International Novi Sad Literature Festival opens

NOVI SAD - The 9th International Novi Sad Literature Festival was opened in the central city square in Novi Sad with a speech by President of Matica Srpska, professor and poet Dragan Stanic, on Tuesday evening.

During the four-day event, authors from Serbia and abroad will read their poetry and prose at an open-air venue in downtown Novi Sad and take part in panel discussions on modern literature.

The festival will feature participation by about one hundred writers, translators, musicians and actors, including over 20 writers from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, Mexico, Poland, Hungary, Colombia, Romania, Denmark and Bulgaria.

The festival will present three awards - the International Literary Award of Novi Sad, which will be handed out for the ninth time at the Newlyweds Square, Branko's Award for young poets, named after the 19th century Serbian poet Branko Radicevic, which will be presented in Sremski Karlovci for the 54th time, and Best Slam Poet of Serbia Award for the best live poetry performance.

Every year, the festival presents one national anthology of modern poetry. After Germany, Poland and Romania, the spotlight this year will be on the modern poetry of Mexico.

The international literary festival is organized with the support of the Provincial Secretariat of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbian Ministry of Culture and Information, and City Council of Novi Sad.