Programme
Tuesday, 6 Sept | Vilenica Pre-Opening Events
18.00 Vilenica Pre-Opening Event with the CEI Fellowship Winners: Goce Smilevski (Macedonia), Dragan Radovančević (Serbia) and Maja Hrgović (Croatia)
Moderator: Patrizia Vascotto
Trieste (Italy), CEI headquarters
In collaboration with the Gruppo 85 and Central European Initiative.
19.00 Vilenica Pre-Opening Event with Aleksander Peršolja (Slovenia) and Francesco Tomada (Italy)
Moderator: Alberto Princis
Gorizia (Italy), KB Center
In collaboration with the Ex Border Festival and KB 1909.
19.00 Vilenica Pre-Opening Event with Aleš Debeljak
Moderator: Mirt Komel
Bilje, Negovan Nemec Gallery
20.00 Vilenica Pre-Opening Event with Alberto Manguel (Argentina/Canada) and Gorazd Kocijančič (Slovenia)
Moderator: Samo Rugelj
Ljubljana, National and University Library
20.00 Vilenica Pre-Opening Event with Mircea Cărtărescu (Romania) and Stanka Hrastelj (Slovenia)
Moderator: Vesna Humar
Koper, Atrium of TV Koper-Capodistria
In collaboration with the newspaper Primorske novice.
20.00 Vilenica Pre-Opening Event with Alain Lance (France), Jean-Michel Espitallier (France) and Ivan Dobnik (Slovenia)
Music: Students of “I. gimnazija” from Celje
Moderator: Barbara Pogačnik
Celje, Celje Hall Café
In collaboration with the Le Marché de la Poésie.
20.00 Vilenica Pre-Opening Event with Angelika Reitzer (Austria) and Drago Jančar (Slovenia)
Moderator: Amalija Maček
Maribor, Ceremonial Hall Rotovž
20.00 Vilenica Pre-Opening Event with Ognjen Spahić (Montenegro), Vesna Lemaić (Slovenia), Stojan Ržek (Slovenia) and Patricija Sosič (Slovenia)
Moderator: Magdalena Svetina Terčon
Sežana, Kosovel Cultural Centre
In collaboration with the Primorska Writers’ Association.
Wednesday, 7 Sept
19.00 Official Opening of the 26th Vilenica Festival and Presentation of the CEI Fellowship for Writers in Residence
Literary Reading: Jan Wagner (Germany), Aleksander Peršolja (Slovenia), Agron Tufa (Albania)
Music: Dejan Lapanja and Severa Gjurin
Keynote speech: President of The Slovene Writers’ Association Milan Jesih, Mayor of the Municipality of Sežana, Davorin Terčon and General Manager of the Lipica Stud Farm, Tomi Rumpf
Presentation of the CEI Fellowship 2011: CEI Secretary General, Ambassador Gerhard Pfanzelter
Moderator: Janko Petrovec
Direction: Marko Sosič
Lipica, Museum of Carriages
22.00 Reading by the Vilenica guests
Host of the evening: Veno Taufer
Lipica, Atrium of the Hotel Klub
Thursday, 8 Sept
10.00 Central European Initiative Round Table at Vilenica: “Read Me Live”
Moderator: Gregor Podlogar (Slovenia)
Panellists: Alberto Manguel (Argentina/Canada), Pavel Brycz (Czech Republic), Ljiljana Jokić Kaspar (Serbia)
Lipica, Maestoso Hotel, Allegra Hall
14.00 The 9th International Comparative Literature Colloquium (Part I): “Reading Live: Literature, Science and Humanities”
Chair: Jola Škulj and Jernej Habjan (Slovenia)
Lipica, Wedding Hall
15.30 Meeting of the Literary Mediators: ”Slovenian Literature’s Marketplace”
Lipica, Klub Hotel
19.00 Literary Reading
Ivan Dobnik (Slovenia), Alain Lance (France), Edo Popović (BiH/Croatia), Vladimir Levchev (Bulgaria), Alberto Manguel (Argentina/Canada), Aleksander Peršolja (Slovenia)
Moderator: Vesna Humar
Branik, Culture Home Branik
19.00 Literary Reading
Pierluigi Cappello (Italy), Guy Helminger (Luxembourg), Xavier Farré (Spain), Pavel Brycz (Czech Republic), Gorazd Kocijančič (Slovenia), Angelika Reitzer (Austria)
Moderator: Breda Biščak
Dutovlje, Bunčet’s Homestead
20.00 Round Table: “The Former Yugoslavia Throgouht the Eyes of Literature”
Participants: Ognjen Spahić (Montenegro), Nikola Madžirov (Macedonia), Ljiljana Jokić Kaspar (Serbia), Dušan Čater (Slovenia)
Moderator: Carmen L. Oven
Music: Robert Oven
Ljubljana, Slovenian Ethnographic Museum Café
In collaboration with Kultipraktik.
