Slovo úvodem - Ljudmila

Program
Slovenia’s Program at the Prague Book Fair 2005 Thursday, 5 May—Sunday, 8 May 2005
Wednesday, 4 May
17.00 Vila Portheimka, Štefánikova 12,
Prague 5, Smichov
Rozinteater: a street performance outside
Portheimka
17.30
The opening of the Slovenian exhibition at
the Portheimka museum— “3 X SLOVENIJA/
SLOVINSKO” : Impressions about Kosovel,
Jože Plečnik – works for president Masaryk,
Contemporary Slovenian comics.—Organized
by: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
Republic of Slovenia.
A recital of Srečko Kosovel’s poems in translation
at the opening of the exhibition. Graduate
and postgraduate students of the Slovenian
language at the Prague Faculty of Liberal
Arts, under the tutorship of Jasna Honzak
Jahič, will present their translations of Kosovel’s
poetry into the Czech language.
18.30
Reception given by the Slovenian ambassador
to the Czech Republic, Drago Mirošič, after
the opening of the exhibition at the Portheimka.
20.00 Theater VIOLA, Národní třída 7,
Prague 1
A Chrysanthemum on the Piano
Svetlana Makarovič, singer Janja Majzel, Jože
Šalej on the piano.
The first lady of Slovenian poetry, her poems
set to music and her chansons at an unforgettable
event on the night before the opening of
the book fair.
Thursday, 5 May
10.00 Big Hall (central hall)
Opening of the book fair. Address by the
Slovenian Minister of Culture, Vasko Simoniti.
11.00 S 201 (central hall)
Opening of the Slovenian exhibition space. A
speech by the Slovenian Ambassador to the
Czech Republic, Drago Mirošič. Rozinteater: a
sketch from the street performance.
13.00 – 13.50 Big Hall (central hall)
Slovenian Literature in Czech
Hosted by: Petr Mainuš. Participants:
František Benhart, Alenka Jensterle-Doležal,
Hana Chmelíková, Petr Minařík (Větrné
mlýny).
After Croatian, Slovenian literature is most
frequently translated into Czech. Speaking
about the success of these publications will
be the most dedicated translator, a lecturer
from the University of Prague, a representative
of a publishing house that has published
a number of translations from Slovenian, and
other experts.
14.00 – 14.50 Chamber Hall (right wing
balcony)
Literature – lost in the market? (Eng./Czech)
Hosted by: Alexandra Büchler, Literature
Across Frontiers. Participants: Rachel van
Riel (opening the Book, UK), Andrej Blatnik
(author and editor, Slovenia), Jovanka
Šotolová (iliteratura, Czech Republic) and
Tony Ward (Arc Publications, UK).
Does the market help or hinder good literature?
In our time of globalization and swift
information exchange the whole world seems
to be increasingly reading the same authors—
how does this affect the cultures and literatures
of the so-called small languages? How
to encourage reading as one of the fundamental
ways of getting to know the world and
forming an attitude to it? The participants
include head of the UK-based reader development
project Opening the Book (www.
openingthebook.com), an author, an internet
review editor and a poetry publisher.
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