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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.

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/ 

U gostima kod Bookvalista

Maska i Živko, poznatiji kao Bookvalisti, ugostili su me na svom YouTube kanalu kako bismo razgovarali o radionicama kreativnog pisanja (2. jun 2019.) i Džejmsu Džojsu (16. jun 2019.). Ne zaboravite da zapratite YouTube kanal Bookvalista ako volite slušati o književnosti od ljudi koji, za razliku od mnogih drugih, istovremeno mogu biti i stručni i zabavni.

Povodom Blumsdeja 2019. godine razgovarali smo o Džejmsu Džojsu i njegovom stvaralaštvu.
Da li radionice kreativnog pisanja imaju smisla i zašto mogu biti dobar dodatak obrazovanju?