European Literature Night is an international cultural initiative promoting recently publish literary works by European authors. This is a European cultural event dedicated to the intellectual contribution of literary authors and their work as well as to that of translators, publishing houses and city venues making possible the encounter between reader/listener and the literary work. The preselected passages from contemporary European authors are read in Bulgarian simultaneously in each city every half an hour from 18:00 to 22:00 h.

To present some of the literary works in their original language, this year we are joined by local foreigners and Bulgarians who have worked or studied abroad. The audience will be able to enjoy readings in Portuguese, Polish, French (two readings – Belgian and French author), Spanish, English (Irish author), German, and Russian.

EUROPEAN LITERATURE NIGHT 2017 IN VARNA – 10 May

17:00 – 17:30 h
OFFICIAL OPENING at Varna University of Economics

18:00 – 22:00 h
Readings of the selected European texts at the venues start every 30 minutes.

•VARNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS – 77 Knyaz Boris I Blvd.
•Gonçalo M. Tavares / Portugal, ‘Uma Viagem à Índia’
Bulgarian: BILYANA STOEVA, Varna Drama Theatre, and VICTORIA IVANOVA, Stuidio Theatre
Português: LUANDA CRISTIANE DIAZ IVANOVA and PEDRO BARBOZA, Brasil

•CATHOLIC CHAPEL ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL 80 Knyaz Boris I Blvd.
•Piotr Paziński / Polska, ‘Pensjonat’
Bulgarian: NIKOLAI KENAROV, Varna Drama Theatre, and GEORGI NYAGOLOV, Studio Theatre
Polski: BEATA CASTRO, Poland, and MALGOSIA CASTRO, Poland/Spain
(Polish State School ‘Adam Mickiewicz’ in Varna)

•Radio Varna / Bulgarian National Radio – 22 Primorski Blvd.
•Elena Ferrante / Italia, ‘L’amica geniale’
Bulgarian: SVETLANA VALKOVA, Radio Varna BNR, and DENITSA VASSILEVA, Studio Theatre

•CIELA BOOKSHOP and MY CAFÉ BY ANI BOLAND – 2 Slivnitsa Blvd.
•Olivier Bourdeaut / France, ‘En attendant Bojangles’
Bulgarian: YULIA PETKOVA, Colibri Publishing
Français: ERIC PERROTEL, Attaché de coopération pour le français, Institut français de Bulgarie

•BISTRO EUROPE – 11 Slivnitsa Blvd.
•Amélie Nothomb / Belgique, “Pétronille”
Bulgarian: VESSELINA BOZHINOVA, Radio Varna / Bulgarian National Radio, and PAULA BARKOVA, Studio Theatre
Français: FILIP SPASOV, owner of Bistro Europe

•MAPACHE CAFÉ & BAKERY – 2 Ilarion Makariopolski Str
•Javier Marías / España, ‘El hombre sentimental’
Bulgarian: VALERI VULCHEV, Varna Drama Theatre, and NEDYALKO STEFANOV, Studio Theatre
Español: CRISTINA PEREIRO PAZ, owner of Mapache, ELENA MORENZA LABRADOR, and RODRIGO CARRERA REDONDO, Spain

•CONTEMPORARY SPACE GALLERY – 23 Marko Balabanov Str
•Colm Tóibín / Éire, ‘Brooklyn’
Bulgarian: DARINA DOKOVA and ZOYA MIHAILOVA, Bulgarian National Television – BNT2, and ELI PENCHEVA, Studio Theatre
English: COLIN BARRON, Ireland

•VARNA REGIONAL LIBRARY – 34 Slivnitsa Blvd.
•Olga Grjasnowa / Deutschland, ‘Der Russe ist einer, der Birken liebt’
Bulgarian: MILENA KUNEVA, Varna Drama Theatre, and ANGELA ZHEKOVA, Studio Theatre
Deutsch: DAVID LIKUNGU, Germany

•PARAGRAF 22 / CATCH 22 BOOKSHOP – 24 Shipka Str
•SILVIYA CHOVELA and STEFAN IVANOV, guest authors
Bulgarian writers read excerpts from their works (in person)

•THE CENTER WORLD – DANCE SCHOOL – 4 Shipka Str
•Andri Snær Magnason / Ísland, Sagan af bláa hnettinum
Bulgarian: TSVETINA PETROVA, Varna Drama Theatre, and SIMONA ROEVA, Studio Theatre

•RUBIK ART CENTER – 5 Primorski Str
•Михаил Самарский / Россия, „Радуга для друга“
Bulgarian: KONSTANTIN SOKOLOV, Varna Drama Theatre, and DIMITAR KLATUROV, Studio Theatre
Русский: KATERINA ROMANENKO, Russia

•VARNA GAMES – BOARD GAMES SOCIAL CLUB – 10 Kotel Str
•Selja Ahava / Finland, ‘Taivaalta tippuvat asiat’
Bulgarian: IVA GEORGIEVA, Bulgarian National Television – BNT2, and GABRIELA BOEVA, Studio Theatre

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