Elena Cardona represented Malta at the EUNIC Long Night of Literature - Vienna 2023

EUNIC members, coordinated by the Czech Cultural Institute, organised a Long Night of Literature, in Vienna, Austria, based on the positive feedback from the first event held the previous fall.

Elena Cardona read four poems at the EUNIC Long Night of Literature - Vienna 2023, from her poetry collection Meta Tlaqt lil Adam: ‘Jien’, ‘Ħajjiet tal-Ħalib’, ‘Keffa’, ‘Fl-Art tal-Larinġ u l-Lumi’. She also presented an English translation of the poems written by Irene Mangion.

The Long Night of Literature took place on Friday, 13 October 2023, in 8 different cultural institutes or partner institutions throughout Vienna, with the participation of 17 countries 

A joint opening event took place in the evening, followed by three sessions of each 1.5 hrs. in different locations during which authors read their texts.

Malta’s participation was made possible thanks to the support of Arts Council Malta in collaboration with the Embassy of Malta in Vienna, members of EUNIC Vienna

 

Jien

b’rispett lejn Maria Grech Ganado

Darba qaluli li

jiena

bl-għeruq u x-xniexel

ta’ ommi

ta’ missieri

tar-raġel

ta’ ħuti

tal-familja

tar-razza u r-radika

ta’ kuħadd

– barra tiegħi nnifsi.

 

U qaluli wkoll li

jiena

ta’ fuqi senduqi

niddependi minn ħaddieħor biex

nieħu nifs

niftaħ ħalqi

naqla’ l-għajxien

niċċaqlaq

nieħu deċiżjoni.

 

Imma ...

jiena jien.

U l-jien tiegħi ħalef

li jiena nkun tiegħi nnifsi biss

b’dak kollu li tħobbu u tobgħodu fija.

 

Ħajjiet tal-Ħalib

xahar wara xahar

ġismi

jfakkarni li jien mara

nxettel

gaia

niżra’

insensel u nħit

ħajjiet tal-ħalib

 

xahar wara xahar

ġismi

jqattar l-iswed magħqud

niexef ma’ koxxtejja

u ħafna ħajjiet tal-ħalib

li ma sarux

 

 

 

 

Warren Galea represented Malta during the Europe day 2023 Festival organised by EUNIC Vienna.

Participation was made possible thanks to the Embassy of Malta in Austria and Arts Council Malta.

 

 

Long Night of Literature in Vienna 2022

On Friday October 21, 2022, the Czech Center in collaboration with EUNIC Vienna organized a round of readings in various cultural institutes in Vienna as part of the "Lange Nacht der Literatur", or “Long Night of Literature” to mark the Czech EU Council Presidency. The motto of the initiative was “Peace” and featured nine authors from nine countries.

After the official opening, Adrian Grima, who was representing Malta, gave a reading of four of his poems in Maltese. He spoke about the significance of peace and how poetry explores the humanness inside us.

He also spoke about the origins and development of the Maltese language and literature, which the audience particularly appreciated given that Maltese is the only official language of the European Union with Arabic origins. The session was chaired by, Mr Mojmír Jeřábek, director of the Czech Centre, and also featured Nicole Ertl, from the Malta Embassy in Vienna, who read German translations of Adrian's poems.

Adrian Grima's participation was made possible thanks to the  coordination and support of Arts Council Malta in collaboration with the Embassy of Malta in Vienna.

Maltese musicians perform at EUNIC MUSIKFEST 2020
 
EUNIC Austria held its third European Music Festival in 2020, which comprised of three musical events in three European cultural institutes. The festival was dedicated to "Multilateralism at work in Vienna". On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, they wished to highlight the important role of the European Union as a defender of rules-based effective multilateralism. Maltese musicians Angela Vella Zarb, Karl Galea and Oliver Degabriele performed a 45-minute Jazz set at the Italian Cultural Institute in Vienna.

The full performance may be found here.

On the 22nd of January 2020, the Maltese Embassy in Vienna started to officially represent Arts Council Malta in the EUNIC Vienna Cluster.