Presentation of Dutch literature at the Shanghai World Expo 2010

During its final week, the Dutch Culture Centre will open its doors to Café Amsterdam, a literary café where Dutch and Chinese authors will meet on stage.

In 2011, the Netherlands will be guest-of-honour at the Beijing International Book Fair. The Netherlands will present itself as a small, but very dynamic country with a rich cultural life. In recent years, Chinese publishers and readers have discovered that part of this cultural wealth consists of vibrant and highly interesting literature, and many Chinese publishing houses are now presenting Dutch authors – not only of contemporary fiction, but also of children’s literature, literary classics, non-fiction and poetry.

The Café Amsterdam programme in Shanghai will be an interesting preview of the presentation in Beijing in 2011. Three prominent Dutch authors will take the stage and read to a Chinese audience, along with several of their Chinese colleagues: Cees Nooteboom (All Souls' Day & Rituals, Yilin Press, 2008), Margriet de Moor (The Drowned, Shanghai Literature and Arts, 2010) and Anna Enquist (The Masterpiece, Shanghai Literature and Arts, 2009).

PROGRAMME

Tuesday 24 August

Café Amsterdam: a festive opening event with readings and live music to celebrate the start of Café Amsterdam in Shanghai. With Wang Anyi, Margriet de Moor, Chen Cun and Anna Enquist

Wednesday 25 August

Wang Anyi in conversation with Margriet de Moor, moderated by Chen Sihe
This event brings two of the greatest authors of Chinese and Dutch literature together on stage: Wang Anyi and Margriet de Moor. The conversation between the two writers will be led by literary critic Chen Sihe.

Thursday 26 August

Chen Cun in conversation with Anna Enquist
Anna Enquist draws and Chen Cun will talk about literature and the arts at this event.

Friday 27 August

Bi Feiyu interviews Cees Nooteboom
The internationally renowned author Cees Nooteboom is the undisputed standard bearer of contemporary Dutch literature and in a sense a symbol of its cosmopolitanism. Three titles from his extensive and varied oeuvre have appeared in Chinese translation: the novels All Souls and Rituals (both Yilin Press) and the travelogue Roads to Santiago (Flower City Publishing House).
          

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