One night – many experiences: public readings of contemporary literature performed by well known personalities at attractive and unusual venues in cities across Europe.

 

European Literature Night builds on the concept of literature being a unique creative medium which embraces the voices of individuals along with the values of the society they live in. The umbrella project “European Literature Nights 2012 – 2014” aims to bring contemporary European literature to the general public in an innovative way through a series of public readings and accompanying events. Supported by a grant from the Culture Programme of the European Union, the project partners hope to deliver high level of impact to their audiences. Although it is Brno, Bucharest, Dublin, Lisbon, Vilnius, Prague and Wroclaw who are jointly co-organizing the project “ELN 2012 – 2014”, the other partner cities where Literature Night already took root are of no lesser importance for the event’s development.

partner cities
Brno
Bucharest
Dublin
Lisbon

Lucian Vasilescu

Born in 1958 in the Romanian city of Ploiesti, Lucian Vasilescu is a poet and journalist, contributor to various literary journals, author of chronicles and columns, and a contributor of poems to English and French anthologies. He is currently editor of the cultural Ziarul de Duminică / The Sunday newspaper and he has published 10 volumes of poetry. In 2004 the volume of poetry confort îmbunătăţit 2/ improved comfort 2, written in collaboration with Ioan Es. Pop, was nominated for the Writers' Union of Romania awards. In 2010 he was awarded the Grand Prix Nichita Stănescu at the Deseşti Poetry Evenings.

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locations

readers

Prague
Vilnius
Wrocław