This year the Prague Writers’ Festival presents Dada—East: the secret history of Dada, bringing the Cabaret Voltaire in the form of an exhibition: “The Romanians of Cabaret Voltaire”. The Festival will expose unsociable, naked Czech Dada through the unknown figure of Walter Serner, debate non-violence versus terrorism, while wondering if “thought begins in the mouth” as podcast by Tristan Tzara. Dada was the first version of globalization, not counting Spanish flu.
From the heights of despair to paradise now, tradition begins with me.
We announce the fusion of ecology and non-violence.
“If not now, when?”
From here to eternity “I dig, you dig, the worm digs too.”Saturday, 2 June
| 14:00 | Signing at Big Ben Bookshop Aleksandar Hemon, A. B. Yehoshua, Tom Sandqvist |
Sunday, 3 June
| 11:00 | Signing at Big Ben Bookshop E. L. Doctorow, Gary Snyder |
| 14:00 | Galerie Smečky Cabaret Voltaire Art Exhibition "Dada East? The Romanians of Cabaret Voltaire @ The Lost Art of Czech Dada" launches the 17th Prague Writers' Festival Opening speeches: Pavel Bém, Mayor of Prague Michael March, president of PWF |
| 19:00 | Theatre Minor The Art of Conversation: “Non-violence versus Terrorism“ Gary Snyder USA E. L. Doctorow USA A. B. Yehoshua Israel Aleksandar Hemon USA / Bosnia Jiří Pehe moderator Host: Marek Eben Admission 300 Kč |
Monday, 4 June
| 10:00 | Press Conferences at Hotel Josef Ludvík Kundera, Tom Sandqvist, Adrian Notz (registration required on dada@pwf.cz ) |
| 11:00 | Press Conferences at Hotel Josef Gary Snyder, Pavel Řezníček, A. B. Yehoshua (registration required on dada@pwf.cz ) |
| 14:30 | Signing at Kosmas Bookshop Gary Snyder |
| 16:00 | Theatre Minor Talk: “Dada-East“ Tom Sandqvist “Czech Dada“ Ludvík Kundera, Miloslav Topinka Admission 50 Kč |
| 17:30 | Theatre Minor Guardian Conversation: Tristan Tzara: “Thought begins in the mouth“ E. L. Doctorow Arnon Grunberg Elena Stefoi Peter Stephan Jungk Michael March moderatorAdmission 70 Kč, students 50 Kč |
| 19:30 | Theatre Minor International evening: Gary Snyder USA A. B. Yehoshua Israel Pavel Řezníček Czech Republic Admission 150 Kč, students 70 Kč |
Tuesday, 5 June
| 10:00 | Press Conferences at Hotel Josef Arnon Grunberg, Peter Stephan Jungk, Aleksandar Hemon (registration required on dada@pwf.cz ) |
| 13:00 | Signing at Big Ben Bookshop Arnon Grunberg, James Meek, Peter Stephan Jungk |
| 16:00 | Municipal Library of Prague Talk: “Cabaret Voltaire in Zürich“ Adrian Notz Switzerland “Citizen Serner“ Ludvík Kundera Czech Republic Admission 50 Kč |
| 17:30 | Municipal Library of Prague Guardian conversation: Joseph Roth: “Neutrality is a form of divinity“ Gary Snyder Peter Stephan Jungk James Meek Aleksandar Hemon Edward Mortimer moderatorAdmission 70 Kč |
| 19:00 | Municipal Library of Prague Talk: "Dada-montage, Photo montage“ Jidřich Toman Czech Republic Admission 70 Kč |
| 19:30 | Theatre Minor International evening: James Meek Great Britain Peter Stephan Jungk Austria Arnon Grunberg Netherlands Admission 150 Kč, students 70 Kč |
Wednesday, 6 June
| 10:00 | Press Conferences at Hotel Josef Elena Stefoi, James Meek, E. L. Doctorow (registration required on dada@pwf.cz ) |
| 17:00 | Municipal Library of Prague Guardian Conversation: “The Lost Art of Czech Dada“ Tom Sandqvist Adrian Notz Ludvík Kundera Jindřich Toman Miloslav Topinka moderatorAdmission 50 Kč |
| 17:00 | American Center Conversation: Susan Sontag: “Regarding the Pain of Others“ Gary Snyder E. L. Doctorow Aleksandar Hemon Richard Olehla moderatorFree entry |
| 18:30 | Municipal Library of Prague Czech Short Story Prize Free entry |
| 19:30 | Theatre Minor International evening: Elena Stefoi Romania Aleksandar Hemon USA / Bosnia E. L. Doctorow USA Admission 150 Kč, students 70 Kč |
Addresses:
| Galerie Smečky Ve Smečkách 24 110 00 Praha 1 tel.: +420 222 210 268 tel./fax: +420 222 210 272 e-mail: galerie.smecky@ppas.cz web: http://www.galeriesmecky.cz |
Theatre Minor Vodičkova 6 110 00 Praha 1 tel.: +420 222 231 702 fax: +420 221 416 446 e-mail: minor@minor.cz web: http://www.minor.cz |
Municipal Library Mariánské nám. 1 110 00 Praha 1 tel. +420 222 113 555 e-mail: ustredniknihovna@mlp.cz web: http:/www.mpl.cz |
American center Tržiště 13 118 01 Praha 1 tel.: +420 257 530 663 Fax: +420 257 535 242 e-mail: acprague@state.gov web: http://www.aic.cz |
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Hotel Josef Rybná 20 110 00 Praha 1 Tel.: +420 221 700 111 Fax: +420 221 700 999 web: http://www.hoteljosef.com |
Big Ben Bookshop Malá Štupartská 5 110 00 Praha 1 Tel: +420 224 826 565 Fax: +420 224 826 559 E-mail: books@bigbenbookshop.com |
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Kosmas Bookshop Perlová 3 110 00 Praha 1 Tel.: +420 224 225 558 web: http://www.kosmas.cz |
