Andrea Arnold’s film adaptation of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights exposed, »This book convinced us thanks to its according to The New York Times, the raw heart of plausible and precise dialogues, its sensitivity and unique brand of humour as well as its a classic novel, which was surrounded by a natural cinematographic power and sensuality.« and mystic aura of the many previous film adapta- Jury verdict Thomas Pluch Prize 2018 to tions. Olivia Hetreed wrote the screenplay of this Kathrin Resetarits eye-catching new film version about love, greed and revenge.

Variety magazine called the film Licht by Barbara Albert a sensual, emotional historic drama. Kathrin Resetarits wrote the screenplay based on a novel by Alissa Walser. The focus is on the repression and dependence of a young woman and her longing to reach beyond herself. At the forefront are issues of love, surrender and freedom.

Olivia Hetreed Kathrin Resetarits

19 Reading Concert

Literary-Musical Soirée Writer: Vea Kaiser Musicians: Sain Mus – Clemens Sainitzer/cello and Philipp Erasmus/guitar

Schloss zu Spitz Fri 23.11.2018, 20.00

Tickets EUR 16,-/14,-

In cooperation with Glatt&Verkehrt Festival.

Vea Kaiser’s texts meet the music of Sain Mus with the promise of an enthralling text and tonal universe.

Musicians Philipp Erasmus’ and Clemens Vea Kaiser Sain Mus Sainitzer’s style is a combination of melodic phrases and experimental sounds. The distinctive duo of guitar and cello harmonizes with passages from Vea Kaiser’s published books and excerpts from her forthcoming new novel in January 2019.

Myths and modernist style merge in a comic and Vea Kaiser, b. 1988, is an Austrian writer. In epic experience. 2012, her debut novel Blasmusikpop made her a shooting star of German-speaking literature. She writes a weekly column in the Kurier’s Freizeit.

»Those who love John Irving will also love Vea Kaiser.«

Peter Hetzel, Sat1 breakfast TV

Viennese musicians Philipp Erasmus and Clemens Sainitzer have played together since 2006 and founded the modern Chamber music duo Sain Mus.

»A duo that knows how to explore their instrumental possibilities in a thrilling and sensitive way … You can hardly tear yourself away from their music.«

Michael Ternai, MICA

20 Guided Tour From Salzlagerstätte to the Hinterhaus Castle Ruin Walking tour through the historic centre of Spitz with Mayor Andreas Nunzer Meeting point: Innenhof Schloss zu Spitz

Schloss zu Spitz Sat 24.11.2018, 09.30

FreE Admission

Andreas Nunzer, the Mayor of Spitz, leads another guided tour this year – on a slightly different trail than 2017 – through the historic centre of Spitz. He introduces the town’s eventful medieval period up to the Reformation and most recent history.

For interested participants there is something new to listen to: from courtyards for the medieval grape harvest, Protestant buildings, the church with choir, the Kremser Schmidt painting in the Maritime Museum, the Bürgerspital hospital or the Rotes Tor – a versatile tour which offers illuminating glimpses of the history of Central Europe.

21 Workshop

The Law of the Series Ivica Đikić (Zagreb), Illinca Florian (Berlin), Nino Haratischwili (Hamburg), Mischa Zickler (Vienna), Moderator: Rüdiger Wischenbart

Schloss zu Spitz Sat 24.11.2018, 11.00

FREE ADMISSION, BOOKING REQUIRED

In cooperation with Kino im Kesselhaus Kems and Drehbuch Forum Wien.

A unique aspect of narrative in literature and film is highlighted with another area of specialist interest: the ‘law of the book series’ or film sequel. In the Ivica Đikić is a Croatian writer and journalist entertainment industry, this law recently became and writes the screenplay for the Netflix the Number One strategy for innovation. series The Paper.

Two decades ago, when J.K. Rowling’s manuscript for the first volume of Harry Potter was turned down by more than twenty publishers, it was accepted that literature has no impact for groups of young readers. Indeed, series of published novels were said to have zero marketing potential.

Nowadays, the ‘law of the series’ is a rule of thumb llinca Florian is a novelist, screenwriter and worldwide, regardless of media and formats, with actress. She hails from Romania and lives in a target audience of consumers aged under 25. Berlin. The biggest blockbusters and bestselling hits of the last decade were all book series – from Stieg Larsson’s Millennium to Stephenie Meyer’s Twi- light Saga and Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games to E.L. James’s Shades of Grey. The American cable channel HBO and now streaming services like Netflix or Amazon, developed a business model for series formats that is a growing rival for Hollywood and increasingly challenges its commercial foundation. Nino Haratischwili is a theatre director, literary advisor and novelist. She is a native of Georgia and lives in Hamburg.

