Bridging Canons: Translators as Cultural Agents in the V4 Region

Visegrad publishers and cultural organizations cooperation in sharing values and experiences in mediating between the literatures of our countries divided by language barriers, with V4 translators’ workshops (in Balatonfüred, Kraków), V4 writers’ and translators’ presentations at literary events and festivals in the region (Trencin, Bratislava, Budapest, Brno).

    Events Calendar 2026 – Bridging Canons

     

    1. How to Write a City Novel? – Panel Discussion

    • Dates: May 27–28, 2026
    • Location: Trenčín, Slovakia – Coffee Sheep
    • Event Type: Public
    • Short Description: Silvester
      Lavrík in conversation with writers, translators, and experts of city
      novels within the framework of the Trenčín Literary Festival.

     

    2. Visegrad Writers and Translators at the BRaK Bratislava Book Festival

    • Date: Sunday, May 31, 2026, 4:15 PM
    • Location: Bratislava, Slovakia – Mirbach Palace, Translation Stage
    • Event Type: Public
    • Short Description:
      "The Danube as a Theme of European Literature" – a panel debate
      with Lucía Molnár Satinská, Lajos Parti Nagy, Veronika Šikulová,
      and Edit Király.

     

    3. At the Danube, about the Danube. Danube Writers Authors and Translators
    at the 20th Aquaphone Festiva
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    • Date: June 6, 2026
    • Location: Štúrovo, Slovakia – 20th Aquaphone Festival
    • Event Type: Public
    • Short Description:

    "River writing, travel writing" – presentation of a new Danube anthology. Readings and discussions featuring authors István Kemény and Michal Hvorecky, alongside literary expert Lucia Satinská and
    the editors and translators of the Slovak edition (Edit Király, Renata Deáková, Gabriela Magová).

     

    4. V4 Litexchange at Dunafeszt

    • Dates: June 12–14, 2026
    • Location: Budapest, Hungary – Három Holló
    • Event Type: Public
    • Short Description:

    A 3-day event featuring presentations by Visegrad writers, translators,
    publishers, and literary experts. Friday is dedicated to translators,
    Saturday to publishers, and Sunday to writers.

     

    5. "Words in Transit" – Contemporary V4
    Literary Translations Workshop

    • Dates: June 24–28, 2026
    • Location: Balatonféred, Hungary – Translators House
    • Event Type: Professional Workshop
    • Short Description:

    A specialized workshop bringing together established and emerging V4
    translators along with invited authors like Gábor Schein, Panni Puskás,
    and Gábor Németh.

     

    6. Visegrad Extra at the Authors Reading Month Brno

    • Date: July 12, 2026
    • Location: Brno, Czech Republic – Divadlo Husa na provázku / Cafe Kaprál
    • Event Type: Public
    • Short Description:

    An afternoon roundtable discussion followed by an evening reading session
    featuring Visegrad authors Martyna Bunda, Maria Modrovich, Réka Mán-Várhegyi,
    and Dora Kapralová.

     

    7. Presentation of Visegrad and Kremnica/DoSlov
    Laureates at the Budapest Book Festival

    • Dates: October 2–4, 2026
    • Location: Budapest, Hungary – Budapest Book Festival, Visegrad Podium
    • Event Type: Public
    • Short Description:

    Introducing the winners of the new Visegrad Literary Award, Ivana Gibová and Robert Milbacher,
    and of the Kremnica Translation Prize, Miłosz Waligórski, followed by a roundtable with the
    V4 translators of the 2025 Nobel Prize laureate László Krasznahorkai.

     

    8. Bázis-fest Connected to the Novotvar Transcultural
    Visegrad Literature Festival

    • Dates: October 9–11, 2026
    • Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
    • Event Type: Public
    • Short Description:

    Scholarly panels and literary presentations focusing on shared transcultural
    characteristics of regional literatures, showcasing outcomes from the Transculturalism
    and Bilingualism Nitra conferences and Kremnica Translation Seminar.

     

    9. Polish V4 Translators Workshop and Book
    Presentation at the Kraków Book Fair

    • Dates: October 21–22, 2026
    • Location: Krakow, Poland – Austeria
    • Event Type: Public / Professional
    • Short Description:

    A specialized workshop and panel discussion on translating Visegrad
    literature for faculty and students of Jagiellonian University, alongside
    the presentation of Austeria’s "Books for Writing" series.

     

    10. Project Closing Event

    • Date: November 20, 2026
    • Location: Budapest, Hungary – Három Holló
    • Event Type: Public
    • Short Description:

    The final presentation of the project results, featuring video recaps of past
    events, reports by project participants, and presentations of newly
    released V4 publications.