Evening with Mathias Énard (France)

SATURDAY, 14th NOVEMBER - 18.30
Writer Mathias Énard in conversation with philosopher Dalius Jonkus

Tickets for those who want to watch the event virtually
Duration: 105 min (in Lithuanian/English)

 

Mathias Énard is one of the most famous French contemporary writers, known to the Lithuanian reader as the author of “Compass“ (French “Boussole”) since 2019 when its translation into Lithuanian (translated by Violeta Tauragienė, winner of the prestigious prize Translator’s Chair of the Year) was published by “Baltos lankos”. This work of his received the Prix Goncourt in 2015 and was nominated for the 2017 Man Booker International.

Mathias Énard studied Persian and Arab languages and used to live in the Middle East. Elemental, darkened by night, saturated with music, softened by bitter-sweet humour and longing for love, accompanied by mesmerising erudition, somnambulistic “Compass” is a journey to earlier epochs, an invitation to comprehend oneself through others: to find another in oneself, to continuously look for links between the East and the West, between yesterday and tomorrow, and to melt walls between countries, languages, cultures, and times.

 

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THE EVENT IS SPONSORED BY THE EMBASSY OF JAPAN



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PR Service/Edelman Affiliate
Kultūros ministerija
Lietuvos Kultūros Taryba
Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Lithuania
Nordplus
Literatūra ir menas
Shakespeare Boutique Hotel Vilnius
Vilniaus miesto savivaldybė
Lietuvos vertėjų asociacija
Aukso žuvys
Apostrofa
Baltos lankos
Wallonie-Bruxelles International
Pegasas
Rara
Finnish Literature Exchange
Swedish Art Council
Martynas Mažvydas Library
Vilnius City of Literature



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