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