Prague Writers' Festival 2010

Tickets on sale | Nová scéna | National Theatre | tel +420 224 931 482
Reservations available now |  vstupenky@pwf.cz

Saturday 5 June

Sunday 6 June

19:00  Gala evening Nová scéna | National Theatre
Film:  PWF | A Generation in Prague
Performance:  Teatr Novogo Fronta | Heresy and Rebellion
Hosts:
Michael March | President, Prague Writers´ Festival
Johannes Haindl | Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany
Presentation:  Spiros Vergos Prize for Freedom of Expression
Reading:Herta Müller in German | simultaneous translation: English | Czech
Musical performance:  Vladimír Merta
Nová scéna party hosted by H. E. Johannes Haindl
Entrance: 300,- Kč

Monday 7 June

17:00     Conversation at Municipal Library:  “We”
Michal Ajvaz  |  Radka Denemarková  |  Róbert Gál
Miro Procházka | moderator |  in Czech
Free Entrance

18:00     Conversation:  “Our only immortality is in the police files”
Hans Magnus Enzensberger  |  Bahaa Taher   |  John Wray
Igor Pomerantsev  | moderator |  in English |  simultaneous translation: Czech  
Entrance: 100,- Kč │ students | seniors 50,- Kč

19:30     Reading:
Peter Matthiessen in English  | simultaneous translation: Czech | French        
Gao Xingjian in French   | simultaneous translation: Czech | English
Introduced by Michael March, Denis Molčanov
Texts read in Czech by David Prachař  | National Theatre Company
Entrance: 170,- Kč │ students | seniors 70,- Kč

Tuesday,  8 June

16:30     Reading | Nová scéna:  
Radka Denemarková   |  Róbert Gál in Czech and in Slovak |  simultaneous translation: English
Introduced by Ladislav Šerý | Petr Šrámek
Free Entrance

18:00     Conversation:  “Heresy”
Iain Banks  |  Peter Matthiessen  |  Bahaa Taher
Jan Urban  | moderator |   in English |  simultaneous translation: Czech
Entrance: 100,- Kč │ students | seniors 50,- Kč

19:30     Reading:   
Hans Magnus Enzensberger in German  | simultaneous translation: Czech | English    
Derek Walcott  John Wray in English   | simultaneous translation: Czech
Introduced by Michael March | Joana Radzyner | Miroslav Jindra
Choreography: Klára Lidová
Entrance: 170,- Kč │ students | seniors 70,- Kč

Wednesday,  9 June

15:00     presentation:  Walter Serner Short Story Prize
Literary contest prize-winners for Best Short Story |  theme: “Life is Search“ | in Czech
Free Entrance

17:00     American Center Conversation:  “Slavery”
Assia Djebar  |  Derek Walcott  |  John Wray
Jan Švejnar | moderator |  in English
Free Entrance

18:00     Conversation:  “Rebellion”
Fernando Arrabal  |  Gao Xingjian
Denis Molčanov | moderator |  in French |  simultaneous translation: Czech | English
Entrance: 100,- Kč │ students | seniors 50,- Kč

19:30    Reading:
Assia Djebar in French  | simultaneous translation: Czech | English   
John Wray moved forward: 8 June at 19h30
Iain Banks in English  |  simultaneous translation: Czech
Introduced by Michael March | Denis Molčanov | Viktor Janiš
Text read in Czech by Taťjana Medvecká | National Theatre Company
Entrance: 170,- Kč │ students | seniors 70,- Kč

Thursday,  10 June

18:00     Reading:
Michal Ajvaz in Czech    | simultaneous translation: English  
Michael March in English  | simultaneous translation: Czech
Introduced by Aleš Janák | Vlasta Brtníková
Entrance: 100,- Kč │ students | seniors 50,- Kč

19:30     Reading:
Presentation Knight of Culture | Olbram Zoubek Prize
Bahaa Taher in Arabic   |  simultaneous translation: Czech | English     
Fernando Arrabal in Spanish  | simultaneous translation: Czech | English   
Host:  Jan Jiráň | Studio Ypsilon
Introduced by Michael March
Texts read in Czech by Radek Valenta
PWF Cocktail Party
Entrance: 200,- Kč │ students | seniors 100,- Kč

Author Signings

Saturday 5 June
Big Ben Bookshop :
13:00     Peter Matthiessen  |  John Wray
14:00     Bahaa Taher
15:00     Michal Ajvaz  |  Radka Denemarková   |  Róbert Gál

Sunday 6. June
Big Ben Bookshop:
12.00     Iain Banks  |  Gao Xingjian
13.00     Hans Magnus Enzensberger

Monday 7 June
15:00     Herta Müller | Luxor Bookstore | Václavské náměstí  
16:00     Gao Xingjian | Academia Bookstore | Václavské náměstí

Tuesday 8 June
14:00     Assia Djebar  |  Derek Walcott  |  Big Ben Bookshop
16:00     Signings:  Czech Authors | obchodní dům My, Národní třída

Wednesday 9 June
Big Ben Bookshop:
13:00     Fernando Arrabal  |  Michael March

Addresses

Prague Writers´ Festival
pasáž Platýz, Národní 37/416
110 00 Praha 1
Tel/fax: +420 224 241 312
email

Nová scéna National Theatre
Národní 4
110 00 Praha 1
tel. pokladna: +420 222 222 041
Website

American Center
Tržiště 13
110 00 Praha 1
Website

Municipal Library
Mariánské náměstí 1/98
110 00 Praha 1
tel. pokladna: +420 222 113 377
Website

Big Ben Bookshop
Malá Štupartská 5,
110 00 Praha 1tel.: +420 224 826 565
Website

Academia Bookstore
Václavské náměstí 34
110 00 Praha 1
tel.: 224 223 511

Palác Luxor
Václavské náměstí 820/41
110 00 Praha 1
tel.: 296 110 372
Website