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The First StationSunday, June 11 – 18:00-23:00Monday-Thursday, June 12-15 – 11:00-23:00

June 11–15, 2017

Program

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17:30-18:30

Monday 12.6Sunday 11.6

First Station 20:30

DJ Balaboosta A Literary Hafla withThe Jerusalem

Secular Yeshiva Hadas Kleinman &

Aviv Bahar Spoken Word:Yonatam Blumenfeld

Tchelet Zohar, Roie Ravitzky

הדוכן הרוסי19:00-18:00 Grand Opening of the Russian Stand and Book Exhibition "The Books of Russia"20:00-19:00 "Scrolls From the Ashes: read Unread!" With Russian geographer, historian, writer and literary critic Paul PolyanIn Russian

Opening ceremony awarding the

Jerusalem Prize to Karl Ove Knausgård

Prize presented by Mayor Nir Barkat By invitation only

Free entry

The Justice Club 18:00-19:30 Berliner Runde German-Israeli Political and Personal Relations: with the German ambassador to Israel Dr. Clemens von Goetze, Claudia Schwartz, Shaul Bustan and others In English20:00-21:00 Elena Ferrante: The Anonymous International BestsellerA conversation about the phenomenon of Elena Ferrante’s successin Italy and abroad.With Ester Hueting (e/o publishing), Dr. Shira Stav, and Dr. Arik GlasnerIn Hebrew and Italian

Fair Exhibition Hall 11:00-15:00 Native Israeli Russian Writingwith Yuri Moor,Svetlana Staingrud, Leonid Finkel, Alexander Kanevski, Michael Yuris, Mark Kotliarski, Asia Teplovodski and othersIn Russian15:30-16:30 Run Over by CapitalismAmichai Shalev talks with Jan Peter Bremer (Germany)In English17:00-18:00 Not Line Dancing: New Women Find Different Ways to Tell Old StoriesLiat Elkayam talks with Jen George (US) about postmodernism, surrealism, annoying men, party dresses, Donald Barthelme, novels and short storiesIn English18:00-19:00 Before Crossing the ThresholdThe Experiences of a Haredi Young Woman Before Her Marriage Pierre Lavi talks with Shifra SafraIn Hebrew19:00-20:00 Publishing in the Digital AgeCDI Systems and Ofir Publishers present BOOKEBOOK: The leading platform for those who loveto read and writeIn Hebrew

Mishkenot Sha’ananim

Granta ConferenceNew Writing, World Literature - New Perspectives: A Granta International Conference for launching Granta's 'Best of Young American Novelists’ 2017Granta Magazine - A student publication established in 1889 that has since become a world-renowned literary establishment. Once in a decade Granta Magazine creates a list of the best young promising writers from North America.09:00-09:30 Gathering and Refreshments09:30-10:00 Granta: From Cambridge to Jerusalem A discussion of Granta's history, literary present, and imagined futureMarcela Sulak The Department of English literature at Bar Ilan University Sigrid Rausing, Editor and publisher of Granta Magazine and Granta books Valerie Miles, Editor of Granta Spain10:00-10:45 What Have We Done – Telling Stories and Creating New Perspectives in Literary Magazines A joint-panel hosted by Marcela Sulak with Granta contributors Jen George and Greg Jackson, featuring authors from Granta’s 3rd list of "Best of Young American Novelists"; Yaara Shehori and Boaz Lavie, Granta Hebrew contributors, discussing writing in an overwhelming political situation, and the overlaps between fact and fiction. merge or collide.

