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Event in Amsterdam – deBalie

How can the future of Europe be imagined? What are threats to European democracy, and what should we pay attention to? We asked five writers to envision the future of Europe. Whilst looking at the past writers from all over Europe predict the present in a letter on democracy. The first letter was drafted by writer Arnon Grunberg and writers Oksana Zabuzhko, Lana Bastašić, Kamel Daoud and Drago Jancar reacted with theirs. During the programme, Grunberg leads the conversation about the Europe that lies ahead of us and the role of the writer in it.

Watch the whole conversation here:

“Afferra il coniglio” wins Premio Latisana per il Nordest

“Catch the Rabbit” has won the International Latisana per il Nordest prize in Italy. The Italian edition was published by Nutrimenti edizioni and translated by Elisa Copetti. The prize was awarded on September 11 ex aequo to Lana Bastašić for “Catch the Rabbit” and Paolo Malaguti for “Se l'acqua ride”. These two novels beat 65 titles and made it to the top.

In an official statement, the jury elaborated on their decision to choose “Catch the Rabbit”: There is a generation of young authors mainly from the Balkan area, who work on innovative forms of storytelling, able to represent contradictions and aporias of the new Europe. Lana Bastašić belongs to this group of storytellers children of war. The “on the road” novel, narrating the friendship between Sara and Lejla, becomes a clear metaphor of an estrangement condition that, starting from a painful memory, is capable to represent large part of contemporary society.

The author decided to share her prize with her Italian translator, Elisa Copetti, stating that “we don't appreciate literary translators as we should”.

The video of the entire ceremony is available on YouTube here.

The award ceremony at Teatro Odeon in Latisana, Italy.

Objavljen zajednički dnevnik “2020”

Promocija knjige “2020” u knjižari Fraktura u Zagrebu

Kada je krajem 2019. Lana Bastašić došla na ideju da šestero mladih pisaca iz šest država u 2020. započne pisati zajednički dnevnik u kojem će svatko od njih bilježiti svoje doživljaje u dva mjeseca, vjerojatno ni ona ni ostalih petero – Luiza Bouharaoua, Dijana Matković, Rumena Bužarovska, Danilo Lučić i Nikola Nikolić – nisu ni pomišljali da će pisati o godini koja će obilježiti živote svih stanovnika planeta. I upravo ta početna, nedužna pozicija iz koje sve kreće daje ovom dnevniku poseban šarm, no njegovi autori itekako dobro znaju kako da se nose s nedaćama na koje nailaze, jer ovo u njihovim životima, kao i našima, uostalom, nisu ni najčudnija ni najgora vremena. 
2020. iznimna je knjiga u kojoj sekstet beskompromisno izlaže sebe i svoju intimu pred lice publike. Razmišljanja i odluke, ponekad promišljanja, a ponekad ne, strahovi i nade, samoća i rijetki susreti bili su i njihova i naša svakodnevica. Čitati o 2020. godini, u kojoj su se munjevito smjenjivale ushićenost čovječanstvom i razočaranost njime, znači iznova zaroniti u svoju nutrinu, kroz oči drugih. Forma zajedničkog dnevnika neobična je, ali ovaj maleni orkestar svira uigrano, a svaka pojedina solodionica malo je remek-djelo. (Preuzeto sa fraktura.hr )

“Catch the Rabbit” shortlisted for Italian Premio Latisana per il Nord-Est

28° Premio Letterario Internazionale “Latisana per il Nord-Est”

IN EVIDENZA

Martedì 31 agosto alle ore 11.00, nella Sala Pasolini del Palazzo della Regione di Udine, si è tenuta la conferenza stampa di annuncio dei finalisti del Premio Narrativa e del vincitore del Premio Territorio Coop Alleanza 3.0:

PREMIO NARRATIVA – FINALISTI

Lana Bastašić, Afferra il coniglio (Nutrimenti)

Romina Casagrande, I bambini di Svevia (Garzanti)

Paolo Malaguti, Se l’acqua ride (Einaudi)

La cerimonia di premiazione, durante la quale verrà proclamato il vincitore del Premio Narrativa, avrà luogo sabato 11 settembre alle ore 20.30 nel Teatro Odeon di Latisana e sarà trasmessa in streaming sul canale YouTube del Premio.

Obbligo di certificazione verde e di prenotazione contattando la biblioteca.

Lana Bastašić on the Etcetera ETC With Aug Stone podcast

Aug Stone chats to Lana Bastašić, the 2020 European Union Prize for Literature winner, about her debut novel ‘Catch The Rabbit’, visiting the places James Joyce lived, the works of Vladimir Nabokov, Yuz Aleshkovsky, Aglaja Veteranyi, Magda Szabó, Per Petterson and many other authors, ‘Alice In Wonderland’ of course, tips for writing, Bosnian curse words, and much more.

Podcast link: https://etceteraetc.podbean.com/e/episode-54-lana-bastasic/