Literature and books : New Books

BBC Music in the Glock Era and After

BBC Music in the Glock Era and After. Published by Plumbago Books (London)

22 April 2010, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London
With author Leo Black, editor Christopher Wintle, illustrator Milein Cosman and a special performance by Daniela Lehner, mezzo soprano, with Oliver Davies, piano. The BBC of the 1960s, a formative time in the evolution of ...
Best European Fiction 2010

Best European Fiction 2010

20 January 2010, 7.45pm
Marking the publication of a new anthology entitled Best European Fiction 2010, which brings together newly translated stories from 32 European nations including Austrian writer Antonio Fian, this 2-part program at London’s South Bank ...
The System of Vienna by Gert Jonke

The System of Vienna by Gert Jonke

5 January 2010
An astonishing and fantastical auto biographical novel, The System of Vienna (Das System von Wien), details Gert Jonke’s travels through Vienna by tram, reporting the bizarre and frustrating encounters he experiences as he progresses ...
Interwar Vienna. Culture between Tradition and Modernity

Interwar Vienna. Culture between Tradition and Modernity. Book presentation

24 November 2009, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London
Edited by Deborah Holmes and Lisa Silverman Although beset by social, political, and economic instabilities, interwar Vienna was an exhilarating place, with pioneering developments in the arts and innovations in the social sphere. This volume ...
In A Silent Way – A Portrait of Joe Zawinul by Brian Glasser

In A Silent Way – A Portrait of Joe Zawinul by Brian Glasser

7 July 2009, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London
With musical guests: radio.string.quartet.vienna Joe Zawinul (1932–2007) was probably one of the most important figures in European jazz history. He worked with many famous jazz musicians including Ben Webster and Dinah ...
Journey into the Past by Stefan Zweig

Journey into the Past by Stefan Zweig

25 June 2009, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London
Book presentation with translator Anthea Bell and Paul Bailey Stefan Zweig (born 1881 in Vienna) studied in Berlin and Vienna and was first known as a poet and translator. In 1934, with the rise of ...

News

Ingeborg Bachmann Prize 2010

From Wednesday, 23 June 2010 to Sunday, 27 June 2010, the 34th Festival of German-Language Literature (FGLL) took place in Klagenfurt with the participation of 14 authors from Austria, Germany and Switzerland. German writer Peter Wawerzinek was awarded the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for his autobiographical text „Ich finde Dich/Rabenliebe".

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Austrian National Library opens new Reading Room

This April, the Austrian National Library has opened a new Reading Room, called the Austriaca Reading Room. It is located on the Heldenplatz and has 70 Laptop workstations and W-LAN Internet access. It also offers a special Library with 3.000 volumes about Austrian topics as well as an Austriaca-database with access to 3.000 online resources. Find out more at http://www.onb.ac.at/ev/index.php

Call for Papers

The Institute of German and Romance Studies is calling for papers for an international conference entitled Jewish Identitities in Contemporary Europe.  Convenors include Professor Lucille Cairns (University of Durham) and Dr Andrea Reiter (University of Southampton).

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Paul Celan Fellowships for Translators

Fellowships for translation are being awarded by the IWM (Institut fuer die Wissenschaft vom Menschen) in Vienna. Visiting fellows will receive support and are invited to spend three to six months at the IWM between July 2010 and June 2011 to pursue their translation projects while working in residence at the Institute. Applications for are due by March 5 2010.
Find out more by visiting www.iwm.at/Fellowships