21st Vilenica International Literary Festival
5 – 10 september 2006
Tuesday, 5 September 2006, at 20.00
9 p.m. Vilenica Pre-Opening Event with Bernardo Atxaga
Moderator: Marjeta Drobnič
Music: guitarists Alen and Dejan Mujkić
Extracts of Bernardo Atxaga’s texts from Etzikoak: Anthology of Contemporary Basque Writing (Slovene Writers’ Association, Vilenica Anthologies) and The Son of an Accordium Player (Študentska založba, Beletrina) will be interpreted by actor Brane Šturbej.
Ljubljana, Jazz Club Gajo
In collaboration with Študentska založba.
8 p.m. Vilenica Pre-Opening Event:
literary reading organised by the Vilenica Cultural Centre and the Primorska Writers’ Association
Reading: Edelman Jurinčič, Vida Mokrin Pauer, Aleksij Pregarc, Ismet Bekrić, David Terčon
Trieste
6 p.m. Opening of the 21st Vilenica International Literary Festival and presentation of the CEI Fellowship for Writers in Residence
Vilenica participants will be welcomed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr. Dimitrij Rupel.
The CEI Fellowship winner will be announced by CEI Director General, Ambassador Harald Kreid.
Moderator: Dražen Dragojević
The opening ceremony will be followed by reception offered by the Ministy of Foreign Affairs
Lipica, hotel Klub atrium
In case of rain the event will take place in the Wedding Hall.
7.30 p.m. Literary reading
Lipica, Valley of the Mother of God
In case of rain the event will take place in the Wedding Hall.
Thursday, 7 September 2006
10 a.m. CEI Round Table at Vilenica:
“Who Can Hear One’s Neighbour’s Story?”
Moderator: Simona Škrabec
Speakers:
Csordás Gábor, Hungary
Karl-Markus Gauß, Austria
Tatjana Gromača, Croatia
Idith Zertal, Israel
Werner Wintersteiner, Austria
Lipica, Maestoso Hotel, Allegra hall
3 p.m. The 4th International Comparative Literature Colloquium:
“History and Its Literary Genres” (Part 1)
The event will be chaired by Dr. Vanesa Matajc and Gašper Troha.
Lipica, Wedding Hall
7 p.m. Literary readings
Nova Gorica, France Bevk Public Library
Hruševje by Postojna, St Daniel’s Church
Lokev, St Michael’s Church
8 p.m. Outdoor party
Lokev
9.30 The 4th International Comparative Literature Colloquium (Part 2)
Lipica, Wedding Hall
11 a.m. Presentation of Books in Slovene Translation by the 2005 Vilenica Prize Winners in collaboration with Cankarjeva založba
The poetry collection Črta čez vse (A Line Through Everything) by Ilma Rakusa and the book of essays Izumirajoči Evropejci (Endangered Europeans) by Karl-Markus Gauß will be presented by authors, translators Kajetan Kovič and Mira Miladinović-Zalaznik as well as authors of the foreword Vesna Kondrič Horvat and Drago Jančar.
Ljubljana, Konzorcij Bookshop
3 p.m. Europe’s Lesser-Known Literatures at Vilenica:
Contemporary Basque Writing
Round Table: “To Write in Euskera, the Basque Language, Today and Tomorrow”
Moderator: Marjeta Drobnič
Keynote address: Alexandra Büchler, Great Britain
Speakers:
Rikardo Arregi, Spain (Basque Country)
Mari Jose Olaziregi, Spain (Basque Country)
Franco Juri, Slovenia
Juan Ramon Makuso, Spain (Basque Country)
The conversation will be in the Spanish language with simultaneous translations into English and Slovene.
Ljubljana, Slovene Writers’ Association (SWA)
5 p.m. Literary Reading
Ljubljana, Slovene Writers’ Association Summer Garden
In case of rain, the event will take place at Jazz Club Gajo.
8 p.m. Reception by the Mayor of Ljubljana and presentation of Vilenica 2006 Prize Winner
Reading:
Miodrag Pavlović, vilenica 2006, Serbia
Yiorgos Chouliaras, Greece
Breda Smolnikar, Slovenia
Raphael Urweider, Switzerland
Vilenica 2006 Prize Winner will be presented by Veno Taufer.
Poems by Miodrag Pavlović in Slovene will be interpreted by actor Boris Ostan.
Music: Mojca Zlobko, harp
Moderator: Dražen Dragojević
Ljubljana, Ljubljana castle
Literary matinée at Štanjel castle
11 a.m. Literary Reading and presentation of Young Vilenica 2006 Award Winners
Readings:
Mojca Kumerdej, Slovenia
Nora Iuga, Romania
Lindita Arapi, Albania
Ostap Slyvynsky, Ukraine
Zdenko Kodrič, Slovenia
Goce Smilevski, Macedonija
12 p.m. Presentation of the Culture of Porabje Region
Vlado Kreslin: Music from Prekmurje
Franci Just: Some historical and geographic features of Porabje
Presentation of the first novel (by Francek Mukič) in the language of Porabje
Feri Lainšček: Nikdar ne boš znala / You Will Never Know
Opening of Between the Mura and the Raba, an exhibition of photographs by Jože Suhadolnik
1 p.m. Presentation of the Crystal Vilenica Award
Music: Vlado Kreslin
Moderator: Dražen Dragojević
Grad Štanjel
In case of rain, the events will take place in the Spacal Gallery in Štanjel.
7 p.m. Presentation of the 2006 Vilenica International Literary Prize
A ballet and music performance inspired by Miodrag Pavlović’s poems will be carried out by ballet dancers Urša Vidmar, Dejan Srhoj, Eva Gašparič and Ana Hrastelj. The authors of the choreography are Maruša and Vojko Vidmar. The event will be moderated by Eva Longyka and Dražen Dragojević while Miodrag Pavlović’s poems in the Slovene translation will be interpreted by actor Boris Ostan. The script was prepared by Miljana Cunta.
Vilenica Cave
8 p.m. Closing Party
Concert: Vlado Kreslin and the Beltinška banda
in front of the Vilenica Cave
Sunday, 10 September 2006
Farewell breakfast and departure
Lipica
Changes to the programme are possible.