{"id":2122,"date":"2019-03-26T13:24:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T12:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/?p=2122"},"modified":"2020-03-26T13:27:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T12:27:17","slug":"olga-tokarczuk-at-passa-porta-festival-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2019\/03\/26\/olga-tokarczuk-at-passa-porta-festival-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Olga Tokarczuk at Passa Porta Festival 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"desc\">\n<div class=\"spacer\">\n<div class=\"text--lead\">\n<p><strong>Olga Tokarczuk<\/strong>, <strong>polish writer<\/strong>, will be in conversation with <strong>philosopher<\/strong>,<strong> Alicja Gescinska<\/strong> at\u00a0the <strong>seventh edition<\/strong> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.passaporta.be\/en\/passa-porta-festival-2019?locate=en_be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Passa Porta Festival<\/a> which takes place <strong>from 28 until 31 March 2019<\/strong>. A hundred <strong>authors<\/strong> and <strong>artists<\/strong> will gather in <strong>Brussels<\/strong> for a weekend of <strong>interviews<\/strong>, <strong>debates<\/strong>, <strong>discussions<\/strong> and <strong>meetings<\/strong>.<br \/><br \/>At the closing ceremony<strong> Olga Tokarczuk<\/strong><strong>\u00a0will r<\/strong><strong>ead from her latest work in progress<\/strong> \u2013 and to do so in front of an audience, in front of you.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid\">\n<div class=\"grid__12 grid--bp-lrg__8 grid--bp-lrg__offset-2\">\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"grid\">\n<div class=\"grid__12  \">\n<div class=\"spacer contentbuilder__text\">\n<p><strong>PRACTICAL INFORMATION<\/strong><br \/>&gt;&gt;&gt; Interview:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When?<strong> 31 March 2019 | 16:30 &#8211; 17:30<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Where? <strong>Beursschouwburg<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0Rue Auguste Orts 20-28, 1000 Brusels &#8211;\u00a0see <a href=\"http:\/\/culturepolonaise.eu\/3,4,872,en,Olga_Tokarczuk_at_Passa_Porta_Festival_2019#map\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">map<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Language?<strong> English<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n&gt;&gt;&gt; <strong>Reading<\/strong><br \/>\n<ul>\n<li>When?<strong>\u00a031 March 2019 | 18:00 &#8211; 19:00<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Where?\u00a0<strong>Ancienne Belgique<\/strong>, Boulevard Anspach 110, 1000 Bruxelles &#8211; see <a href=\"http:\/\/culturepolonaise.eu\/3,4,872,en,Olga_Tokarczuk_at_Passa_Porta_Festival_2019#map2\">map<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Language?<strong>\u00a0Polish with French and Dutch translations<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt; Buy your tickets <a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.mijnevent.be\/?lang=en&amp;distributionId=169107&amp;eventId=349699\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<br \/><strong>Olga Tokarczuk<\/strong>\u00a0is considered one of the greatest European authors of her generation. Having twice won the prestigious Nike Prize in her homeland of Poland, her novel\u00a0<em>Flights<\/em>\u00a0won the Man Booker International Prize in 2018. Her latest novel,\u00a0<em>The Books of Jacob\u00a0<\/em>(forthcoming), about the Central European Jews of the eighteenth century, was fine enough to reap literary prizes \u2026 but unfortunately also topical enough to stir up controversy and even to provoke death threats.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/gescinska.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Alicja Gescinska<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is a writer, philosopher and TV maker. In 1988 her parents fled communist Poland to build a new life in Belgium. Gescinska obtained a PhD in philosophy from Ghent University and has worked at Princeton University and Amherst College. In 2017 she won the Debuutprijs for her novel\u00a0<em>Een soort van liefde<\/em>. For the Canvas show\u00a0<em>Wanderlust<\/em>, Gescinska travelled the world during two seasons for conversations with contemporary thinkers, artists and writers.