The State of European LiteratureExternal link is an annual lecture or interview delivered by a prominent author or poet of international renown about the state of literature and Europe from the perspective of literature. This year, 'The State' will take place for the eighth time.

Georgi Gospodinov is one of the most prominent European authors of today, with a distinctive style that is both poetic and philosophical, yet accessible and full of humour and self-mockery. In 2023, he won the International Booker Prize for his novel Time Shelter.

This State of European Literature will take the form of an interview between Gospodinov and Margot Dijkgraaf, literary critic, writer, and journalist, and Jesse van Amelsvoort, lecturer in modern European literature.

Book club & Q&A session

Would you like to read Gospodinov's work and discuss it with fellow students from the faculty? Then join the book club on 22 April. Would you like to meet Gospodinov or ask him questions about his work? Then you can join the Q&A session on Thursday 7 May in the afternoon.