European Literature Festival 2024

events

Constantine P. Cavafy – The Alexandrian Beacon of Twentieth-Century European Literature

Constantine P. Cavafy – The Alexandrian Beacon of Twentieth-Century European Literature

Greece Greece

Delegation of the European Union to Japan

Japanese with simultaneous English interpretation

The Impact of the Moomin Books on Adults and Children

The Impact of the Moomin Books on Adults and Children

Finland Finland

Minato-ku Industry Promotion Center 11F, Small Hall

English / Japanese with consecutive interpretation by Ms. Etsuko Toride

Karen Blixen/Isak Dinesen in Words and Pictures

Karen Blixen/Isak Dinesen in Words and Pictures

Denmark Denmark

Minato-ku Industry Promotion Center 11F, Small Hall

Japanese, English, and Danish with consecutive interpretation by Reiko Hidani and Lise Schou

Emma Karinsdotter and the Wild World of Swedish Children’s Literature

Emma Karinsdotter and the Wild World of Swedish Children’s Literature

Sweden Sweden

Minato-ku Industry Promotion Center 11F, Small Hall

English and Japanese

Story of Stories

Story of Stories

Czech Republic Czech Republic

Minato-ku Industry Promotion Center 11F, Small Hall

Czech / Japanese with consecutive interpretation

Poetry as a Plant in a Movie: A Conversation and Reading by Lithuanian Poet Aušra Kaziliūnaitė and Japanese Translator Aya Kimura

Poetry as a Plant in a Movie: A Conversation and Reading by Lithuanian Poet Aušra Kaziliūnaitė and Japanese Translator Aya Kimura

Lithuania Lithuania

Goethe-Institut Tokyo

English/Japanese/Lithuanian

The Face of My Neighbour: Poetry Reading and Talk with Krystyna Dąbrowska and Yasuhiro Yotsumoto

The Face of My Neighbour: Poetry Reading and Talk with Krystyna Dąbrowska and Yasuhiro Yotsumoto

EU EU

Goethe-Institut Tokyo

English with consecutive Japanese interpretation

Redefining Literary Identities: Writing and Publishing in a Non-Native Language

Redefining Literary Identities: Writing and Publishing in a Non-Native Language

Netherlands Netherlands

Institut français de Tokyo

Japanese only

Literary conversation with Dominique Barbéris, winner of the Grand prix du roman de l’Académie Française

Literary conversation with Dominique Barbéris, winner of the Grand prix du roman de l’Académie Française

France France

Institut français de Tokyo

French and Japanese

Award Ceremony: Kakehashi Literature Award 2024<br>Hand-over and reading with Robert Menasse & Tomoko Fukuma for Die Hauptstadt

Award Ceremony: Kakehashi Literature Award 2024
Hand-over and reading with Robert Menasse & Tomoko Fukuma for Die Hauptstadt

Germany Germany

Goethe-Institut Tokyo

German / Japanese with simultaneous interpretation

What Is It to Be Invisible?

What Is It to Be Invisible?

Portugal Portugal

Goethe-Institut Tokyo

English / Japanese with consecutive translation

Estonia and Japan: Historical Texts of Estonian-Japanese Relations — Travelogues, Letters, and Articles

Estonia and Japan: Historical Texts of Estonian-Japanese Relations — Travelogues, Letters, and Articles

Estonia Estonia

Tokyo Metropolitan Central Library

English / Japanese with consecutive interpretation

“Poland, Lithuania, Iowa, Kyoto, Tokyo”: Kyoto Literature Residency & European Literature Festival Linked Event

“Poland, Lithuania, Iowa, Kyoto, Tokyo”: Kyoto Literature Residency & European Literature Festival Linked Event

Lithuania Lithuania
Poland Poland

Book Store B&B

Japanese and English with interpretation by Aya Kimura

Elaine Feeney - Reading and Panel Discussion: From the Realm of Creation and Translation.

Elaine Feeney - Reading and Panel Discussion: From the Realm of Creation and Translation.

Ireland Ireland

Italian Institute Tokyo

English with consecutive Japanese interpretation

Words that Connect the Living and the Dead, the Material and the Immaterial, the Self and the Non-Self: The World of Herbert's Poetry.

Words that Connect the Living and the Dead, the Material and the Immaterial, the Self and the Non-Self: The World of Herbert's Poetry.

Poland Poland

Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Tokyo

Japanese only

<i>Wonderful Life</i> – A tribute to Patrizia Cavalli

Wonderful Life – A tribute to Patrizia Cavalli

Italy Italy

Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Tokyo

Italian, with Japanese subtitles

Literature is freedom – the interchangeable characters in Matei Vișniec’s plays

Literature is freedom – the interchangeable characters in Matei Vișniec’s plays

Romania Romania

Embassy of Romania to Japan

Japanese only

Robert Menasse’s Europe Novels

Robert Menasse’s Europe Novels

Germany Germany

Goethe Institut

German / Japanese (with simultaneous translation)

Identities in the Mirror of Contemporary Narrative: A Conversation with Marta Carnicero

Identities in the Mirror of Contemporary Narrative: A Conversation with Marta Carnicero

Spain Spain

Instituto Cervantes Tokyo

Spanish with simultaneous Japanese interpretation

Webinar for professional translators : European and French perspectives and networks

Webinar for professional translators : European and French perspectives and networks

France France

Online

English

Exhibition of Contemporary Literature of the Baltic States

Exhibition of Contemporary Literature of the Baltic States

Lithuania Lithuania
Latvia Latvia
Estonia Estonia

October 4 – November 6, 2024

Tokyo Metropolitan Central Library