Writing Europe

What Is European about the Literatures of Europe? Essays from 33 European Countries
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-963-9241-89-3
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Englisch, 358 Seiten, Format (B × H): 176 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 667 g

What do we mean by Europe? Thirty-three renowned authors from 33 European countries attempt an answer-in serious, ironic, skeptical, or optimistic tones. Their essays, written for the symposium held at the Literaturhaus Hamburg in 2003, reflect the astonishing diversity of European cultures. Not only are the style and experience of the individual authors remarkable for their distinctiveness, but their perspectives and views also appear to have little in common-at first glance.

The editors have created a unique literary project, a milestone in the vitally necessary cultural discourse about Europe.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Keller, Ursula

Rakusa, Ilma

Rakuša, Ilma

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Ursula Keller – Germany

Writing Europe

Ilma Rakusa – Switzerland

Impressions and Conversations during the Intervals

Guðbergur Bergsson – Island

Europe Untitled

Andrei Bitov – Russia

The Literary Hero as Hero

Hans Maarten van den Brink – The Netherlands

Language and Terror

Mircea Cartarescu – Romania

Europe Has the Shape of My Brain

Stefan Chwin – Poland

The Nursery School Teacher from Tversk Street

Aleš Debeljak – Slovenia

Concentric Circles of Identity

Jörn Donner – Finnland

Europe from the Fringe

Mario Fortunato – Italy

Europe?

Eugenio Fuentes – Spain

The Western Bloc

Jens Christian Grøndahl – Denmark

Notes of an Escapist

Durs Grünbein – Germany

Europa’s Lovers

Daniela Hodrová – Czech Republic

Woven Into the Web

Panos Ioannides – Cyprus

Europe in My Prose and My Theatrical Work

Mirela Ivanova – Bulgaria

Europe — One Way of Reading It

Lídia Jorge – Portugal

A Sort of Huge Portugal

Dževad Karahasan – Bosnia

Europe Writes in Time

Fatos Lubonja – Albania

Between the Local and the Universal

Adolf Muschg – Switzerland

Europe or “Eleuthera, City of the Mnemosyne”

Péter Nádas – Hungary

In the Intimacy of Literary Writing

Emine Sevgi Özdamar – Turkey

Guest Faces

Geir Pollen – Norway

On the European Ingredient in the Text

Jean Rouaud – France

In Memory of Ernst Wiechert

Robert Schindel – Austria

“We’re All Right.” Europe’s Influence on My Writing

Ivan Štrpka – Slovakia

Oh, Children Smeared with Honey and with Blood

Richard Swartz – Sweden

The Light Falls on Me

Nikos Themelis – Greece

Looking for a Widened Self-Awareness

Emil Tode – Estonia

Europe, a Blot of Ink

Colm Toíbín – Ireland

The Future of Europe

Jean-Philippe Toussaint – Belgium

You Are Leaving the American Sector

Dubravka Ugrešic – Croatia

European Literature as a Eurovision Song Contest

Dragan Velikic – Serbia

B-Europe

Tomas Venclova – Lithuania

What Can Lithuania Give to Present-Day Europe

Mara Zalite – Latvia

Unfinished Thoughts

Über Autor(innen)

Rakuša, Ilma
Ilma Rakusa is writer and publicist, holds a PhD in literature and is the translator of numerous works from the Russian, French, Hungarian, and the Serbo-Croat.

Keller, Ursula
Ursula Keller is publicist, film-maker, dramaturg. She is programme director at the Literaturhaus Hamburg.