site.btaLeterapopoli World Literature Festival Opens in Plovdiv

The second edition of the Leterapopoli World Literature Festival opened in Plovdiv on Tuesday, the Culture Department of the Plovdiv Municipality said.

International writers of world renown, some of whom have never been translated into Bulgarian, are expected to visit Plovdiv as part of the festival. It will feature authors such as Mempo Giardinelli, Jorge Volpi, Raquel Martinez-Gomez, Jose Manuel Fajardo and Yolanda Gonzalez.

The festival aims to build a bridge between renowned world literature and the Bulgarian audience, who will have the opportunity to meet and get acquainted with their work between May 13 and 18 in  the Regional Ethnographic Museum, the Small Basilica, Studio 1 of Radio Plovdiv, the Dimitar Georgiev Gallery and the Plovdiv Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts.

During the festival, several workshops and public discussions will be held with the participation of students from the academy and young people from several other schools and universities in the city.  A special participation in the festival programme will be made by graduates of the academy, who will present their literary works created during a masterclass held between March 12 and 15 with Dostena Angelova-Lavergne and Isabelle Klein.

The Leterapopoli World Literature Festival is realized with the financial support of Plovdiv Municipality and the non-profit association Bulgarian Institute of Art Management. It is organized in partnership with the Plovdiv Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts.