Authors' Reading Month
 Arnost Lustig, Authors' Reading Month 2009, Brno, Czech Republic | |
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| Address | Dominikánská 9, 602 00 Brno Brno, Moravia Czech Republic |
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| Coordinates | 49°11′36″N 16°36′23″E / 49.1934056°N 16.6065217°E |
| Owner | Větrné mlýny Publishers |
| Opened | 1 July 2000 |
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| Měsíc autorského čtení | |
Authors' Reading Month is the largest Central European literary festival running annually since 2000.[1][2][3] The organiser is the Větrné mlýny Publishers (Brno, CZ) and the festival takes place every July 1–31. Every day 2–3 readings take place performed by writers of the host country and writers from the festival guest country.
At present (as of 2016), the festival takes place in 5 cities simultaneously, spanning 4 countries: Brno and Ostrava (CZ), Wroclaw (PL), Košice (SK), and Lviv (UA).[4][5]
In 2020 the festival guest country was Hungary.
History
In the years 2000–2004 the main festival venue was the Kabinet múz (formerly HaDivadlo). Since 2005 the venue has been the Husa na provázku (Goose on a String) Theatre in Brno, CZ. Since 2016 the festival runs parallel in 5 cities in 4 countries. The readings are also available online at the Publishers YouTube channel, and broadcast by radios.
In the years 2000–2004 the festival was dedicated only to Czech writers, featuring one performing author per day. Since 2005 the festival has hosted a guest country every year, offering 2–3 readings every day, one by the homeland author and another by a foreign writer from the guest country. The guest countries of the past years are these:
- 2005 Slovakia
- 2006 Berlin (Germany)
- 2007 Belarus
- 2008 Canada
- 2009 Austria and Stuttgart[1]
- 2010 France (since this year the festival has run a parallel venue in Ostrava)
- 2011 Poland (since this year the festival has run parallel venues in Wroclaw and Košice)
- 2012 Slovenia
- 2013 German-language authors[6]
- 2014 Scotland (10 TV documentaries of Scottish writers were made by the Czech TV.[7]
- 2015 Ukraine[3] (since this year the festival has run a parallel venue in Lviv; TV documentaries with Ukrainian writers were made by the Czech TV)
- 2016 Spain[8][9]
- 2017 Georgia
- 2018 Turkey
- 2019 Romania
- 2020 Hungary
- 2021 Iceland
References
- ^ a b "Začala největší literární přehlídka v Česku: Měsíc autorského čtení - Kultura". lidovky.cz. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ Honajzrová, Jitka. "Literární festival Měsíc autorského čtení" [The Literary Festival Authors' Reading Month]. An unpublished master's thesis. Masaryk University, Brno, 2010.
- ^ a b Konrád, Daniel (1 July 2015). "Do mlýnů fouká z Východu. Měsíc autorského čtení přiváží ukrajinské spisovatele". ihned.cz. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ "Authors' Reading Month - EFFE". effe.eu. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ "Authors Reading Month - sweny-studio". sweny-studio.com. 23 August 2016. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ Šindelka, Marek (25 July 2013). "Marek Šindelka: S Měsícem autorského čtení do košer restaurace". ihned.cz. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ "Scottish Literary Airdrop into the Heart of Europe - Londýn". czechcentres.cz. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ "17th Authors Reading Month. Guest of Honour: Spain on the anniversary of Miguel de Cervantes". accioncultural.es. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ "Přijedou číst Španělé. Na literárním festivalu vystoupí surrealista a Kunderův obránce Arrabal". ihned.cz. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
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