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SUMMARY:Book Presentation & Discussion with Susanne Gregor and Eleanor Updegraff – Halbe Leben
DESCRIPTION:The ACF London is delighted to welcome Austrian-Slovak novelist Susanne Gregor and translator Eleanor Updegraff for a special evening celebrating Gregor’s latest novel Halbe Leben (Half lives). \nThis incisive and gripping book about two families\, one in Slovakia\, one in Austria\, explores the dynamics of two interdependent families. A Slovakian woman puts her life on hold to support her children by working as a carer for a family in Austria. Starting out with a possible crime\, the novel navigates shifting power dynamics and veiled exploitation with narrative skill as well as irony. Susanne Gregor explores major themes that affect us all\, telling a story of inequality—between two women and their families\, between two lives. \nThis very topical novel was recently dramatised and staged by the Volkstheater in Vienna using Slovakian surtitles and touring the city’s quarters in a variety of locations. \nThe event will be chaired by Andrea Capovilla\, Director of the Ingeborg Bachmann Centre for Austrian Literature and Culture and will conclude with an audience Q&A session. \nThis bilingual event is accessible to non-German speakers. \n\nSusanne Gregor https://susannegregor.com/ was born in 1981 in Žilina\, Czechoslovakia. In 1990\, she moved to Austria with her family. She studied German studies and journalism in Salzburg and later taught German as a foreign language at the University of New Orleans. She now lives in Vienna. Gregor has received multiple awards for her literary work\, including the Elias Canetti Scholarship\, the Writing between the Cultures Award and the City of Vienna Advancement Award. Her novel Wir werden fliegen was nominated for the Austrian Book Prize. \n\nEleanor Updegraff https://www.eleanorupdegraff.co.uk/about is a writer\, editor\, and translator of contemporary German and Austrian literature. Born in London and raised in Hampshire\, she lived for several years in Vienna and Carinthia before returning to the UK. Her recent translations include Teresa Präauer’s Cooking in the Wrong Century\, Tanja Paar’s The Trembling World and Annabelle Hirsch’s A History of Women in 101 Objects.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/book-presentation-discussion-with-susanne-gregor-and-eleanor-updegraff-halbe-leben/
LOCATION:Austrian Cultural Forum London\, 28 Rutland Gate\, London\, SW7 1PQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Literature
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SUMMARY:Semafor: The Birth of Pop Culture in Prague’s 1960s
DESCRIPTION:Bursting into the 1960s with wit\, charm\, and a rebellious spirit\, Prague’s Semafor Theatre became a beacon of creativity behind the Iron Curtain. The unforgettable duo of Jiří Suchý and Jiří Šlitr brought Czechoslovakia its first wave of modern pop\, offbeat humour\, and a form of rebellion that spoke a language different from that of official power and the media. Their songs became the soundtrack of a generation and a symbol of cultural resistance. In this special event\, music historian and author of Suchý & Šlitr\, Semafor 1959–1969\, Pavel Klusák\, and Jiří Šlitr’s daughter\, Dominika Křesťanová\, share stories\, rare insights\, and the cultural legacy of a duo who defined an era\, and the rebellion that stole a language for its own game. \n\n\n\n\nThis event also marks the recent release of Pavel Klusák’s book Suchý a Šlitr: Semafor 1959–1969 (Host\, 2024\, 456 pages\, ISBN 978-80-275-1813-5)\, which explores the rise of Semafor and its cultural impact during a decade of change. The book\, awarded the Egon Erwin Kisch Prize for non-fiction\, offers a vivid portrait of the duo’s creative world and their lasting influence on Czechoslovak popular culture. \n\n\nAdmission: £7 (+ Eventbrite fee)\nBOOK NOW
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/semafor-the-birth-of-pop-culture-in-pragues-1960s/
LOCATION:Czech Centre\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens  \, London\, W8 4QY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Literature,Talks
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SUMMARY:The Dervish Bowl: The Many Lives of Arminius Vambéry Book launch with Anabel Loyd
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the London launch of The Dervish Bowl: The Many Lives of Arminius Vambéry by Anabel Loyd. This new biography paints a compelling portrait of one of the most enigmatic figures of the nineteenth century\, whose restless travels and self-fashioned legends made him both a celebrated explorer and a controversial character. \nArminius Vambéry (1832–1913) was a Hungarian-born linguist\, orientalist adventurer\, writer\, and member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences who rose from poverty to become a regular guest at the courts and parlours of Victorian England. Disguised as a dervish\, he crossed Persia and Central Asia on foot\, publishing tales that thrilled European audiences and earned him a reputation as an intrepid traveller. His story is far from straightforward: Zionist sympathiser\, inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Van Helsing\, and even a British agent in the “Great Game” with Russia\, Vambéry embodied the shifting identities and ambiguities of Europe’s imperial century. \nIn her book\, Anabel Loyd draws on Vambéry’s own memoirs alongside newly uncovered sources\, letters\, and contemporary accounts to reveal the complex reality behind the myths. From hero to trickster\, patriot to opportunist\, he emerges as a man who was always both insider and outsider – fitting in everywhere and nowhere at once.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/the-dervish-bowl-the-many-lives-of-arminius-vambery-book-launch-with-anabel-loyd/
LOCATION:Liszt Institute Hungarian Cultural Centre London\, 17-19 Cockspur St.\, London \, SW1Y 5BL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Literature
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SUMMARY:Echoes of Exile: A Family’s Odyssey through the Holocaust and Cold War
DESCRIPTION:Book launch conversation with Daniela Spenser\, chaired by Jana Burešová \n\n\n\n \n\nJoin us for a compelling evening with historian and anthropologist Daniela Grollová Spenser\, as she discusses her new book Echoes of Exile: A Family’s Odyssey through the Holocaust and Cold War.\n\nBlending personal history with political insight\, Spenser traces three generations of her family across some of the most turbulent chapters of the 20th century: from the devastation of the Holocaust and wartime imprisonment\, through the vibrant intellectual and political life of 1960s Czechoslovakia\, to the trauma of exile after the 1968 Soviet invasion. At the heart of the story are her mother\, translator Ruth Tosková\, and her stepfather\, editor and journalist Vladimír Tosek\, whose lives intertwined with prominent figures such as Jiří Pelikán and the émigré journal Listy.\n\nThe book—published in Czech by Argo (2025) and in English by the University of Alabama Press (2025)—offers a deeply human perspective on survival\, displacement\, and the shifting relationship between political exiles and Czech society after 1989.\n\nThe conversation will be chaired by Jana Burešová and will open a window into how private lives intersect with history on a global scale.\n\nAbout the author:\nDaniela Spenser is a fellow at CIESAS (Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social) in Mexico City. She is also the author of The Impossible Triangle: Mexico\, Soviet Russia\, and the United States in the 1920sand Stumbling Its Way Through Mexico: The Early Years of the Communist International.\n\nSupported by the BCSA.\n\n 	Admission: 5 (+ Eventbrite fee)
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/echoes-of-exile-a-familys-odyssey-through-the-holocaust-and-cold-war/
LOCATION:Czech Cente at the Czech Embassy Cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, Select a State\, W8 4QY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Literature
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