China as special guest of International Belgrade Book Fair

BELGRADE - The 59th International Belgrade Book Fair will be held at the Belgrade Fair from October 26 to November 2 under the motto 'It's time for a book', and this year's special guest will be the People's Republic of China.

During the first pre-fair conference in the Belgrade City Assembly on Wednesday, the biggest cultural event in Serbia was discussed by Culture Secretary of the City of Belgrade Vladan Vukosavljevic, Book Fair Board Chair Zoran Avramovic, Chinese Ambassador in Belgrade Li Manchang, editor of the fair programme Dragan Hamovic and Manager of the Confucius Institute Radislav Pusic.

Vukosavljevic noted that over 450 direct presenters, 33 of them foreign, have applied for participation at the Belgrade Book Fair.

In addition to presenters from China, the fair will also gather publishers from France, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Iran, Montenegro, Japan, Belarus, Greece, Croatia, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Russia, Austria, Spain, Germany, Angola and India.

As the special guest of the next, 60th book fair in Belgrade, India will present a brief overview of its literature and culture this year.

The fair will also feature a stand of EUNIK (network of culture institutes from EU countries) which will help the visitors learn more about EU countries and the possibilities of improvement of cultural cooperation.

Chinese Ambassador in Belgrade Li Manchang announced that China will send its delegation comprising 200 members, including around 100 representatives of over 60 publishing houses, to take part in the Belgrade Book Fair. The Chinese stand will occupy a special honorary place at the fair and it will feature over 5,000 publications presenting the achievements of contemporary Chinese...