Michal Hvorecký presents "Dissident
Politically controlled media, conspiracy theories and historical falsification: in "Dissident", Michal Hvorecký puts his finger on the threats to democracy. After several novels and short stories, the Slovakian author is now publishing his first non-fiction book and also his first book written in German, in which he traces the path of Europe after the fall of the Iron Curtain through his own biography.
On Thursday, May 21, he will present *Dissident* at 7:30 p.m. during an author reading at the Literaturhaus Villa Clementine, located at Frankfurter Straße 1, and will engage in a conversation with journalist Eric Marr. The reading is part of the traveling exhibition “Tell Me About Europe!” by the European eyewitness project “European Archive of Voices,” which will be on view at the Stadtmuseum through Sunday, May 31. The event is organized by the Literaturhaus Villa Clementine/Wiesbaden Cultural Office in cooperation with sam – Stadtmuseum am Markt and the Office for Social Work. Further information can be found at www.wiesbaden.de/literaturhaus (opens in a new tab).
In “Dissident,” Hvorecký weaves his own experiences with a look at the political present, the fragility of democracy, and the new dissidents of the 21st century. He underscores the dissident legacy of the 1989 Velvet Revolution and issues an all-the-more-vocal appeal to actively counter the new shift to the right and to fight passionately for a democratic Europe. In his home country, Hvorecký is committed to protecting press freedom and opposing anti-democratic developments. He is part of the group “Arbeit an Europa,” which works in various ways to strengthen European cohesion.
Tickets are available in advance for 12 euros, reduced rate 9 euros, plus a booking fee, at the Wiesbaden Tourist Information Office, Marktplatz 1, phone (0611) 1729930; online via the Literaturhaus website. At the box office on the night of the event, admission is 15 euros, reduced rate 11 euros.
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