TheNewLiteraturefromEuropeFestivalNYC’sLargestLiteratureinTranslationCelebration

December7-10,2016NEWYORK–TheNewLiteraturefromEuropeFestival,NewYorkCity’stopEuropeanliteraryevent,returnsinits13thyeartopresentbest-selling,award-winning,andemergingauthorsfromacrossthecontinent.Thefour-dayfestivalwelcomesmorethan40authors,journalists,poetsandtranslatorsineventsatbookstores,theatres,andspecialvenuesthroughoutNewYorkCityfromDecember7to10.Curatedandproducedby20SquareFeetProductions,theprogramsfeaturereadings,conversations,andpaneldiscussionswithEuropeanandAmericanliteraryluminaries.“AtatimeofdivisioninEurope,theUnitedStates,andtheworld,theFestivalprovidesauniqueopportunityforustocometogetherincelebrationofgreatliteratureandallthatunitesus,”saysSeanBye,President,NewLiteraturefromEuropeFestival.EuropeanfestivalguestsincludeElenaAlexieva(Sofia,Bulgaria),ColinBarrett(CountyMayo,Ireland),AnnCotten(Vienna,Austria),CristianCrusat(Málaga,Andalusia,Spain),StefanHertmans(Ghent,Flanders,Belgium),SusanaMoreiraMarques(Porto,Portugal),ImmanuelMifsud(Paola,Malta),MihkelMutt(Tartu,Estonia),MartíSales(Barcelona,Catalonia,Spain),AsleSkredderberget(Oslo,Norway),YokoTawada(Berlin,Germany),KrisztinaTóth(Budapest,Hungary),SzczepanTwardoch(Silesia,Poland),MateiVisniec(Suceava,Romania)andTommyWieringa(Amsterdam,TheNetherlands).Joiningthefestival,alongsideourguestsfromEurope,arebest-sellingandacclaimedauthors,SalmanRushdie,JhumpaLahiri,EliotWeinberger,DeborahEisenberg,BenjaminNugent,andElizabethFlock;poetsNickLaird,NickFlynn,andNathanleHandal;TheNewYorker’sCressidaLeyshon;theBBC’sMichaelMaher;OpenLetterBooks’ChadW.Post;GroveAtlantic’sKatieRaissian;NewVesselPress’RossUfberg;EuropaEditions’MichaelReynolds;ExecutiveDirectoroftheMartinE.SegalTheatreatCUNY,FrankHentschker;TheUniversityofConnecticut’sPeterConstantine;formerchairofthePEN/HeimTranslationFund,MichaelF.Moore;and,superstartranslators,AnnGoldstein,SusanBernofsky,AltaL.Price,MarjolijndeJager,BrunaDantasLobato,JuliaSanchesandAnnemarieMattheyse.PartneringwithinternationalliteraryandtranslationorganizationssuchasALTA(TheAmericanLiteraryTranslatorsAssociation)andPENWorldVoices,theprogramswilladdressawiderangeoftimelyissuesfacingsocietytoday.FestivalguestsexploresuchtopicsasWritingtoChangeHeartsandMinds,NarrativeAuthority,andWritingUndertheInfluenceofMusicandArt,amongothers.Highlightsinclude:SalmanRushdieaddressingthecriticalroleofliteratureintranslation;AnnGoldsteinandJhumpaLahiridiscussingtheartoftranslation;YokoTawadadiscussinghernewinternationalbest-seller,MemoirsofaPolarBear;and,thecabaretstylefestivalfavoriteTranslationSlam.Mostoftheeventsarefreeandopentothepublic.Foracompleteandup-to-datescheduleoffestivalguests,venuesandprograms,pleasevisit:http://newlitfromeurope.org/Don’tmissthesefascinatingcross-culturaleventsatpopularvenuesacrossthecityincludingTheCenterforFiction,TheGoethe-Institut,TheNuyoricanPoetsCafé,ScandinaviaHouse,andPoetsHouse.TheNewLiteraturefromEuropeFestivalisjointlyorganizedbyTheArtOfficeFoundation,TheAustrianCulturalForumNewYork,TheBalassiInstitute–HungarianCulturalCenterNewYork,InstitutoCervantesNewYork,DutchCultureUSA,TheElizabethKostovaFoundation,TheMinistryofCultureoftheRepublicofEstonia,TheGeneralRepresentationoftheGovernmentofFlanderstotheUSA,Goethe-Institut,LiteratureIreland,ArtsCouncilMaltainNY,TheNationalBookCouncil(Malta),TheRoyalNorwegianConsulateGeneral,NorwegianLiteratureAbroad,ThePolishCulturalInstituteNewYork,TheConsulateGeneraloftheRepublicofPortugal,InstitutRamonLlull,andTheRomanianCulturalInstituteNewYork.

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