The 8th Annual New Literature from Europe Festival organised by eight European cultural institutes in New York, under the banner "Crime Scene: Europe" presents a series of literary and film readings and discussions in Manhattan and Brooklyn from 15-20 November 2011
Europe is in the midst of a crime wave - a surge of innovative detective fiction that pays its respects to the traditions of noir while incorporating the psychological novel, the political thriller, and the border-crossings that reflect the globalized culture of the EU. The Festival kicks off with a reading at New York's Czech Center by crime fiction authors from Europe, featuring Zygmunt Miłoszewski (Poland), Caryl Férey (France), Ana Maria Sandu (Romania), Stefan Slupetzky (Austria), José Carlos Somoza (Spain), and Jan Costin Wagner (Germany), joined by U.S. guest author Dan Fesperman.
Zygmunt Miloszewski (b. 1975) discusses and reads from his novel "Entanglement" (translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, Bitter Lemon 2010). Miloszewski, a young reporter and editor turned detective novelist, is working on trilogy featuring prosecutor Teodor Szacki who finds himself caught in Poland's challenging political history in as he investigates present-day crimes. "Entanglement" begins with a corpse with a skewer stuck in his eye, and ends with a confrontation with the police practices of an earlier era. His first novel, "The Intercom", was published in 2005 to high acclaim. In 2007 he published the crime novel "Entanglement".
A special film series complements this year's spoken word programmes, featuring both adaptations of crime novels and new approaches to the genre that play with the conventions of film noir. Presented in collaboration with the Museum of the Moving Image from 18-20 November 2011, the series ranges from Czech and Austrian films of the '40s and the early '50s rarely seen in the U.S., to contemporary productions from France, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Romania, including the critically acclaimed works Aurora by Cristi Puiu and The Double Hour by Giuseppe Capotondi. Authors Zygmunt Miloszewski and Jan Costin Wagner will be present to discuss film versions of their novels featured in the Festival.
"Entanglement", the movie (dir. Jacek Bromski, 2011) is a modern Polish police thriller adapted from Zygmunt Miloszewski's novel of the same title. Instead of taking place in the hard-edged city of Warsaw, it is set in the old Renaissance capital of Kraków, and the curmudgeonly prosecutor Teodor Szacki has been replaced by a woman with different concerns and motivations, Agata Szacka, played by one of Poland's leading actresses, Maja Ostaszewska.
The programme of the literary festival:
Literary readings and discussions:
- 15 Nov 2011 at 19:00- Booked! Crime Scene: Europe
The Czech Center
321 East 73rd St, New York, NY
Six authors read from their featured novels. The readings will be followed by a reception.
- 16 Nov 2011 at 18:30 - The Shifting Scene
The Center for Fiction
17 East 47th St, New York, NY
Festival writers in conversation with Dan Fesperman, author of The Small Boat of Great Sorrows, The Double Game and Layover in Dubai. The event will be moderated by Professor B. J. Rahn. The first Austrian-US co-production of the sound movie era, Stolen Identity(Abenteuer in Wien) is an extraordinary crime film set in Vienna.
- 17 Nov 2011 at 19:00 - Return to the Crime Scene
Bookcourt, 163, Court St., Brooklyn, NY
Six authors read from their featured novels (among the authors is Polish author Zygmunt Miloszewski).
Film screenings:
- 18-20 November 2011
Museum of the Moving Image
36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, NY
- 18 Nov 2011 at 19:00 - Entanglement, dir. Jacek Bromski, 2011, Poland. Adapted from Zygmunt Miloszewski's novel of the same title. Miloszewski will be present to discuss the film.
The event takes place from the 15th-20th of November 2011 in New York.
For more information about the Festival see: www.newlitfromeurope.org.
For a review and information about the film screenings see: www.movingimage.us.
"New Literature from Europe" is an official festival of the Group of European Cultural Institutes in New York. It is organised by the New York branches of the Austrian Cultural Forum, the Czech Center, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, Goethe-Institut, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, the Polish Cultural Institute, Romanian Cultural Institute and the Instituto Cervantes, the program EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture) and in collaboration with the Center for Fiction, BookCourt, Museum of Moving Image, The Mysterious Bookshop, InTranslation, Words Without Borders, and with the support of the European Union Delegation to the UN.
Source: The Polish Cultural Institute in New York