Visby 2014

V BALTIC MEETING

– The Double Core of Europe, Visby, March 25-27, 2014

Venue: The Almedalen Library

Programme:

Tuesday 25. 3

Evening, at 19.15
Opening ceremony
Key note: Dmitri Plax (Sweden) Triple espresso
Mingle

Wednesday 26. 3

Morning session, at 10.00 – 12.00
Recital
’The question is,’ said Alice, ’whether you can make words mean so many different things?’ The manifold identity of literary translation
Chair: Janina Orlov (Sweden) Mudite Treimane (Latvia), Kazimiera Astratoviene (Lithuania), Jaana Nikula (Finland

Lunch at own expense

Afternoon session, at 14.00 – 17.00
Hanna Butyrchyk (Belarus) Double Identity within the Belarusian Context

Yulya Tsimafeyeva (Belarus) No Market, no Fame: Encouraging young Writers in modern Belarus

Evening
19.15 Key note: Sofi Oksanen (Finland): Swinging on the Iron Curtain

Dinner for participants

Thursday 27. 3

Morning session, at 10.00 – 12.00
Recital
Double Identities in Childrens’ Literature
Chair: Tittamari Marttinen (Finland)

Lunch at own expense

Afternoon session, at 14.00 – 17.00
The Lithuanian Writer at a Crossroads
Liutauras Degesys (Lithuania)
Discussion

Closure of the Event
Readings
Farewell dinner for participants

Arr. by Baltic Writers’ Council and Baltic Centre for Writers and Translators

 

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