22 Aside from the major English language markets, a Danish blockbuster hit series and successful series formats from Norway or Austria, from Skam to Borgen and the Vorstadtweibern, became popular far beyond the borders of their original countries and fan communities.

Is the series a cornerstone for new ‘modern’ story-

Mischa Zickler s an Austrian writer and tele- telling with a wide spectrum from trivial to trashy vision producer. He was head of programmes and highly sophisticated, and with stories that for the radio service FM4, director of shows evolve from the book version to TV hit, game and by Stermann & Grissemann and worked for vice versa, and with commercial rich pickings? RTL, ProSieben and recently as head of entertainment for SAT.1. Are these series now the latest craze for fan communities in a variety of target groups thanks to digital streaming and social media which perfectly embeds the message for specific target groups? What are the cultural preferences and habits of such audience clusters? Do writers gain access to new fields of work and their competitors as well?

Rüdiger Wischenbart s a journalist and the Director of the Publishers’ Forum Berlin. Formerly the Press Officer for the Frankfurt Book Fair, he is now a specialist consultant for communication, communication strategy and cultural markets.

23 Guided Tour/Exhibition

Down Stream. Up Stream Meeting point: Innenhof Schloss zu Spitz

Schifffahrtsmuseum Spitz Sat 24.11.2018, 14.30

FREE ADMISSION, BOOKING REQUIRED

Ships and boats travelled along the River Danube long before modern times. For the ancient Romans, the Danube was the frontier between the Roman Empire and countries in the north; in the Middle Ages, it was the centre of east-west trade in the Austro-Bavarian Danube region. Before the introduction of steamships in the mid-19th century, ships and rafts were made entirely of wood. The Maritime Museum in Spitz offers numerous insights into the technology and history of historical shipping on the River Danube.

24 Reading Book-Talk Fine Wine/Food

Literary and Fine Food Soirée Writers: Ivica Đikić, Nino Haratischwili, Madame Nielsen, Carmen Stephan, Marie Jeanne Urech Moderator: Gerwig Epkes Wines from the estate Weingut Josef and Hertha Donabaum. Gourmet evening with cuisine by Weinhotel Wachau.

Schloss zu Spitz Sat 24.11.2018, 19.00

Tickets EUR 28,-/26,- (incl. Wine and Food)

The soirée is a combination of literature and conversation with fine wine tastings and gourmet food. Gerwig Epkes, the literature and features editor with SWR2 in Baden-Baden, introduces top international writers and their books: a sophisticated political thriller from Croatia, an emotional Georgian-German narrative wonder, enchanting prose from Denmark, a story about Orson Welles that is enthralling as well as Swiss-French linguistic art that promises great entertainment.

Dinner in the Schlosskeller rounds off the evening. Stimulating intellectual entertainment with gourmet food and a special opportunity to meet European writers.

25 Ivica Đikić, b. 1976, is a Croatian writer and journalist for daily and weekly press. A film adaptation has been produced of his debut novel Circus Columbia. Đikić writers the screenplay for the Netflix series The Paper.

»The author unfolds a debate as he goes along about truth and moral issues and threats and shots buzz around the space.«

Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Nino Haratischwili, b. 1983, is a theatre director, playwright and novelist from Georgia. She lives in Hamburg and writes in German. She studied film direction and directed the bilingual theatre group Fliedertheater. Her family epic The Eighth Life has been translated into multiple languages and, among others, was awarded the Anna Seghers Literature Prize.

»The novel of the year: Nino Haratischwili’s ›The Eight Life‹ is a memorable narrative of love and hatred, the rise and fall of Communism – and a secret recipe for cocoa known only to the women in the family. «

Der Spiegel

Madame Nielsen, b. 1963, is a Danish writer, singer and performance artist. Her novels have been awarded several prizes.

»Sometimes, you shut a book at the end and wish the author were a good friend, so you could call her whenever you feel sad. That doesn’t happen too often. It’s like that with Karen Blixen and Marguerite Duras and Virginia Woolf. And with Madame Nielsen.«

Christian Kracht

Carmen Stephan, b. 1974, is a German writer, after several years in Rio de Janeiro she now lives in Geneva. She was awarded the Literature Prize by the Jürgen Ponto Foundation.

»The charged quality of her language has a sheer biblical force; she is majestic, though without the otherwise stilted sense of this term.«

Fritz Ostermayer, Radio FM4

Marie Jeanne Urech, b. 1976, is a Swiss writer and director. All her novels were translated from French by Lis Künzli.

