Salon Dürrenmatt
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: November 15, 2016, 16:00 – 18:00
It is 26 years since Václav Havel met Friedrich Dürrenmatt and this evening will recall Dürrenmatt, one of the greatest Swiss novelists of the last century. Alongside a documentary film on his work and an on-stage debate on his influence on Czechoslovakia at that time, there will also be a rendering of Dürrenmatt’s famous speech Switzerland – A Prison, which he delivered on the occasion of the presentation of the Gottlieb Duttweiler Prize to Václav Havel.
Taking part in the discussion will be Václav Havel Library director Michael Žantovský, Swiss ambassador Markus-Alexander Antonietti, Madeleine Betschart, director of the Centre Dürenmatt Neuchâtel, and Prof. Dr. Milan Tvrdík of the Institute of Germanic Studies at Charles University’s Faculty of Arts.
Simultaneous interpretation into Czech and German provided.
In cooperation with the Swiss Embassy in Prague.