Prose reading this year’s theme is literary polyphony or literary languages. More than ten online events are expected, with the participation of about fifty Latvian and foreign authors.
The festival will open on December 2 at 19 with an essay by Ilmārs Šlāpins Literary languages. Inga Ābele, Inese Zandere, Jānis Joņevs and Osvalds Zebris will take part in the readings of their latest works. independent, life.
December 3 at A discussion of Baltic authors and translators will take place Baltic literature in the world. Translation challenges and opportunities. In the discussion, the resonance of translations of Baltic literature abroad will be judged by the Baltic Assembly Prize-winning writers Lēlo Tungala (Estonia) and Nora Ikstena (Latvia), as well as Arno Jundze, Chairman of the Latvian Writers’ Union, Jade Will, literary agent and translator Rims Užgiris and Adams Viktor Kull. The discussion in English will be moderated by writer, translator and literary agent Willis Kasims.
Seminar for young authors The call a Literary Academy readings will take place on December 4 at 5pm 19.
December 5 at 12 will be the traditional Sunday morning readings Prose breakfast. Kristīne Želve, Silvija Brice, Laura Vinogradova and Māris Bērziņš are participating – authors who have entered literature from other art genres or fields not related to art at all.
December 5 at 17 will feature prose readings inspired by the museum atmosphere Stories of museologists, which will be attended by authors who work in various museums on a daily basis – Aivars Eipurs, Lolita Tomsone, Ilze Andresone, Mārtiņš Pommers.
From December 6 to 10, every day at 11.05 will be able to listen to a reading of the latest work of one writer in the LR1 program Cultural rondo, while at 18 on the festival website www.prozaslasijumi.lv a facebook account there will be an open story contest Pandemic stories laureate readings.
December 11 at 18 Ilze Jansone, Guna Roze, Sergejs Moreino, Pēteris Pūrītis and Jānis Zelčāns will perform on Saturday night.
The festival will end with Prose reading the award ceremony on December 12 at 18.
Festival Prose readings 2021 The manifesto states: “Literature has many languages - literally and figuratively. The text can be translated into another language, turned into a screenplay, a drawing. It can be quoted on a commercial or in a speech by a politician. However, the text itself tends to “sprout” from another genre – photography, theater performances or compositions. In this sense, the literary process is multilingual, a tree with a deep and broad root system influenced by classics, other genres, and an equally broad crown in which other genres nest. ”
Festival Prose readings has been taking place since 1995 and has become a lasting and long-awaited event in the Latvian literary landscape, and within it it is possible to see and hear the freshest, most current, which is currently being created and has recently become in Latvian literature. Since 2016, the festival has been organized by the Latvian Writers’ Union.
Festival program: www.prozaslasijumi.lv
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