Authors and Books

César Aira

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Will perform in Ljubljana on 20 April (Kinodvor), 21 April (Cankarjev dom Cultural Center) and on 22 April (Closing Ceremony of Fabula Festival).

César Aira (1949), one of the central contemporary Argentinean authors, has published over fifty award-winning works. An influential literary innovator constantly challenges the established notions of the structure of novel: his ends are frequently open, and his stories are hybrids of different genres. He uses a typical technique of avant-garde aesthetics called flight forward (fuga adelante).

Christoph Ransmayr

Will perform in Ljubljana on 7 April 2011.

Christoph Ransmayr (1954), a philosopher and cultural anthropologist by profession, is considered a top literary stylist. His cult novel The Last World, a paraphrase of Ovid's Metamorphoses published in Slovenian translation by Mladinska knjiga in 1990, brought him a two-year scholarship Elias Canetti and a respectable award Franz Kafka; his work Morbus Kitahara won the prestigious aristeion award he shared with Salman Rushdie. His works have been translated into more than thirty languages.

Drago Jančar

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Will perform in Ljubljana on 5 April (Kinodvor), 10 April (Atrium ZRC) and on 11 April (Cankarjev dom Cultural Center).

DRAGO JANČAR (1948) is one of the greatest Slovenian literary names. His most prominent works include novels Galjot (Galiot, 1978), Severni sij (Northern Lights, 1984), Zvenenje v glavi (Ringing in the Head, 1998), on which a feature-length film was based, Katarina, pav in jezuit (Katerina, 2000) and plays Veliki briljantni valček (The Great Brilliant Waltz, 1985) and Halštat (Hallstatt, 1994). He won numerous Slovenian and international prizes, including the Prešeren Award for his general opus (1993), the European Short Story Award (Augsburg, 1994), the Herder Prize for literature in 2003 and the Jean Amery prize for essays (2007). He won two Kresnik prizes for the best Slovenian novel of the year. As an essayist, he actively addresses the issues of civil society and political life.

Margriet de Moor

de-Moor Will perform in Ljubljana on 13 April 2011 and in Maribor on 14 April 2011.

Margriet de Moor (1941), a multi-talented artist, published her debut, a short story collection Op de rug gezien (Back Views), in 1988, which was followed in 1991 by her first novel Eerst grijs dan wit dan blauw (First Grey, Then White, Then Blue) awarded the central literary prize in the Netherlands, AKO. Ever since her entry on the literary scene, she has attracted great attention of critics and public, also with her essays. Her novels have been translated into practically all global languages. Slovenian readers know her by her work Duke of Egypt (Franc-Franc 2005).

Niccolò Ammaniti

Ammaniti Will perform in Ljubljana on 4 April 2011.

Niccolò Ammaniti (1966), the author of the novel I'm not Scared (published in Slovenian by Študentska založba in 2004), which made him the youngest recipient of the Viareggio-Repaci prize, is a visible figure both on the national and on the international literary scene. His novel The Crossroads (Slovenian translation published by Goga in 2010) brought him the prestigious Strega prize. Both works, as well as two others, have been adapted into films directed by Gabriele Salvatores. A film based on his bestseller You and Me and directed by Bernardo Bertolucci will open soon. Translations of Ammaniti’s works have been published in 44 countries.

Per Olov Enquist

Will perform in Ljubljana on 18 April 2011 and in Koper on 19 April 2011.

Per Olov Enquist (1934) is an internationally renowned contemporary Swedish writer and playwright. He is an author of over forty works, which brought him important literary awards, including the prestigious Strindberg prize. His works have been translated into more than thirty languages; the translation of his novel Captain Nemo’s Library (Študentska založba 2008) introduced him to Slovenian readers, too. Enquist is well-known as an insightful literary and theatre critic, as well as an author of radio plays and visible television and film screenplays. The play on August Strindberg Tribadernas natt (The Night of Tribads) had 200 reruns all over the world and enchanted Broadway with an outstanding critical success.