»A genuine reader’s feast. A writer is at work who knows how to throw fantasy, intelligence and word force/power into a single pot, to mix well and so to paint a new world.«

Tania Kummer, Radio DRS3

26 Reading Concert Fine Wine/Food Literary-Musical Matinée Reading and conversation with Ilija Trojanow Moderator: Katja Gasser Music: Ensemble ContrasTon – Judit Rajk/vocals, Horia Dumitrache/clarinet, András Szalai/cymbal, Ost West Passage – Music by Béla Bartók, Arvo Pärt, Bruno Mantovani, Barnabás Dukay, Máté Balogh, György Kurtág

Presentation of the Austrian Book Trade Honorary Award for Tolerance in Thought and Action to Ilija Trojanow by HVB President Benedikt Fögeran

Schloss zu Spitz Sun 25.11.2018, 11.00

Tickets EUR 16,-/14,-

Followed by reception hosted by Spitz Community In cooperation with the Association of Austrian Book Trade (HVB) and Spitz Community.

The literary and musical Sunday matinée is dedicated to Ilija Trojanow’s work and ideas. In conversation with Katja Gasser and with a rea- Ilija Trojanow Judit Rajk ding by the author, the spotlight is on the quality of his literary accomplishments and his campaign for humanity, for which he was honoured with the Ilija Trojanow, b. 1965, is a German writer, 2018 Austrian Book Trade Honorary Award for translator and publisher. He is a native of Tolerance in Thought and Action. Bulgaria; he has lived in Kenya, India, France, South Africa, Germany and currently in Vienna. His novels have received numerous accolades. He is among the supporters of the Charter of Digital Basic Rights of the European Union that was published at the end of November 2016. Since April 2017, Trojanow is an honorary assessor in the Presidency of the PEN Centre Germany.

»The archipelago gulag of our time, a moral compass.« Denis Scheck, ARD, on Trojanow´S Novel Power and Resistance

The Ensemble ContrasTon from Budapest specializes in music from Central Europe

Fringe programme Moderators

29 Fringe Programme

Kino im Kesselhaus Krems Fri 16/ Sat 17/ Sun 18/ Wed 21 November

Film (Un)Happy Love – A Tangled Web of Happiness. Films by writers and directors participating in the European Literature Days.

Films:

The Have-Nots Director: Florian Hoffmeister, Screenplay: Mona Kino, Germany/Great Britain 2016

On 11 September 2001, Isabelle and Jakob fall in love. The private joy and helplessness after the terror attacks on the New York World Trade Center are intertwined with fatal consequences for young couple’s lives. Katharina Hacker’s novel was awarded the German Book Prize. It captures the sentiments of a generation who experience our world in a state of upheaval. The film adaptation directed by Florian Hoffmeister narrates the story of an intense relationship.

Love Island Director: Jasmila Žbanić, Screenplay: Jasmila Žbanić and Aleksandar Hemon, Bosnia-Herzegowina/Croatia/ Germany/Switzerland 2014

Jasmila Žbanić co-wrote the screenplay for this romantic comedy with the Bosnian-Canadian writer Aleksandar Hemon. A married couple spends the holiday on the Croatian Adriatic coast. The couple enjoys the hazy days of relaxation until a young seductress appears. No secrets stay hidden for long on the island, and so an unusual relationship intrigue plays out at the height of the summer vacation.

30 On Body and Soul Director: Ildikó Enyedi, Screenplay: Ildikó Enyedi, Hungary 2017

An introvert financial director of an abattoir and a female quality inspector, who appears to be autistic, both notice that they have the same dreams at night. They tentatively move closer. The story concentrates on a love affair where language is not enough to convey feelings and desires that remain locked in the body and only reach the other through images.

Wuthering Heights Director: Andrea Arnold, Screenplay: Olivia Hetreed, Great Britain 2011

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë is regarded as a contemporary classic novel of 19th-century British literature. Many literary and musical adaptations have been produced, including twenty films since the 1920s. Beyond the societal, family and relationship drama, like the literary original, the film directed by Andrea Arnold and adapted by Olivia Hetreed endeavours to represent life and the world with vivid sensuality and detail.

Further information and tickets: www.kinoimkesselhaus.at

31 Moderators

Gerwig Epkes Literature and features editor with SWR2 in Baden-Baden and editor of audio books as well as short stories anthologies. He manages the SWR Toplist.

Carl Henrik Fredriksson Literary critic, columnist, essayist and translator. He was editor- in-chief of Ord & Bild, Sweden’s oldest cultural magazine, and editor of Eurozine – a network of European cultural magazines and online cultural journal.

