On 21-24 March, Lithuanian literature returned to the international Leipzig Book Fair, where Lithuania participated as a guest of honour in 2017 with exceptional success. The slogan ”The Story Continues” became the constant leitmotif of the Lithuanian literature carving out a strong place for itself in the German cultural sphere.

Indeed, the Lithuanian Culture Institute continues collaboration with Austrian, Swiss and German publishers, which has been intensified even before the Leipzig Book Fair 2017.  This year, the institute invited the visitors of the fair and the festival ”Leipzig liest” (“Leipzig  Reads”) to the launches of as many as three new books by Lithuanian authors that appeared in German: Markus Roduner’s translations of I. Simonaitytė’s novel ”Vilius Karalius“ (publishing house “BaltArt“) and M. Petuchauskas’ memoir “Price of Concord” (publishing house “LIT Verlag“), and U. Radzevičiūtė’s novel “Kraujas mėlynas“ (“Blue Blood”), translated by Cornelius Hell (publishing house “Residenz Verlag“). The latter is already the second book by this author published in Austria – in 2017, the publishing house “Residenz Verlag“ successfully presented to its readers the German translation of U. Radzevičiūtė’s novel “Žuvys ir drakonai“ (“Fishes and Dragons”).

These new publications were launched at the Leipzig Book Fair, while the festival “Leipzig liest“ hosted the Lithuanian events in the popular club “naTo“, the Leipzig University Library  “Bibliotheca Albertina“ and the Jewish Culture Centre-Ariowitsch Haus.

The translations of the books presented in Leipzig were financed with the funds of the Translation Grant Programme of the Lithuanian Culture Institute.

EVENST PROGRAMME

Thursday, 21 Match

3pm.
“Literatur des Preußisch-Litauens“ | discussion and the launch of I. Simonaitytė’s novel “Vilius Karalius“ (“Vilius King”) in German translation
Participants: Markus Roduner, Daniel Sägesser, Manfred Klein
Venue – Forum OstSüdOst: Halle 4, Stand E501

Information about the event on the website of the fair

Friday, 22 March

5pm.
The launch of Undinė Radzevičiūtė’s novel “Kraujas Mėlynas“ (“The Blue Blood”) in German translation (“Das Blut ist Blau”)
Participants: Undinė Radzevičiūtė, Cornelius Hell
Venue – naTo, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 48, 04275 Leipzig

6.30pm.
“Literatur des Preußisch-Litauens“ | discussion and the launch of I. Simonaitytė’s novel “Vilius Karalius“ (“Vilius King”) in German translation
Participants: Markus Roduner, Daniel Sägesser, Manfred Klein
Venue – Bibliotheca Albertina, Fürstenzimmer, Beethovenstraße 6 04107 Leipzig Zentrum

Saturday, 23 March

1pm.
The launch of Markas Petuchauskas’ book “Santarvės kaina“ (“Price of Concord”) in German translation (“Der Preis der Eintracht“)
Participants: Markus Roduner, Markas Petuchauskas, Joachim Tauber
Venue – Forum OstSüdOst: Halle 4, Stand E501

Information about the event on the website of the fair

6pm.
The launch of Markas Petuchauskas’ book “Santarvės kaina“ (“Price of Concord”) in German translation (“Der Preis der Eintracht“)
Participants: Markus Roduner, Markas Petuchauskas, Joachim Tauber
Venue – Ariowitsch-Haus. Zentrum Jüdischer Kultur, Hinrichsenstraße 14