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TheLeipzig Book Fair (March 12-15, 2020)is the second largest book fair in Germany. Its program Leipzig liest - Leipzig Reads isconsidered the largest reading festival in Europe. This year, it will feature a program as well.
This March, Leipzig will host over 2000 publishers (among these are 400 international publishers). The Book Fair offers more than 350 events for both the professional and lay public.
The National Stand is positioned in Hall 4 and has the number E400. On its 10 square meters, it will present over 200 titles of 20 publishers.
LIC /Literárne informačné centrum has prepared events that will present three authors, Peter Balko, Balla and Monika Kompaníková.
Thursday12.03.2020
17:00 – 18:00, Alte Nikolaischule, Leipzig
Peter Balko: Spolu sme neporaziteľní / Together We Are Invinsible
DiscussionofPeterBalkoand the translatorZorkaCiklaminyabout the novelVtedy v Lošonci.The event is part of theseriesEuropean Author Talks, organized byDas Blaue Sofa.
12:30 – 13:30, Forum OstSüdOst (Hall 4, E501)
Balla: Absurdný humor, magická rastlina a rodinné nešťastie / Absurd Humor, Magic Herb and Family Trauma
Ballain discussion withMarie-Theres Cermannabout the German translation of his novelV mene otca (In the Name of the Father).
15:00 – 16:00, Forum OstSüdOst (Hall 4, E501)
Peter Balko: „Tom Sawyer a Huckleberry Finn“ na slovensko-maďarských hraniciach
PeterBalko withtrasnlatorZorkaCiklaminy. With host, the Austrianeditor a literary criticKatja Gasser.
17:00 – 18:30, Foyer 2nd floor., Zentralbibliothek, Dresden
Čo je nové vslovenskej literatúre? / What Is New in Literature?
Contemporary trendsin literature and translations introduced by thelector fromUniversity inRegensburgRadoslav Raffaj. A discussion with Ballafollows.
19:00 – 20:00, Gallery KUB, Leipzig
The strong voices of twoyoung female authorsfrom the Czech Republic and ia,TerezaSemotamova(CZ) andMonikaKompaníkova(SK). A discussion about their most recent booksVe skříni andNa sútoku.
12:00 – 13:00, Forum OstSüdOst (Hall 4, E501)
Monika Kompaníková: Na sútoku dvoch osamelých ciest / At the Junction of Two Lonely Roads
Discussion withMonikaKompaníkovaand translatorAndreaReynoldsabout the novelNa sútoku that came out in 2019 in the Austrianpublishing houseWieser.
More informationcan be found viathe official program of the .