Katja Gasser Journalist, moderator and literary critic. She is head of literary productions for the cultural department of ORF television in Vienna. Her film projects include feature films about Marica Bodrožić, Friederike Mayröcker, Peter Handke, Florjan Lipuš.

Rosie Goldsmith British multi-media journalist with specialist knowledge of the arts, literature and international affairs. She has worked across the world for BBC Radio and is currently the Director of the European Literature Network.

Rüdiger Wischenbart Journalist, Director of the Publishers’ Forum Berlin. Formerly the Press Officer for the Frankfurt Book Fair, he is now a specialist consultant for communication, communication strategy and cultural markets.

32 Daily Bulletins from the European Literature Days

Blogs by Ilinca Florian www.literaturhauseuropa.eu

Ilinca Florian, b. 1983 in Bucharest and now living in Berlin, is a German-speaking writer. She worked for the Berlin Grips Theatre and is a director of short and documentary films. Her debut novel Als wir das Lügen lernten was published in spring 2018.

»Those who read Ilinca Florian know: only prose helps against family; and powerful, gentle images help against the folly of contemporary history.«

Dana Grigorcea

ELit on OKTO www.literaturhauseuropa.eu/okto.tv

The Writer Q&A discussions and readings on the theme (Un)Happy Love – A Tangled Web of Happiness. Narrative in Literature and Film will be broadcast as one-hour films on Okto. TV from 10 to 16 December 2018. The short films will be uploaded to the video archive.

33 Readings and Workshops in Schools

34 Cooperation with eljub European Youth Meetings

Thursday 22 November 2018

Kunstmeile Krems

09.00 Workshop European Writers Go to School HLW Haag, NMS Melk, NMS Wachau, NMS Krems, Stiftsgymnasium Melk, HLM HLW Krems Writers: Ilinca Florian (Berlin), Tim Krohn (Santa Maria Val Müstair/CH), Madame Nielsen (Copenhagen), Kathrin Resetarits (Vienna), Carmen Stephan (Geneva), Marie Jeanne Urech (Lausanne)

10.00 Workshop eljub Dialog Conference Part 1 Kunstvermittlung, Kunstmeile Krems

13.00 Workshop Writers Comment on Their Work Hans Koch (Cologne), Ilinca Florian (Berlin) Klangraum Krems Minoritenkirche

16.00 Workshop eljub Dialog Conference Part 2

Klangraum Krems Minoritenkirche

The events European Writers Go to School and Writers Comment on Their Work are held in cooperation with the eljub European Literature Youth Meetings and the Lower Austria Landesjugendreferat/Youth Section, and Literature Workshops in cooperation with the Karikaturmuseum Krems and Kunstvermittlung Kunstmeile Krems.

35 The eljub European Youth Meetings are dedicated to the promotion of intercultural dialogue and youth networking for young people in European countries and especially in the Danube region. Eljub is inspired by shared heritage as well as the solidarity and creativity of European youth. The eljub European Youth Meetings are a European project that now has three elements: eljub Ebook Week, eljub Dialogue and eljub Literature.

On 22 November, the fourth eljub Dialogue Conference takes place.

Eljub Dialogue is a workshop for the future where young people devise ideas for European integration. It is based on the vision of a European initiative. In the context of Structured Dialogue, young people in many different European countries meet political decision- makers who work on a local, regional and national level. As a grassroots project, the criticisms, ideas and suggestions submitted by young people are conveyed to the European Commission.

The eljub Dialogue evolves from the results of the eljub eBook Weeks. The relevant themes are also discussed in depth on other platforms: in the workshops held in parallel to the ebook week, in the ongoing local dialogues in various Danube region countries as well as at the annual dialogue conferences in Krems an der Donau. The results of these meetings are published bi-annually as an ebook.

At the same time as the eljub Dialogue Conference and events, young people from Lower Austria meet writers participating in the European Literature Days during workshops and literature readings.

