Writing Europe

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

• Ursula Keller – GermanyWriting EuropeIlma Rakusa – SwitzerlandImpressions and Conversations during the IntervalsGuðbergur Bergsson – IslandEurope UntitledAndrei Bitov – RussiaThe Literary Hero as HeroHans Maarten van den Brink – The Netherlands Language and TerrorMircea Cărtărescu – RomaniaEurope Has the Shape of My BrainStefan Chwin – PolandThe Nursery School Teacher from Tversk StreetAleš Debeljak – SloveniaConcentric Circles of IdentityJörn Donner – FinnlandEurope from the FringeMario Fortunato – ItalyEurope?Eugenio Fuentes – SpainThe Western BlocJens Christian Grøndahl – DenmarkNotes of an EscapistDurs Grünbein – GermanyEuropa’s LoversDaniela Hodrová – Czech RepublicWoven Into the WebPanos Ioannides – CyprusEurope in My Prose and My Theatrical WorkMirela Ivanova – BulgariaEurope — One Way of Reading ItLídia Jorge – PortugalA Sort of Huge PortugalDževad Karahasan – BosniaEurope Writes in TimeFatos Lubonja – AlbaniaBetween the Local and the UniversalAdolf Muschg – SwitzerlandEurope or “Eleuthera, City of the Mnemosyne”Péter Nádas – HungaryIn the Intimacy of Literary WritingEmine Sevgi Özdamar – TurkeyGuest FacesGeir Pollen – NorwayOn the European Ingredient in the TextJean Rouaud – FranceIn Memory of Ernst WiechertRobert Schindel – Austria“We’re All Right.” Europe’s Influence on My WritingIvan Štrpka – SlovakiaOh, Children Smeared with Honey and with BloodRichard Swartz – SwedenThe Light Falls on MeNikos Themelis – GreeceLooking for a Widened Self-AwarenessEmil Tode – EstoniaEurope, a Blot of InkColm Toíbín – IrelandThe Future of EuropeJean-Philippe Toussaint – BelgiumYou Are Leaving the American SectorDubravka Ugrešić – CroatiaEuropean Literature as a Eurovision Song ContestDragan Velikić – SerbiaB-EuropeTomas Venclova – LithuaniaWhat Can Lithuania Give to Present-Day EuropeMāra Zālīte – LatviaUnfinished Thoughts