11:00-11:45 New Fiction - Translation and TransformationValerie Miles, editor of Granta Spain, and Granta Hebrew Contributors Tal Nitzan, Moshe Ron, Yoni Mendel and Yiftach Aloni, discuss the challenges and the joys of new writing, translation, and new platforms, showcasing pieces from their latest issues. This panel will be accompanied by readings in both the original and in translation.12:00-13:00 Best of Young American Novelists: Discussion with Granta ContributorsMarcela Sulak and Sigrid Rausing, Granta Editor and Granta Books Publisher, joined by Jen George and Greg Jackson, featured authors from the Granta’s 3rd list of "Best of Young American Novelists," will discuss new American writing and themes in contemporary literature, inspiration and tradition13:00-14:00 Intermission14:00-15:00 Hebrew literature on the International StageTranslation, Themes, and the Challenges of Cultural RepresentationGranta Hebrew hosts Ilanot Review, a University Israeli-based international journal, which publishes Hebrew and regional literature in English translation, along with international literature. Ilanot Review editors will discuss the role of Hebrew literature in the international scene and the challenges of publication abroad. Participants: Karen Marron, Jane Medved, Mira Rashty, Marcela Sulak, and Janice Weizman

Seminar room17:00-18:00 Writing WorkshopJerusalem Syndrome: Writing about Jerusalem and Staying Sanea workshop with Yiftach Ashkenazi of Sadnaot Habayit, founded by by Eshkol Nevo and Orit GidaliIn Hebrew

Auditorium16:30-18:00 Can Writers Make a Living from their Writing?GermanX3: A conversation with Jan Peter Bremer (Germany), Sacha Batthyany (Switzerland) and Vea Kaiser (Austria) onwriting and surviving In English

19:00-20:30 From Nai’im to Hilmi: The Lover who Crossed the Border, Forty Years LaterAB Yehoshua and Dorit Rabinyan in conversation with Bilhah Ben Eliyahu in Hebrew

The Cinematheque20:30-22:00 Science, Art and Politics: How and Why to Write Popular ScienceYuval Noah Harari in conversation with Liad MudrikIn English

The French Stand18:30-19:30 Book SigningConversation and book signing with Raphaël Jerusalmy – Evacuation, Actes Sud publisher, 2017 in French and Patrick Arfi, Dictionnaire insolite de Jérusalem, Cosmopole publisher, 2016 In French

The Russian Stand12:00-13:00 Creative Meeting: Anthology of Children's Works of National Literatures of the Peoples of RussiaWith Dmitry Itskovich - General Director of "United humanitarian publishing", TV and radio presenter and Alyona Karimova , poet, writer and publicistIn Russian13:00-14:00 Presentation of Moscow international book fair and the St. Petersburg Book Salon with Maxim Amelin In Russian

Fair Exhibition Hall

11:00-12:00 The Russian Historical NovelA talk by Andrew Volos In Russian12:00-13:00 Round Table on the Challenges of Translationwith Aleksandr Klimin, RoI Hyun,Professor Hamutal Bar Yosef and the translators of Carmel PressIn Russian13:00-14:00 Presentation of Russian Publishers Catalogue Offered for Translation with Maxim AmelinIn Russian

14:00-15:00 Presentation of the book Such Is the Literary Lifewith author Natalia Ivanova In Russian15:00-16:00 Texts for the Futurea conversation with Avrum Burg the book launch of Rosa Luxemburg’s The Crisis of German Social Democracy- the Junius Pamphlet In Hebrew16:00-17:00 The Literature and Culture of ChinaA talk by Matan Vilnai former Major General in the Israel Defense Forces and former Israeli ambassador to China with Pierre Lavi and Rachel Kanat In Hebrew17:00-18:00 Book PresentationChiara Gamberale presents her latest book In Italian18:00-19:00 Writing with PassionAndrea Bauab presents her novel The Last Love StoryIn Spanish19:00-20:00 Esperanto and the Idea of an International LanguageProfessor Amri Wandel talks with Tali Wandel and Doron Modan on Esperanto language and literature In Hebrew