For more information please visit www.eljub.eu

36 SERVICE Tickets

37 Reservations Tickets

Free admission to the Writer Q&A dis- 22.11. Robert Menasse an invitation to cussions and Readings on Friday 23.11. debate EUR 10,-/8,- from 9am to 6pm or for the workshop on Saturday 24.11. at 11am. Please note that 23.11. Literary-Musical Soirée with Vea Kaiser & Sain Mus EUR 16,-/14,- limited places are available and we kindly request that you make a reservation at: 24.11. Literary and Fine Food Soirée [email protected] EUR 28,-/26,- (incl. wine tasting and dinner) Please state which event(s) you wish to book. If you want to book lunch and/or 25.11. Literary-Musical Matinée with Ilija dinner at Schloss Spitz, please indicate Trojanow, Ensemble ContrasTon your preferences when you send your EUR 16,-/14,- (Followed by a reception reservation. Meal vouchers are available at hosted by Spitz Community with soup, the venue. Price per meal incl. non-alco- bread and wine) holic drink EUR 15,-. Combined ticket for both evening events on 24 and 25 of November EUR 40,-/36,- You can book accommodation by contac- ting Spitz Tourist Office: Combined ticket for all events EUR 62,-/ 56,- (Dinner and Shuttle not included) Tourismusverein Spitz Mittergasse 3a Tickets, Planning, Organisation 3620 Spitz a. d. Donau NÖ Festival und Kino GmbH T: +43 / 2713 / 2363 Minoritenplatz 4, 3500 Krems Telefon: +43 (0) 2732 / 90 80 33 F: +43 / 2713 / 2988 Fax: +43 (0) 2732 / 90 80 31 [email protected] Mail: [email protected]

Opening hours: on weekdays Monday to Thursday from 9am to 1pm

Tickets and information about concessions online at www.literaturhauseuropa.eu

From October 2018, tickets are also available at all NÖKU-partner ticket offices. For more information please visit www.noeku.at/tickets

38 Venues establishment in 2005, it has become a vital meeting space for the lively interaction Klangraum Krems Minoritenkirche with film culture. Here, not only arthouse Minoritenplatz 4 films are screened, but discussions and A-3500 Krems/Stein Q&A events are held with filmmakers as www.klangraum.at well as live concerts.

The 13th-century Minoritenkirche Stein, Karikaturmuseum Krems one of the oldest mendicant order Steiner Landstraße 3a churches north of the Alps, has been used A-3500 Krems/ Stein for secular purposes since the end of the www.karikaturmuseum.at 18th century. The Gothic church has had various uses over the years: as a salt and The Karikaturmuseum Krems was de- tobacco warehouse or as an equipment signed by the architect and caricaturist depot for the volunteer fire service in Gustav Peichl/IRONIMUS from 2000 to Stein. 2001 at the Kunstmeile Krems. Over a space measuring 780 m², the building is Since the early 1990s the space with Austria’s only centre for caricatures, car- inviting ambiance and wall frescoes dating toons, comics and visual satire. from the 14th century has been designated as an “art space”. The European Literature The building’s form is influenced by a dis- Days opening event is held in this acoustic tinctive roof structure that references the venue. skyline and rooftops of the old buildings in Krems-Stein. Two figures by Manfred Deix Kino im Kesselhaus are displayed in the forecourt. Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30 A-3500 Krems/Stein Schloss zu Spitz www.kinoimkesselhaus.at Schlossgasse 3 A-3620 Spitz/Wachau The landmark architecture of this state-of- www.spitz-wachau.at the-art arthouse cinema is the tall chimney of the boiler house of the former tobacco Spitz is situated in the heart of the factory, Austria Tabakwerke, dating from Wachau and is defined by the history and the 1920s (and now Campus Krems). The landscape of the River Danube. For a Kino im Kesselhaus is the only arthouse long time the river was the vital economic cinema in Krems and the vicinity. Since its lifeline for the local population. Today,

39 alongside tourism, the town basks in its numerous insights into the technology and reputation as a wine-growing region with history of historical shipping on the River vines cultivated along the steep dry-stone Danube. wall terraces.

The Tausendeimerberg is a striking land- Book Table mark in the centre of the town. Historical buildings such as the church, maritime During the festival, a book table offers museum and the ruin of the Hinterhaus a wide selection of books by participa- define the town’s skyline. The European ting writers. The books are available to Literature Days main venue is the renova- purchase. ted “Schloss zu Spitz”. The contemporary building originates from the Renaissance period. The remains of a Protestant chapel Festival Wine bear witness to the town’s eventful history. Magnificent portals and niches decora- ted with stucco and paintings as well as Josef & Herta Donabaum Gothic frescoes uncovered during resto- Laaben 16 ration works attest to the castle’s ancient A-3620 Spitz/Donau heritage. www.weindonabaum.at

Schifffahrtsmuseum Spitz ELit’s traditional vintage wine is presented Auf der Wehr 21 in 2018 in cooperation with the wine estate A-3620 Spitz/Wachau Weingut Josef & Herta Donabaum. www.schifffahrtsmuseum-spitz.at

Ships and boats travelled along the River Danube long before modern times. For the ancient Romans, the Danube was the frontier between the Roman Empire and countries in the north; in the Middle Ages, it was the centre of east-west trade in the Austro-Bavarian Danube region. Before the introduction of steamships in the mid- 19th century, ships and rafts were made entirely of wood. The Maritime Museum in the former Schloss Erlahof offers visitors

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