As part of the PesText Festival Hungarian and foreign poets, novelists and translators talk about the literature of those living abroad, the Danube, the Visegrád countries and Turkey.
2 pm - 3 pm Living a life abroad
What is life like in a foreign language environment for those whose job is to use the mother tongue professionally? We bring to the table authors who have lived and worked for a long time in a non-native surrounding. Eva Andrejčáková and Owen Good in Hungary, Noé Szécsi in Finland, Scotland and Canada, and Árpád Kun in Norway.
Participants: journalist Eva Andrejčáková (Slovakia), writer Árpád Kun and writer Noémi Szécsi
Moderator: Owen Good (UK) translator, translation teacher
3 pm - 4 pm Danube - Literature
We are experiencing an exciting period of contemporary Slovak literature, and although it has distinct features, it can be linked in many ways to contemporary Hungarian literature. In the discussion of ongoing processes, significant authors and creative groups, we can get a taste of the literature of the neighboring country.
Participants: poet István Vörös, literary translator, literary historian Ivana Taranenkova and poet Gábor Zsille
4 pm - 5 pm Do we read each other? Roundtable talk on Visegrád children's book trends
What are the trends of children's books in the surrounding countries? Are the children's book innovations of the region coming together and influenced by each other? In connection with the discussion, András Dániel, a contemporary illustrator, will be presenting to interested children from 2 pm and 3:30 pm.
Participants: Emese Révész, Viktória Kellermann, Ildikó Wittmann
Moderated by Peťovská Flóra
5 pm - 6 pm Discussion between poet Haydar Ergülen (Turkey) and writer, poet and translator Krisztina Tóth
Ergülen Haydar was born in Eskisehir. He is a poet, editor, sociologist, literary organizer who currently lives in Istanbul whonhas been invited to numerous international literary festivals and is an organizer of Turkish literary festivals and events. In his poetry he follows and renews modernist traditions. In addition to freelance poems, he writes in bound forms, and in his very conceptual poetry, melancholy and joy of life are thrilled. For the first time, the two poets meet at an international literary festival, and now these two highly versatile people continue their conversation in front of an audience.
Krisztina Tóth talks with Ergül Haydar.