Reading time: 5 minutes What could be the contribution od ecolingvistic to the ecocivilisation debate? Our language is an important issue as it articulates our relation towards the world and our acting in it. Wisdom Let’s start with the meaning of wisdom and make it simple. What is it? Definitely has to do with something basic, pristine, prehistoric event, the primeval …
Reading time: 6 minutes A few days ago, on 27 October 2022, the President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, having travelled from Moscow to visit Kiev, offered to mediate peace negotiations with the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky. This attempt to start peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia was again categorically rejected by Ukraine and the USA. Since this is the umpteenth …
Reading time: 10 minutes As part of our ‘Authors & Translators’ interview series, Slovenian poet Iztok Osojnik and his Austrian translator Klaus Detlef Olof discuss the nature of their work and creative credo on the publishing of the German edition of Osojnik’s poetry book Kosovel and the Seven Dwarfs. Klaus Detlef Olof translated the Osojnik’s poetry book into German (Kosovel und …
Reading time: 12 minutes As part of our ‘Authors and Translators’ interview series presented by Slovenian translator Tatjana Jamnik, Polish writer Hubert Klimko-Dobrzaniecki speaks about his work, the writing process, engaged literature, the difference between popular and high literature, as well as Iceland, nursing homes, human dignity and parenting. The discussion was supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland …
Reading time: 12 minutes In this series of discussions between authors and their translators, we present Irish writer Kevin Barry, who has been awarded numerous prizes, among others the European Union Prize for Literature, and Alenka Jovanovski, a Slovenian poet, essayist, literary critic and literary translator. The translation was supported by Literature Ireland. The series of discussions between authors and their …
Reading time: 18 minutes As part of our series of discussions between authors and their translators, we present Sunjeev Sahota, the award-winning British novelist, and Slovenian translator Petra Meterc. For his second novel, which came out in 2015, The Year of the Runaways, Sunjeev Sahota won the European Union Prize for Literature and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. The …
Reading time: 10 minutes As part of our ‘Authors and Writers’ interview series presented by Slovenian translator Tatjana Jamnik, Czech writer Radka Denemarková speaks about her work, her relationship with demanding literature, reading and readers, human rights and spiritual poverty. Radka Denemarková is a four-time winner of the prestigious, Czech Magnesia Litera national prize, and many other domestic and international awards. …
Reading time: 3 minutes Migrations in Reality is a literary translation project implemented by Polica Dubova Cultural and Artistic Association and co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union. Project description Migrations in Reality: The invisible margins may become the centre Migration in its various forms has always been part of Europe’s reality. Nevertheless, contemporary global problems, such as …