Lídia Jorge was born in Boliqueime, southern Portugal, in 1946. She studied French Literature in Lisbon and spent some years teaching in Angola and Mozambique, during the independence struggle. She now lives in Lisbon. Her first two novels placed her in the avant-garde of contemporary Portuguese literature and since then she has received numerous prestigious awards …Continue Reading
Read moreMyriam Leroy is 39 years old. She studied and taught journalism at the UCLouvain University. She has worked as a freelance journalist for just about every French Belgian media. She has also written humorous columns and written books about them. Her first play, Cherche L’amour (Théâtre de la Toison d’Or), won her the best author award at …Continue Reading
Read moreAna Schnabl is an award-winning authoress from Slovenia. Her collection of short stories Razvezani (Disentangled) received Best Literary Debut Prize at the annual Ljubljana Book Fair in 2017. The same book was shortlisted for the Novo mesto Short Prize and for the Mira PEN Award. The collection was translated into Serbian (Partizanska knjiga, 2018) and …Continue Reading
Read morehttps://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTAyMTEyMDAyNA==.html?spm=a2h0c.8166622.PhoneSokuProgram_1.dselectbutton_1&showid=eebda5dce589458b87df At 7:00 p.m. on December 6, Beijing time, the 27th event of the 5th China-EU International Literary Festival was held as scheduled. Dutch writer Daan Heerma van Voss and Chinese writer Liang Hong started a dialogue on the theme of “Complex Relations: People and Peoples, Past and Present”, and curator Zhang Weina presided over …Continue Reading
Read morehttps://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTAxODczNDM4NA==.html?spm=a2h0c.8166622.PhoneSokuProgram_1.dselectbutton_2&showid=eebda5dce589458b87df At 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 6, 2020, the Fifth China-EU International Literary Festival held its 26th literary dialogue, in which Bulgarian writer Dimitar Hristov talked to Chinese writer Wen Zhen on the theme of “The Writer’s Life “. Dimitar Hristov is a Bulgarian poet, playwright and literary translator. He was born in …Continue Reading
Read moreAt 7:00 p.m. on December 5th, 2020, the twenty-fifth event of the 5th China-Europe International Literary Festival was held online. Horia Garbea, the Romanian writer, together with Stanley Chen, the Chinese writer had a discussion under the topic of “Diverse Genres, Translations and Cultivating Literary Scenes”. Chen Qiufan (A.K.A. Stanley Chan), award-winning Chinese speculative …Continue Reading
Read morehttps://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTAxNzcwNDA0OA==.html?spm=a2h0c.8166622.PhoneSokuProgram_1.dselectbutton_4&showid=eebda5dce589458b87df At 5:00 p.m. on December 5th, 2020, the twenty-forth event of the 5th Europe Union-China International Literary Festival was held online. Mia Kankimäki, the Finnish writer, together with Zhang Li, the Chinese writer, had a discussion under the topic of “Travel, Memoir, Inspirational Lives – The Road to Narrative”. The conversation was moderated by …Continue Reading
Read morehttps://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTAxNDgzNjQwNA==.html?spm=a2h0c.8166622.PhoneSokuProgram_1.dselectbutton_5&showid=eebda5dce589458b87df At 7:30 p.m. Beijing time on Friday, December 4, 2020, the 23rd literary dialogue was held at the 5th China-EU International Literary Festival. The Slovak writer Jozef Banáš talked with Chinese writer Chen Xiwo. They have talked about ” Local Stories, Global Writers” to discuss how to create stories inspired by local events and …Continue Reading
Read morehttps://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTAxMDY5NDk2NA==.html?spm=a2h0c.8166622.PhoneSokuProgram_1.dselectbutton_6&showid=eebda5dce589458b87df On Thursday, December 3, 2020, at 7:30 p.m. Beijing time, the fifth China-EU International Literary Festival held its 22nd literary dialogue, in which the Latvian writer Osvalds Zebris spoke with Chinese writer Wang Suxin on the theme of “Embracing the Literary Muse”. How do writers find and nurse their muse? Where and how …Continue Reading
Read morehttps://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTAxMDUwNjExNg==.html?spm=a2h0c.8166622.PhoneSokuProgram_1.dselectbutton_7&showid=eebda5dce589458b87df At 8:30 p.m. on December 1, Beijing time, on the 21st activity of the fifth Chinese Owen school festival, Cyprian writer Stavros Christodoulou and Chinese writer Xia Shang started a dialogue by “Taking Shape: Immersing in the Creative Process”. Independent cultural reporter and writer Berlinka was the moderator of the activity. Xia Shang, …Continue Reading
Read morehttps://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTAxMjMxMjY0MA==.html?spm=a2h0c.8166622.PhoneSokuProgram_1.dselectbutton_8&showid=eebda5dce589458b87df At 5:00 p.m. on November 29th, 2020, the twentieth event of the 5th China-Europe International Literary Festival was hold online. Dorthe Nors, the writer from Danmark, together with Lu Nei, the writer from China had a discussion under the topic of “Existential Struggles: Writers on Capturing Life’s Essence”. Dorthe Nors is the author …Continue Reading
Read morehttps://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTAwNjQ4MDAyMA==.html?spm=a2h0c.8166622.PhoneSokuProgram_1.dselectbutton_9&showid=eebda5dce589458b87df At 12:00 p.m. Beijing time on Sunday, November 29, 2020, the 19th literary dialogue was held at the 5th China-EU International Literary Festival. Lithuanian writer Laimonas Briedis spoke with Chinese writer Zhou Kai on the theme of ” A Tale of Two Cities and Two Genres”. A book describes a city. Laimonas Briedis …Continue Reading
Read morehttps://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTAwODA3NTMyNA==.html?spm=a2h0c.8166622.PhoneSokuProgram_1.dselectbutton_10&showid=eebda5dce589458b87df At 7:00 p.m. Beijing time on November 28, the 18th activity of the 5th China-EU Literary Festival was held as scheduled. French writer Christophe Ono-Dit-Biot and Chinese writer Zhang Yueran started a dialogue on the theme of “Literary Fiction – A Prism to Assess the World”. Jiao Jingshu, translator of fiction history who won …Continue Reading
Read morehttps://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTAwMDI0MjE0NA==.html?spm=a2h0c.8166622.PhoneSokuProgram_1.dselectbutton_11&showid=eebda5dce589458b87df At 5:00 p.m. on November 28th, 2020, the seventeenth event of the 5th China-Europe International Literary Festival was held online. The Portuguese writer Isabel Minhós Martins, together with the Chinese writer and artist Xiong Liang, had a discussion under the topic of “Creating a Space where Adults and Children Engage”. Isabel Minhós Martins …Continue Reading
Read morehttps://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDk5NjE4ODM0MA==.html?spm=a2h0c.8166622.PhoneSokuProgram_1.dselectbutton_12&showid=eebda5dce589458b87df At 7:30 p.m. Beijing time on Friday, November 27, the 16th event of the 5th China-EU International Literary Festival was held as scheduled. Evgene Trivizas, a Greek writer, and Cao Wenxuan, a Chinese writer, started a dialogue on the theme of ” Good Versus Evil: Challenging Stereotypes and Challenging Children”. The moderator, Frances Weightman, …Continue Reading
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