NEWSLETTER Documentary on Boris Pahor Screened in MD and PA
Consular Hours EU To in San Parliamentary Do Francisco Elections List page 2 > page 3 > page 5 - 7 > NEWSLETTER MARCH 7, 2014, VOLUME 10, NUMBER 9 Documentary on Boris Pahor Screened in MD and PA Slovenian documentary “The Stubborn Memory” (Trmasti spomin) about a Boris Pahor addressed for the occasion to the American audience a centenarian Slovene writer, letter, read in both Slovene and English. holocaust survivor and Nobel literature prize nominee, The series has been running Higher Education Center and Boris Pahor, has been for five weeks from the first week yesterday in Annapolis, MD, at the presented this week at the of February through the second Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, seventh annual international week of March at five venues when around 170 people attended film series Bridges to the throughout the state of Maryland the event and the discussion that World, organized by the and in Reading, Pennsylvania. Each followed. For the occasion, Boris World Artists Experiences. film was introduced, screened, Pahor, who will celebrate his 101th The series introduces every and followed by a discussion. birthday in August, addressed a year free screenings of five The Slovenian film The letter to the American audience. international films, this year, Stubborn Memory has been shown The documentary, which one each from Ukraine, Chile, in California, MD, on Wednesday, received an Erasmus EuroMedia China, Israel and Slovenia. March 5 at the Southern Maryland award and a medal of excellence in Embassy of Slovenia 2410 California Street, NW twitter.com/SLOinUSA Washington, D.C. 20008, USA T: +1 202 386 66 01 E: vwa@gov.si facebook.com/SLOembassyUSA washington.embassy.si Trieste, where he witnessed the persecution of Slovenians by the Fascists before WWII, was imprisoned by the Nazis during the war and was banned from entering Slovenia by the Communists after publishing an interview, in which fellow writer Edvard Kocbek spoke about summary post-war killings.
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