Source: Istros Conversations: Restoring Danilo Kiš: Doing Justice to The Encyclopedia of the Dead | European Literature Network Istros Conversations: Restoring Danilo Kiš: Doing Justice to The Encyclopedia of the Dead By EuroLitNetwork • Jul 2, 2015 • No comments In April this year, Danilo Kiš became the first writer from south-east Europe to have…

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Siberian Garrison Source: A forgotten one hit wonder – hlo.hu Rodion Markovits: Siberian Garrison There was probably only one, unique moment in history when Hungary dictated world fashion in literature. And that was not due to one of our canonized writers, but a dilettante; a loutish philistine from Satu Mare. Rodion Markovits (1888–1948) was considered…

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Source: Musings under the Sun by Meike Ziervogel | European Literature Network Musings under the Sun by Meike Ziervogel By EuroLitNetwork • Jun 24, 2015 • No comments A couple of weeks ago the UK publishing world was hit by a little storm. Kamila Shamsie, a well-known British novelist, has called on publishers in a…

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Source: Interview with Térezia Mora | European Literature Network Interview with Térezia Mora By EuroLitNetwork • Jun 22, 2015 • No comments What’s trending on the German literary scene? Térezia Mora talks about her writing and her roots in the first of the video interviews with each author taking part in the Trendsetting event organised by the Goethe-Institut…

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Source: Liars’ League: Near & Far | European Literature Network Liars’ League: Near & Far By Anna Blasiak • Jun 18, 2015 • No comments   You can now enjoy all the stories and videos, plus some photos and the podcast of NEAR & FAR at the Liars’ League, their very first fiction in translation…

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The art of Agota Kristof is the greatest example in European literature of making a virtue out of necessity. Her handicaps eventually added up to a full-scope representation of the world. Source: The art of Agota Kristof (1935-2011) – hlo.hu Ever since about 1902, the date of the publication of Hofmannsthal’s Lord Chandos Letter, the…

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Source: Edinburgh International Book Festival Launches Its Most International Programme To Date | European Literature Network Edinburgh International Book Festival Launches Its Most International Programme To Date By EuroLitNetwork • Jun 11, 2015 • No comments In a world where the migration of people, whether through economic, social or political causes, whether voluntary or enforced,…

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Source: ELN VII: When Home Is Far Away by Rosie Goldsmith | European Literature Network On Wednesday 3 June Rosie Goldsmith presented the writers Hassan Blasim (Iraq/Finland) winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2014, Hamid Ismailov (Uzbekistan/UK) the BBC World Service’s first Writer in Residence and renowned poet Ribka Sibhatu (Eritrea/Italy) at Waterstones…

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It was 1956. In those days, nobody stole. The murderers who had left prison did not murder, the robbers did not rob. The moral level of the entire nation remained on a higher plane, everyone rose above themselves. In this aspect, 1956 was not just a republican moment in the life of Hungary, but an…

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Source: Finalists Announced for the 24th Neustadt International Prize for Literature | European Literature Network Finalists Announced for the 24th Neustadt International Prize for Literature By EuroLitNetwork • May 28, 2015 • No comments World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, today announced the finalists for the 2016…

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