Readings and Performances
Date: 23 September 2022
Time: 5:30 PM
Venue: Instituto Cervantes New Delhi
The Long Night of LiteratureS is back with renowned authors presenting their work in different European languages. At this evening-long event at the Instituto Cervantes in Delhi, writers from across Europe will be reading to and interacting directly with audiences.
Among the authors will be: Krisha Kops (Germany); Martine Le Coz (France); Max Lobe (Switzerland); Mercedes Cebrian (Spain); Dora Nuna Gago (Portugal); Robert Prosser (Austria); Peter Szücs (Hungary) and Antti Tuomainen (Finland). Along with the above authors, Estonia will also showcase their literature, read by prominent translators Rustam Singh and Teji Grover Portra. Czech Republic will also present local specialists reading original works. Finally, an exhibition presenting James Joyce’s Ulysses will also be held by Ireland at the venue.
Author from Germany: Krisha Kops
© Krisha Kops
Dr. Krisha Kops was born in 1986 into a German-Indian family. He is an author, journalist, and philosopher with a proclivity for intercultural topics. He received his doctorate in intercultural philosophy with a thesis on the Bhagavadgītā. In addition to lecturing at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (Indology) and other institutions, he writes on philosophical and literary topics. With his debut novel 'Das ewige Rauschen', a family epic in-between Germany and India, Kops won several prizes and scholarships. Krisha Kops lives in Munich and Madanapalle.
About the event
The format encourages audiences to listen to several authors throughout the course of the evening. Each author reads to an audience of about 20 people for 20 minutes. The audience moves on to the next room to listen to another author, reading from their chosen work of literature. This concept allows the audience a very intimate space and personal interaction with authors from 11 European countries.
The Long Night of Literatures is a joint event of Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi, Alliance Francaise de Delhi, Institut Francais en Inde, Pro Helvetia New Delhi, Embassy of Switzerland, Instituto Cervantes New Delhi, Camões-Portuguese Embassy Cultural Centre, Austrian Embassy, Embassy of Denmark, Liszt Institute – Hungarian Cultural Centre Delhi, Embassy of Finland, Embassy of Czech Republic, Embassy of Ireland.
Partners of The Long Night of LiteratureS are Oxford Bookstore and Delhi University.
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