Mário-Henrique Leiria's Alliance at the European Literature Night

 


by David Rosh Pina

 


 

The European Night of Literature, a joint project of thirteen European countries—Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, and Spain—presented European literature to wide Israeli audiences and readers. Its first edition focused on the Science Fiction genre combining old stories such as Primo Levi or Mário-Henrique Leiria with modern ones. All of them were read in Hebrew.

 

The European Night of Literature also offered an exhibition of children’s Artwork on the Theme ‘Israel in 2300’, created by the local schools in Tel Aviv, several screenings of short animated movies, and discussions with Israeli authors.

 

 The event was sponsored by the Czech Centre Tel Aviv, the Instituto Cervantes Tel Aviv, the Goethe Institut Israel, and the Portugal Embassy in Tel Aviv.

 

 Mario-Henrique Leiria represented Portugal with the short story Alliance or Brit in Hebrew, dealing in a sarcastic way with the peaceful and gradual invasion of his apartment by strange beings of different colors Yaniv Winogradsky read it marvelously. Congratulations Mario-Henrique, you were read in Hebrew, in Tel Aviv!

 


 

 

Head of the Czech Center Robert Mikoláš and host Benny Ziffer



Gentleman explaining Mario-Henrique Leiria's text, strangely similar to yours truly. 




 

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