Friday, 9 Sept
10.00 The 9th International Comparative Literature Colloquium (Part II): “Reading Live: Literature, Science and Humanities”
Lipica, Wedding Hall
15.00 Literary Reading
Vesna Lemaić (Slovenia), Jean-Michel Espitallier (France), Ognjen Spahić (Montenegro), Dan
Coman (Romania), Sarah Clancy, Poetry Slam award winner from the Cúirt Festival (Ireland)
Moderator: Breda Biščak
Ljubljana, Konzorcij Bookshop
17.00 Turkey at Vilenica
Round Table and Literary Reading: Mehmet Yaşın, Nazlı Eray, Nedim Gürsel
Moderator: Alena Ćatović
Ljubljana, CD Club
20.00 Reception by the Mayor of the City of Ljubljana
Literary Reading: Mircea Cărtărescu (Romania), Artūras Valionis (Lithuania), György Dragomán (Hungary),Tomasz Różycki (Poland), Drago Jančar (Slovenia)
Music: Milko Lazar
Keynote Speech: Mayor of the City of Ljubljana, Zoran Janković, Director of the Slovene Book Agency, Slavko Pregl and the Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania, Rimutis Klevečka
Moderator: Janko Petrovec
Ljubljana, Estate Hall at Ljubljana Castle
Saturday, 10 Sept
11.30 Literary Matinée at Štanjel Castle
Literary Reading: Ľubica Somolayová (Slovakia), Stanka Hrastelj (Slovenia), Nikola Madžirov (Macedonia), Ljiljana Jokić Kaspar (Serbia), Tatiana Komissarova (Russia)
Appearance by the 11th Young Vilenica Award Winners
Presentation of the Crystal Vilenica 2011 Award
Moderator: Breda Biščak
Štanjel castle, in case of rain, in the Spacal Gallery
16.00 Students’ Meeting with Slovene Guests of Vilenica
Lipica, Maestoso Hotel
In collaboration with the European section of “Gimnazija Koper”.
18.30 Presentation of the Vilenica 2011 Prize
Literary Reading: Gorazd Kocijančič (Slovenia), Xavier Farré (Spain), Mircea Cărtărescu (Romania)
Vocal Performance: Irena Tomažin
Keynote Speech: Minister of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr. Boštjan Žekš
Presentation of the Prize: President of the Slovene Writers’ Association, Milan Jesih and CEO of Primorske novice, Leon Horvatič
Moderator: Janko Petrovec
Direction: Jaka Andrej Vojevec
Vilenica Cave
20.00 Closing Party
Concert: Katalena
In front of the Vilenica Cave, in case of rain in Kosovel Cultural Centre, Sežana
6 Sept – 10 Sept
Vilenica on Radio Slovenia
6 Sept – 10 Sept, at 22.05-22.15, 1st Programme
Literary Nocturnes with Vilenica 2011 guests
7 Sept, at 21.00-21.40, 3rd Programme
Literary Evening about Turkish literature
9 Sept, at 21.05-21.45, 1st Programme
Literary Reading – Mircea Cărtărescu
In collaboration with Radio Slovenia
Thursday, 15 Sept
20.00 The Ars Evening of Poetry and Music: “The Voice of the Sound – The Sound of the Voice”
Literary Reading: Josip Osti, Marko Matičetov
Music: Mak Grgić
Moderator: Matej Juh
Koper, Koper Theatre
In collaboration with Radio Slovenia, Ars Programme.
Wednesday, 23 Nov
20.00 Round Table: “Who can be a Slovene writer?”
Moderator: Lidija Dimkovska
Ljubljana, Trubar Literature House
