Authors, translators, and performers from seven E.U. countries will convene in New York City on October 24, 2024, for the annual European Literature Night. Hosted by the Ukrainian Institute of America, the event will feature inspiring multilingual readings, Q&A sessions, panel discussions, and musical performances. This year's program explores a range of contemporary writing, from the intimate stories of Franz Kafka and post-Soviet autofiction to travel journals and anthropological essays, all reckoning with the past and future.
Authors: Romain Buffat (Switzerland) presenting Grande-Fin, Paulo Rodrigues Ferreira (Portugal) presenting No One Goes Back to What They Left Behind, Rimantas Kmita (Lithuania) presenting The Southside Chronicle, Iona Nicolaie (Romania) presenting The Book of Reghina, Magdaléna Platzová (Czechia) presenting Life After Kafka.
Translators: Ross Benjamin (Germany) presenting The Diaries of Franz Kafka, Grażyna Drabik (Poland) presenting Wartime Notebooks.
Performers: Julijus Aleksovas (Lithuania), Nuno Marques (Portugal), Maryel Mayz (Portugal), Rita Sistrunk (Lithuania).
Free and open to the public with registration
ELN 2024 is presented by members of EUNIC New York cluster in collaboration with PEN America