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<br \/><strong>About Passa Porta<\/strong><br \/>The international house of literature <a href=\"https:\/\/www.passaporta.be\/en\/?redirect=yes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Passa Porta<\/a> is a unique, multilingual meeting place in the heart of Brussels for anyone and everyone curious about ideas, texts and stories. It is where readers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.passaporta.be\/en\/calendar\">meet their favourite writers<\/a>\u00a0from Belgium and abroad and where they discover new talents. It is where authors and translators have access to a stage or a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.passaporta.be\/en\/in-residence\">workspace<\/a>. And every two years the Passa Porta Festival celebrates Brussels as a city of literature with the arrival of hundreds of writers and artists from around the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"gallery\" class=\"thumbs\"><a title=\"Olga Tokarczuk\" href=\"http:\/\/culturepolonaise.eu\/99,99,0,en?bn=profile2544887574988832305&amp;ex=jpg&amp;t=image&amp;mt=image%2Fjpeg&amp;width=587&amp;height=587\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/culturepolonaise.eu\/99,99,0,en?bn=profile2544887574988832305&amp;ex=jpg&amp;t=image&amp;mt=image%2Fjpeg&amp;width=550&amp;height=120\" alt=\"Olga Tokarczuk\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"Passa Porta\" href=\"http:\/\/culturepolonaise.eu\/99,99,0,en?bn=passa_porta_logo76576468214423727&amp;ex=jpg&amp;t=image&amp;mt=image%2Fjpeg&amp;width=587&amp;height=587\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/culturepolonaise.eu\/99,99,0,en?bn=passa_porta_logo76576468214423727&amp;ex=jpg&amp;t=image&amp;mt=image%2Fjpeg&amp;width=550&amp;height=120\" alt=\"Passa Porta\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"Alicja Gescinska\" href=\"http:\/\/culturepolonaise.eu\/99,99,0,en?bn=Alicja_Gescinska21489191554670427&amp;ex=jpg&amp;t=image&amp;mt=image%2Fjpeg&amp;width=587&amp;height=587\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/culturepolonaise.eu\/99,99,0,en?bn=Alicja_Gescinska21489191554670427&amp;ex=jpg&amp;t=image&amp;mt=image%2Fjpeg&amp;width=550&amp;height=120\" alt=\"Alicja Gescinska\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"link\">\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olga Tokarczuk, polish writer, will be in conversation with philosopher, Alicja Gescinska at\u00a0the seventh edition of the Passa Porta Festival which takes place from 28 until 31 March 2019. 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English\\n&gt;&gt;&gt; Reading\\nWhen?\u00a031 March 2019 | 18:00 - 19:00\\nWhere?\u00a0Ancienne Belgique, Boulevard Anspach 110, 1000 Bruxelles - see map\\nLanguage?\u00a0Polish with French and Dutch translations\\n&gt;&gt;&gt; Buy your tickets here\\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Olga Tokarczuk\u00a0is considered one of the greatest European authors of her generation. Having twice won the prestigious Nike Prize in her homeland of Poland, her novel\u00a0Flights\u00a0won the Man Booker International Prize in 2018. Her latest novel,\u00a0The Books of Jacob\u00a0(forthcoming), about the Central European Jews of the eighteenth century, was fine enough to reap literary prizes \u2026 but unfortunately also topical enough to stir up controversy and even to provoke death threats.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Alicja Gescinska\u00a0is a writer, philosopher and TV maker. In 1988 her parents fled communist Poland to build a new life in Belgium. Gescinska obtained a PhD in philosophy from Ghent University and has worked at Princeton University and Amherst College. In 2017 she won the Debuutprijs for her novel\u00a0Een soort van liefde. For the Canvas show\u00a0Wanderlust, Gescinska travelled the world during two seasons for conversations with contemporary thinkers, artists and writers.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0About Passa PortaThe international house of literature Passa Porta is a unique, multilingual meeting place in the heart of Brussels for anyone and everyone curious about ideas, texts and stories. It is where readers\u00a0meet their favourite writers\u00a0from Belgium and abroad and where they discover new talents. It is where authors and translators have access to a stage or a\u00a0workspace. 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English\n&gt;&gt;&gt; Reading\nWhen?\u00a031 March 2019 | 18:00 - 19:00\nWhere?\u00a0Ancienne Belgique, Boulevard Anspach 110, 1000 Bruxelles - see map\nLanguage?\u00a0Polish with French and Dutch translations\n&gt;&gt;&gt; Buy your tickets here\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Olga Tokarczuk\u00a0is considered one of the greatest European authors of her generation. Having twice won the prestigious Nike Prize in her homeland of Poland, her novel\u00a0Flights\u00a0won the Man Booker International Prize in 2018. Her latest novel,\u00a0The Books of Jacob\u00a0(forthcoming), about the Central European Jews of the eighteenth century, was fine enough to reap literary prizes \u2026 but unfortunately also topical enough to stir up controversy and even to provoke death threats.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Alicja Gescinska\u00a0is a writer, philosopher and TV maker. In 1988 her parents fled communist Poland to build a new life in Belgium. Gescinska obtained a PhD in philosophy from Ghent University and has worked at Princeton University and Amherst College. 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