European Economic and Social Committee

PRESS RELEASE No 45/2007 / 29 May 2007

European Economic and Social Committee

Literary Summer at the EESC

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is pleased to invite you to its first literary summer, a series of lunch time meetings with European authors who will introduce us to their latest novel.

To mark the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, leading European authors will be presenting samples of their writing, highlighting the various facets of our culture of remembrance as epitomised by celebrations.

Remembering important occasions has become an important branch of Europe's cultural activity. These activities, however, have not always prevented certain events from being expunged, distorted or suppressed.

That is why the EESC has invited four well-known European writers to use collective stories, in addition to their own individual works, to document the evolution and customs of our culture of remembrance.

They will raise the essential question about the true values of our "New Europe", which it seems we are sometimes all too willing to forget.

The literary summer comprises four meetings to be held on the terrace of the EESC's Jacques Delors building (6th floor). They will take place at lunch time, between 12.30 p.m. and 1.30 p.m., on the following dates:

7 June: Thomas Glavinic, Die Arbeit der Nacht | The work of the night, in German.

14 June: Lajos Parti Nagy, Hősöm tere | My Hero's Square, in Hungarian.

21 June: Kirsten Thorup, Førkrigstid | Before the war, in Danish.

28 June: Bernardine Evaristo, Soul Tourists, in English.

The authors will read excerpts from their text in the original language. Translations in French and English will be made available.

The literary summer has been organised with the kind support of the: Österreichisches Kulturforum Brüssel, Land Kärnten Verbindungsbüro, Brüsszeli Magyar Kulturális Intézet, Det Danske Kulturinstitut, the British Council Brussels.

If the weather is good, the readings will take place on the 6th floor terrace of the EESC building. Otherwise, they will take place in the Atrium.

RESERVATIONS SHOULD BE MADE AT:

European Economic and Social Committee

Jacques Delors building | 6th floor

rue Belliard 99

B-1040 Brussels

For further information about the Literary Summer, please contact:

Cecile Etevenot

Tel: 02 546 9353

Antonia Kuehnel

Tel: 02 546 8678

For more details, please contact:
Karel Govaert or Christian Weger at the EESC Press Office,
99 rue Belliard, B-1040 Brussels
Tel.: +32 2 546 9396/9586; Mobile: +32 475 75 32 02
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The European Economic and Social Committee represents the various economic and social components of organised civil society. It is an institutional consultative body established by the 1957 Treaty of Rome. Its consultative role enables its members, and hence the organisations they represent, to participate in the Community decision-making process. The Committee has 344 members, who are appointed by the Council of Ministers.