In a presentation at the European Literature Days 2013, the Slovenian author Andrej Blatnik focused on the absurdity of the translation world. His stroke of fortune was the Nobel Prize for Imre Kertesz who opened the eyes of international publishers to East European literature. But he justifiably pointed out that the English language market is rather…
2014, Debates and recommendations
Quality of literature/ Qualität der Literatur
by Vea Kaiser •
Translations are like fashion: what’s popular at one moment can change later on. Chris Meade and Ferdinand Schmatz at the European Literature Days 2013. Professor Schmatz, who teaches at the Institute for Creative Writing, University of Applied Arts, points out the influence of the book market on teaching. This led him to modify the idea…
2014, Comic and Graphic Novel
Graphiv novel – Literature?/ Literatur?
by Vea Kaiser •
Auf den Vortrag von Christian Gasser bei den Europäischen Literaturtagen 2013 freute ich mich schon seit zwölf Stunden. Auf dem nächtlichen Weg von der Eröffnungsveranstaltung ins Hotel zog er ein unendlich süffisantes, charmantes Lächeln auf und bemerkte: „Seit es den Terminus Graphic Novel gibt, wird einer wie ich zu solchen Veranstaltungen eingeladen. In Frankreich ist…
2014, Bookmarket, e-literature
Slovenian bookmarket, English books and e-book piracy in Bulgaria/ Slowenischer Buchmarkt, englische Bücher und E-Book Piraterie in Bulgarien
by Vea Kaiser •
As writers, we tend to be preoccupied with the production of text. We rely on someone else doing the right thing with our material and being successful at marketing. If this doesn’t happen, we’re usually annoyed, frustrated and fed up. If everything works out as I imagine and I don’t fall victim to a fatal…
2014, Debates and recommendations
Steve Sem-Sandberg: Documentary fiction/ Dokumentarischer Roman
by Vea Kaiser •
At the European Literature Days 2013 Sandberg presented a short talk about the documentary novel and recounts anecdotes from his workshop. He spent a lot of time studying historical documents about life in the Warsaw Ghetto – his (in my opinion ingenious) novel “The Emperor of Lies” (“Die Elenden von Lodz”) is based on his…