Georgian Minister of Culture and Sports Tea Tsulukiani attended the Paris book festival on second day. Georgian Writers’ House successfully participating in the famous Paris Book Festival. This is the first time the Writer’s House with the support of the Ministry of Culture is participating in the Paris Book Festival with a national stand.
Georgian Minister of Culture and Sports Tea Tsulukiani, Director of the Writers’ House Ketevan Dumbadze, Georgian Emergency and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to the Republic of France Gocha Javakhishvili and literary field representatives attended the events on the second day of the festival.
On the sidelines of the festival many discussions were held on writing work. Representatives of Georgian publishers like “Sezan Publishing”, “Meduzi”, “Agora”, “Saktsigna”, “And Bakmi”, foreign publishers, translators, literary agents, and authors participated in the discussion. Participants discussed prospects for translation and publishing activities and cooperation plans in the future.
Along with Georgian publishers, representatives of French publishers: le cherche midi, ginkgo, editions des carnets du dessert de lune, Meduza and Italian publishers of modern times were also present at the Georgian stand. They presented classical and modern Georgian prose and poetic works translated into French.
A booklet with a synopsis of up to 50 works of Georgian authors and fragments of old Georgian literature was presented on the Georgian National Stand.
On the last day of the Paris Book Festival, April 14, the book – “Sun, Moon and Bread Field” will be presented on the main stage by author-writer and filmmaker Temur Babluani and a Representative of the National Cinema Center in Europe Sofio Babluani.
The presentation of the Georgian stand was started with the event namely “From Hagiography to Postmodernism”. Guests of the Writers’ House stand had the opportunity to participate in interesting calligraphy activities along with the opportunity to learn Georgian literature.
Georgian Emergency and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to the Republic of France Gocha Javakhishvili and Doctor of French Philology Professor Bela Khabeishvili Head of the Faculty of Romantic Philology at Tbilisi State University named after Ivane Javakhashvili took part in the panel discussion held on the opening day of the festival.
The meeting was attended by foreign publishers, literary agents, media representatives, and honorary members of the Georgian Society. It is to be noted that for the first time this year Georgia was allowed to participate in festival activities with its stand.
