Hungarian stand at Leipzig Book Fair 2024: German editions of recent titles to be showcased
Hungary will present the German edition of titles published over the past years and four programmes at its own stand at the prestigious Leipzig Book Fair running between 21-24 March, the Petőfi Cultural Agency (PKU) said on Wednesday.
Leipzig Book Fair 21-24 March
On Thursday morning, a discussion will be hosted by PKU on Vojvodina Hungarian writer László Végel’s 2015 novel Balkan Beauty at the stand, the agency said in a statement. The event will be moderated by Annamarie Turk of Wieser Verlag, the book’s German publisher, with Christina Kunze, the its translator, acting as interpreter, the agency said.
Hungarian stand
The Hungarian stand’s programme will continue in the afternoon with the presentation of the anthology Die Ruckeroberung des Reservats by Panni Puskás and Norbert Vass published in partnership Klak Verlag and Collegium Hungaricum in Berlin. At the event, Regina Gisbertz will recite parts from the title in the presence of the two Hungarian authors. Later in the afternoon, Zoltán Lesi’s anthology on Hungarian emigration entitled An unseren Grenzen haben wir Angst will be presented.
On Friday evening, a round-table discussion will be held with poets Kinga Tóth and Franziska Dehkordy, the agency said.
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