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Frankfurt Book Fair 2015: Georgian Program
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GEORGIAN PROGRAM AT THE FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR 2015 * LASHA BUGADZE ZEUS VS EUROPE (HOMO EX MACHINA) Reading / Performance: Crisis could be of a various types – international crisis, ecological crisis, middle age crisis and the hardest one – economic crisis. The last one recently has renowned Greece in such a manner which was unattainable by even the Acropolis. Storm-breaker Zeus got old and retired, Dionysus joined the club of alcoholic addiction, Apollo started a model career, Hermes sells lottery tickets and silicon-addicted Aphrodite lost her beauty… Who will rescue Greece from eviction out of Europe? What will happen with the idea of united Europe? Author: Lasha Bugadze focuses his critical and ironic attention on relationships between the generations, and he describes situations in which people fall victim to their prejudices, fixed ideas or stereotypes. Moderation: Zaal Andronikashvili / Georgian National Book Center October 14 / 15:00-16:00 Lesezelt / Agora * PROMOTING GEORGIAN LITERATURE ABROAD Presentation: Welcoming Reception at the Georgian National Stand accompanied by Georgian wine and snacks. Topic: Initiatives by Georgian National Book Center / Medea Metreveli Georgia's young and dynamic book market / Gvantsa Jobava Speakers: Medea Metreveli / Georgian National Book Center; Gvantsa Jobava / Georgian Publishers & Booksellers Association October 14 / 17:00-18:00 Georgian National Stand / Hall 5.0 B 100 * SHOTA RUSTAVELI KNIGHT IN THE PANTHER'S SKIN Shota Rustaveli's Knight in the Panther's Skin is regarded as the national epic of Georgians. The German adaptation of 1955 by Hugo Huppert, reprinted in the present edition, attempts to render the style and content of the epic as closely as possible. The volume is decorated with 54 illuminations from the 17th-18th century manuscript, which exhibit strong influences of Persian models in their filigreed design. Moderation: Prof. Manana Tandashvili / Goethe University Frankfurt Participants: Prof. Dr. Jost Gippert / Goethe University Frankfurt; Ursula Reichert / Reichert Verlag October 15 / 17:00-17:30 Forum International Dialogue / Hall 5.1, A128 * FOUR GEORGIAN TITLES BY POP VERLAG Presentation: Four Georgian authors, four different stylistic and thematic flows: Tchola Lomtatidze, Ekaterine Gabashvili, Esma Oniani and David Barbakadze. Reading / Discussion: David Barbakadze about his book The Triangle of Cranes. Author: David Barbakadze is a poet with the background in philosophy and psychology. He abandoned a standard academic career to pursue independent projects in Georgian and German Literature. Barbakadze is a member of the European Writers' Union Kogge since 2007. Moderation: Traian Pop / Pop Verlag Participants: Steffi Khotivari-Juenger / translator; Artchil Khotivari / translator October 16 / 11:30-12:00 Forum International Dialogue / Hall 5.1, A128 * ZAZA BURCHULADZE ADIBAS Presentation / Discussion: Zaza Burchuladze and Jurij Andruchowytsch on Burchuladze's Adibas. Writers will talk about literary writing in politically uneasy times. Author: Zaza Burchuladze' narratives often startle the audience with his experimental way of writing And the provocative themes that the author takes up and mostly are considered taboos: he writes texts about political conformity, stories about violence and brutality, addressing ideological and religious topics as well as sexuality. Adibas is his first book published in German. Moderation: Lasha Bakradze / Georgian Literature Museum Participant: Jurij Andruchowytsch / Aufbau Verlag October 16 / 16:00-17:00 Lesezelt / Agora * ANNA KORDZAIA-SAMADASHVILI WHO KILLED CHAIKA? Presentation: This is a very complicated and intriguing story written in a very catchy way. Who Killed Chaika? won the IliaUni Literary Award (Georgia) as the Best Novel of 2013. The central figures of this novel, with all their idiosyncrasies and emotional outbursts, are as lovable as Almodóvar characters. Moderation: Tim Mücke / Verlag Hans Schiler Author: Anna Kordzaia-Samadashvili's expressive and emotional tales and short stories about men and women, love and hate, sex and disappointment are somewhat outré and sarcastic, but it is this that gives them their appeal. October 17 / 12:30-13:00 Forum International Dialogue / Hall 5.1, A128 |
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