|

14:00–16:00 Uhr

Literary Conversations

Discussion | Voices Behind the Pages

  • Goethe-Institut Hanoi, Hanoi

  • Sprache Vietnamese, French
  • Preis Free register to participate

HAN Cội nguồn cảm hứng văn hoá, trải nghiệm và con chữ 1500 © Goethe-Institut Hanoi

HAN Cội nguồn cảm hứng văn hoá, trải nghiệm và con chữ 7360 © Goethe-Institut Hanoi

"Literature doesn't exist in a vacuum - behind every great work breathes the life of its creator. To fully understand a text, we need to trace the invisible threads connecting the page to the author's personal journey, cultural roots, and the landscapes that shaped their vision.

"Roots of Inspiration: Where Life Meets Literature" gathers leading critics from diverse backgrounds to examine this alchemy of creativity. Taking writers like Claudio Magris and Georges Perec as case studies, we'll explore how time, place and identity crystallize into singular literary voices.

Magris's work especially fascinates - his writing wanders across borders much like his characters, making him the perfect lens through which to examine literature in our age of global movement. What happens when an author's imagination belongs to multiple homelands? How does displacement transform storytelling? These questions lie at the heart of today's most compelling literature."

Sprecher*innen

Kim Nguyen Baraldi

Kim Nguyen Baraldi ist Essayist und Literaturkritiker. Er hat einen Abschluss in Moderner Literatur und einen Master in Vergleichender Literaturwissenschaft von der Sorbonne Universität (Paris) sowie einen Master in Kreativem Schreiben von der Pompeu Fabra Universität (Barcelona). Er ist Autor von Por qué Georges Perec (La uÑa RoTa, Spanien, 2024), mit einer französischen Übersetzung, die 2026 veröffentlicht werden soll. Seine Essays sind in verschiedenen kulturellen und literarischen Zeitschriften in Spanien und Lateinamerika erschienen. Er lehrt außerdem literarische Workshops und bearbeitet seit 2011 die literarische Website Calle del Orco. Derzeit lebt er in Barcelona.