Literature Night for the First Time in Serbia Within the Kaleidoscope of Culture

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The literature night will open the third week of the Kaleidoscope of Culture, i.e. the week of literature, on Saturday, 19 September at 6 p.m.  

The manifestation, which has been organised in big European cities for years, in cooperation with EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture), French Institute in Serbia and The Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Serbia will be held in Serbia for the first time this year as part of the Kaleidoscope of Culture, as well as the online event that the audience will be able to follow on Kaleidoscope of Culture official website and Novi Sad 2021 Youtube Channel. 

Despite the pandemic, the literature night will manage to connect the local with the European literary scene. From 6 p.m. until 11 p.m., nine representatives of the local literary scene will present nine European writers from nine different countries – France, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, the Netherlands and Belgium. 

In addition to the discussion, Kristina Savkov and Danilo Milovanović, actors of the Youth Theatre, will read excerpts from selected works. 

    1. Discussion with Jasminka Petrović on the occasion of marking the 75th birthday of Pippi Longstocking (Sweden)
      Moderator: Jelena Nikolić
    2. Discussion with Weronika Murek, author of the book ‘Growing Southern Plants the Michurin Way’ (Poland)
      Moderator: Mila Gavrilović
    3. Discussion with Barbi Marković, author of the book ‘Superheroines’ (Austria)
      Moderator: Andrea Popov Miletić
    4. Discussion with Monika Kompaníková, author of the book ‘White Places’ (Slovakia)
      Moderator: Zdenka Valent-Belić
    5. Discussion with Laurent Seksik, author of the book ‘The Case of Eduard Einstein’ (France)
      Moderator: Sonja A. Filipović
    6. Discussion with Goran Vojnović, author of the book ‘The Fig Tree’ (Slovenia)
      Moderator: Miloš Jocić
    7. Discussion with Sven Peeters, author of the book ‘The Tavern Tribunal’ (the Netherlands and Belgium)
      Moderator: Aleksej Kišjuhas
    8. Discussion with  Isabelle Wéry, author of the book ‘Boneless Marylin’ (Wallonia)
      Moderator: Sonja Veselinović
    9. Discussion with Dejan Tiago Stanković, author of the book ‘Estoril’ (Portugal)
      Moderator: Vladimir Gvozden

The literature night is implemented thanks to the cooperation of the Novi Sad 2021 – European Capital of Culture and Novi Sad branch of the French Institute with the support of the EUNIC Serbia and the EU info point. 

Partners in this project are  Embassy of Slovenia, Embassy of Slovakia, Embassy of Poland, Embassy of Sweden, Embassy of Portugal, Embassy of Belgium, Embassy of the Netherlands, Austrian Cultural Forum, French Institute and Wallonie-Bruxelles International.