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Czech Books"A return to ideas": Michael March on the 15th Prague Writers' Festival
In this edition we visit the office of the Prague Writers' Festival and
talk to Michael March, who has organized the event from its inception. The
festival begins on Sunday 5th June, and if you are not in Prague it is also
possible to follow events live through the festival website. Michael March
began his conversation with Bernie Higgins by telling her what would be
his own personal highlight this year.
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Czech BooksEuro-Stodge or the Dawning of a Golden Age? How three European writers see the future of the continent.
This special edition of Czech Books comes from the Hotel Josef in one of
the winding medieval streets of Prague's Old Town; this is where writers
from different corners of the globe - from Saint Petersburg to
Johannesburg - have gathered for the 14th Prague Writers' Festival. Prague
is right in the heart of Europe: if you go some fifteen hundred kilometres
to the north-west, you get to Britain, if you go the same distance in the
opposite direction, you reach Greece. So with just days to go till the
expansion of the European Union, I'm joined by writers from Greece, the
Czech Republic and the United Kingdom.
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Current AffairsPrague Writers' Festival highlights: the poetry of Miloslav Topinka
This year's Prague Writers' Festival, which has now come and gone, but left
a lot to be thankful for and a lot to remember. Not least was a meeting of
poets Miloslav Topinka and Zbigniew Machej on Theatre Minor's stage for a
reading of their work last Wednesday.
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Current AffairsPrague Writers' Festival finds its groove with Anghelaki-Rooke, Hofmann, & Irwin: this is what a world-class festival is all about
This week the 14th annual Prague Writers' Festival has been underway in
Prague and Jan Velinger has been attending afternoon discussions and the
so-called "International Evenings". On Wednesday the evening
programme welcomed Greek poet Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke, German-born
English poet Michael Hofmann, and English writer Robert Irwin. As Jan
Velinger now reports this was the unforgettable night that visitors had
been waiting for.
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Current AffairsPrague Writers' Festival - currently underway - discusses the 'New EU'
This year's Prague Writers Festival - the 14th since its inception - is now
underway in the Czech capital, this year bringing yet another group of
world-class authors to Prague. Authors including South African Nobel prize
winner Nadine Gordimer, German poet Hans Magnus Enzensberger, and
Russian-born American author Gary Shteyngart, to name just a few. Czechs
are of course also represented by several authors, including former
dissident Eda Kriseova - the author of a biography on Vaclav Havel.
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One on OneMichael March - on corporate culture, an unusual meeting with Arthur Miller, and this year's Prague Writers' Festival
Harold Pinter. Edna O'Brien. Martin Amis, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Irvine
Welsh. Those are just a few of the many renowned international authors who
attended the Prague Writers' Festival over the years. Today we interview
the festival's founder, Prague-based poet Michael March, who has led the
festival into an amazing 14th year. I met recently with Michael to discuss
not only this year's programme, but also the future of the festival, his
thoughts on corporate Prague culture, and his recollection of a unique
meeting with Arthur Miller.
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Current AffairsInterpretations of reality: Yann Martel's Life of Pi
One of the many interesting authors invited to this year's Prague Writer's
Festival was Yann Martel, a Canadian novelist who made headlines
world-wide by winning the prestigious Man Booker prize for his novel Life
of Pi. Jan Velinger, who attended the festival, met the writer to discuss
his fascinating book.
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Current AffairsPrague Writers' Festival hits peak with readings by Jeffrey Eugenides, Irvine Welsh
This year's annual Prague Writers' Festival has come to its final day and
already it is obvious it will go down as one of the most successful
literary events in the Czech Republic in 2003. Appearances by
world-renowned writers at Theatre Minor in Prague, have been heavily
attended to hear from famous, as well as lesser known, authors. The
festival reached probably its highest peak two nights ago: Tuesday saw
appearances by fresh Pulitzer prize winner Jeffrey Eugenides, who read
from Middlesex, and Irvine Welsh, who read from his provocative first novel
Trainspotting.
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Current AffairsPrague isn't just the names Havel and Kafka: Author Peter Demetz returns to his birthplace
During the Prague Writers' Festival's Tuesday panel discussion titled
"The Great Dream of Heaven," Prague-born Peter Demetz described
the American way of life as a sort of mythical entity that is much more
than the golden arches of the McDonald's restaurants which stand out like
eyesores throughout the American landscape. A resident of the USA since
1949, he said he considers America to be a sort of heaven because a person
doesn't need a past, doesn't have to remember. Just what does the author
of the extensive history Prague In Black and Gold have to say about his
birthplace and his current visit to the Czech capital? I spoke with him
after Tuesday's event.
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