The Justice Club16:00-17:00 All in the familyOn Dynasty and Fate Michal Pe'er in conversation with Vea Kaiser (Austria)In English17:30-18:30 The Spanish Homesick MachineEshkol Nevo in conversation with Valter Hugo Mãe (Portugal) In English19:00-20:00 Polish: Poland-Food—Culture Polish and Israeli Food, Culture, and Artwith Shmil Holand, Yoav Perry, Ayal Zakin, Monika Brzywczy,Krzyztof Kozanowski, moderator Naama Abramovitch In Hebrew20:30-22:00 A Happy End, God WillingAlit Karp talks with Emunah Elon and Noa Yaron Dayan on divine presence in their works In Hebrew

Tuesday 13.6

Fair Exhibition Hall 11:00-12:00 A Reading From the New French Translation of Long Summer Nights by Aharon AppelfeldTranslated by Valérie Zenatti, read by Danielle KriegelIn French14:00-15:00 Mandelstam and Tsibulevsky a lecture by Russian geographer, historian, writer and literarycritic Paul Nerler In Russian 15:00-17:00 Hebrew Literature in Japanese Translation:A Long Love AffairTami Shem-Tov talks with Natsu Motai on translating Hebrew literature into Japanese In Hebrew17:00-18:00 Tulip Four: the first Israeli pilotGiora Romm discusses his book and his captivity in Egypt, as well as his involvement in the development of the modern Israeli air forceIn Hebrew18:00-19:00 Ukrainian-Jewish Relations: Life, Death, Rebirth with Professor Wolf Moskovich, Professor Shimon Redlich and Professor Ze'ev KhaninModerated by Sergey KravtsovIn Hebrew19:00-20:00 Reception of the Spanish and South American Embassies20:00-21:00 The Literature of Uruguay Aharon Lubelsky on Rodó,Benedetti and QuirogaIn Spanish

The Justice Club 16:00-17:00 From Language to Language: A conversation about translationwith Israeli and American poets Tal Nitzan, Haviva Pedaya, Sandra Alcosser and Sarah Maclay In English17:30-18:30 My Struggle Jerusalem Prize winner Karl Ove Knausgård (Norway) in conversation with David Green (Writer and Editor, Haaretz English edition) In English

19:00-20:00 Truth and Denial Tom Segev talks with Deborah Lipstadt (US) about her bookIn English21:00-22:30 Falling Out of Time Hila Cohen Elazar sings from David Grossman’s book

The Terminal 16:00-17:00 Memory, Forgetting and the Literature in BetweenEsty Haim talks with Magdalena Platzova (Czech Republic)In English17:30-18:30 The Past, the Present and the Hidden Stories in BetweenDan Porat in conversation with Sacha Batthyany (Switzerland)In English19:00-20:00 The Figure of the Educator: Between Fiction and RealityMichal Ben Naftali talks with Eraldo Affinati (Italy) In Italian and Hebrew20:00-21:00 Limoncello, Mole Rats, and a Tree Full of BatsMeir Shalev talks with Mitch Ginsburg about the joys and hardships of tending his garden In English

The Italian Stand17:00-18:00 Book PresentationEraldo Affinati presents his new book The Man of the FutureIn Italian

The French Stand18:30-19:30 Book signing with Ayelet Gundar Goshen Une nuit Markovitch, Presses de la Cité, 2016 and Rachel Shalita, Comme deux soeurs, L’Antilope publisher, 2017In French

The Terminal 16:00-17:00 "Coarse Blue NightsEmerge"Beauty and Struggle in contemporary Ukrainian Poetry Jonathan Berg in conversation with Kateryna Babkina (Ukraine)In English

19:00-20:00 Belonging and Alienation: On Family, History and Literary RepresentationYossi Avni Levi talks with Florina Illis (Romania) In English

