Exhibitors Zone

Walls are also in the mind

FRIDAY 10 MAY 2 pm
Large Theatre - Centrall Hall

Nowadays, in public debate, whenever Latin America is mentioned, almost everyone thinks of Trump‘s wall. But the borders are not only physical, they also exist in the mind. What does it mean to be a LatinAmerican author living abroad – on the other side of the border? Participants: Álvaro Enrigue, David Unger, Luis Fayad. Moderator: David Llorente.

Interpreted: Czech, Spanish

Photo:Alvaro Enrigue©Zony Maya
David Unger ©Maria Auxilio Ballinas
Luis Fayad©Archiv Autora

Award Ceremony: the Jiří Theiner Prize

FRIDAY 10 MAY 3 pm
Literary Theatre - Right Wing

A ceremony for the Jiří Theiner Prize, awarded by a Book World Prague to a living personage or institution whose work makes a significant contribution to the spreading and propagation of Czech literature abroad. A permanent honorary member of the committee is Jiří (George) Theiner’s son and donor of the financial honorarium, Pavel Theiner.
In 2019 the prize will be given to Jan Stachowski.

Interpreted: Czech, English

Meeting with the nobel Prize winner Herta Müller

FRIDAY 10 MAY 6 pm
Large Theatre - Centrall Hall

The German author, 2009 Nobel-Prize winning novelist Herta Müller, is coming to Prague at the invitation of Book World Prague and will read her novel The Fox Was Ever the Hunter. The event is part of the Das Buch Literary Programme – a presentation of Germanophone literature from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Recorded by Czech Radio Vltava.

Interpreted: Czech, German
Photo: Herta Müller©Stephanie von Becker

The Intellectual and His Role in Society: Alain Finkielkraut

SATURDAY 11 MAY 1 pm
Café Europe

What’s an intellectual? In the Czech context, this word is as overused as it is blurry. A clearer answer can be provided by the social attitude of Alain Finkielkraut, a man who according to Milan Kundera is “incapable of not reacting, who feels an irresistible need to raise his voice anytime he encounters an expression of ignorance [...] – in other words, a man with an extraordinary talent to multiply the rows of his enemies.” Participants: Alain Finkielkraut, Patrik Ouředník, Jiří Pelán.

Interpreted: Czech, French
Photo: Alain Finkielkraut©Claude Truong-Ngoc

John Banville and Rodrigo Fresán: Writing the memory

SATURDAY 11 MAY 5 pm
Large Theatre - Central Hall

How does a writer deal with memories? How can the process of reminiscence be set out in black on a blank page? How can a flux be fixed? The Man Booker Prize winner, John Banville, and the world-renowned Argentinian author, Rodrigo Fresán, will examine this issue together.

Interpreted: Czech, English
Photo: John Banville©Barry Maccal
Rodrigo Fresán©Author´s Archiv

Literature is the freest voice: debate between nobelists

SATURDAY 11 May 8pm
Kino Lucerna, Vodičkova 36, Prague 1

To write is to confront realities, to express the individual in the collective. Literature is therefore always involved in a political struggle, the struggle of freedom. To write is to give a voice to this freedom. Participants: Mario Vargas Llosa (Nobel prize 2010), Herta Müller (Nobel prize 2009)

Interpreted: Czech, German, Spanish
Organized by: Svět knihy, Goethe-Institut, Velvyslanectví Peruánské republiky, Institut Cervantes

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Photo: Mario Vargas Llosa©Lisbeth Salas
Herta Müller©Stephanie von Becker Číst více

Book World Prague 2018 in review

You can review some of many interesting events and meetings that took place on last year fair Book World Prague. Číst více

Book World Prague 2019
25th International Book Fair and Literary Festival

Walls are also in the mind

Award Ceremony: the Jiří Theiner Prize

Meeting with the nobel Prize winner Herta Müller

The Intellectual and His Role in Society: Alain Finkielkraut

John Banville and Rodrigo Fresán: Writing the memory

Literature is the freest voice: debate between nobelists

Book World Prague 2018 in review

Book World Prague 2019

Admission for visitors:

INTERACTIVEfair map 2019

Book World Prague 2019 25th International Book Fair and Literary Festival

Walls are also in the mind

Award Ceremony: the Jiří Theiner Prize

Meeting with the nobel Prize winner Herta Müller

The Intellectual and His Role in Society: Alain Finkielkraut

John Banville and Rodrigo Fresán: Writing the memory

Literature is the freest voice: debate between nobelists

Book World Prague 2018 in review

Book World Prague 2019

Admission for visitors:

INTERACTIVEfair map 2019

Book World Prague 2019
25th International Book Fair and Literary Festival