Wednesday 14.6

Fair Exhibition Hall

16:00-17:00 To Die for Argentina: Hypothesis or Theory?Gustavo D. Perednik presents his book In Spanish17:00-18:00 The View from Mount ScopusIsraeli scholars discuss contemporary culture Participants: Prof. R. Timenchik, prof. E.Tolstoy, d-r Z. Kopelman, poet M. AmelinIn Hebrew18:00-19:00 160th Anniversary of Joseph Conrad’s BirthConrad’s Influence on Contemporary LiteratureAlit Karp talks with Professor Daphna Erdinast-Vulcan and translator Yonathan DayanIn Hebrew20:00-19:00 One Hundred Years of Solitude, 90th Anniversary of the Birth of Gabriel Garcia Marquez Florinda Goldberg on Garcia Marquez' workIn Hebrew20:00-21:00 Turning Books into Movies"On The Countdown" and "The Dream Weavers from Teheran". Pierre Lavi talks with Zion Bar YishakIn Hebrew

The Justice Club16:00-17:00 "Nail Polish on an Idle Fist"New Literature and RevolutionRon Dahan in conversation with Greg Jackson (US) on uncooperative literature and a new social order In English17:30-18:30 Writing in a Foreign Land: a Conversation with Three English-Language Writers in IsraelMitch Ginsburg talks with Matti Friedman, Ilana Kurshan and Evan Fallenberg In English

The French Stand 18:30-19:30 Book Signing Conversation and book signing with Valérie Halfon, Slow Retail Therapy, Albin Michel publisher, 2016In French

The Russian Stand 13:00-14:00 The Grand ceremony gift presentation In Russian14:00-15:00 The Grand Closing Ceremony The Books of Russia

The Italian Stand18:00-19:00 Found in TranslationAriel Rathaus and Jonathan Fine present Sicilian Stories, the Hebrew translation of Giovanni Verga's novellasIn Hebrew and Italian

19:00-20:00 To Jerusalem: Poets Address the City with Hava Pinhas Cohen, Yosef Ozer, Yoram Nusinovitch, Binyamin Shivily, Michal Held Delaroza, moderator Eliaz CohenIn Hebrew20:30-21:30 Yizhar’s LandscapesA Theatrical Montage of the Works of S. Yizhar with the Ruth KannerTheatre GroupCreated by: Ruth Kanner With Shirli Gal-Segev, Tali Kark, Ronen Babluki, Adi Meirowitch In Hebrew

The Terminal17:00-16:00 The Return to Sefarad Roi Bet Levi talks with Luis Bassat, introduction by Fernando Vara de ReyIn English17:30-18:30 A House Where I Loved SomeoneDori Manor talks with Manuel Forcano (Spain) and the translator Itay Ron on Erotic poetry in Hebrew and in translationIn English19:00-20:00 If Alice Lived in Hollywood Instead of WonderlandA literary conversation about children’s literature in the Middle East and Europe in the face of Americanization.Gur Ilany in conversation with Adina Rosseti (Romania) In English

Mishkenot Sha’ananimSeminar room17:00-18:00 Writing WorkshopWriting Our JerusalemWith Yosef Ezer Meshiv Haru’achIn Hebrew

The Terminal16:00-17:00 Two Meshugenes in BerlinA German-Israeli Love Story Neta Halperin in conversation with Claudia Schwartz (Germany) on life in Israel and Germany In English19:00-20:00 On Literature, Cruelty and Hope Ayelet Gundar-Goshen in a conversation with Chiara Gamberale (Italy)In Italian and Hebrew20:00-21:00 Literature for Living, Living for LiteratureBoaz Cohen in conversation with Philippe Claudel (France) Hebrew and French

Mishkenot Sha’ananimSeminar room17:00-18:00 Writing WorkshopBi-Polar Disorder: Poetry Written Together with Avner Miriam Amit of A Place for Poetry In Hebrew

First Station, Open Stage17:30-19:00 Fiction and Reality:A Special InvestigationWith Dominique Manotti (France), Dror Mishani (Israel), Maya Arad (Israel), Liad Shoham (Israel), Kristina Ohlsson (Sweden), moderator Roselyne Dery (The French Institute)In Hebrew-French-English19:30-21:00 Poetry and Prose NowThe Hebrew Writers Association in Israel Hosts a Night of Poetry and Prose Reading with Israeli and foreign poetsIn Hebrew and English

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