For the fourth time, the International Elias Canetti Society is organising a memorial service on November 2nd at 11.00 a.m. for the victims who were murdered without trial or judgement in the Baljuv Dol area, between the villages of Schtraklevo and Nisovo in the Ruse region. This place is known for the tragic events during More...
The website of the University of Vienna - Sommerhochschule is currently unavailable due to webserver maintenance work, which could last until the beginning of November. As the application period for the univie: winter school 2027 has already started, we herewith provide you with the essential information for participation in the univie: winter school for Cultural More...
OCTOBER 4th 2026 from 6.30 P.M. AT THE CANETTI HOUSE “HAUCH” (BREEZE) OR THE LETTER AGAINST THE DIGITAL SCREEN “Hauch” is an epistolary novel written at a time when postal services across Europe are struggling and clearly need support. In smaller towns, post-boxes are disappearing with increasing frequency or the post simply isn’t More...
OCTOBER 4th, 2026, FROM 5.30 P.M. AT THE CANETTI HOUSE SCHWIMMEN IN DER TINTE (SWIMMING IN THE INK) This is the fascinating title of Rumiana Ebert’s book, which we will be presenting on the 4th of October. She is a renowned Bulgarian and German poet, writer, essayist and translator who has been combining More...
3 October 2026 from 7.00 at the Canetti House A LETTER THAT IS NOT PRONOUNCED, BUT CONVEYS A LOT The second event on the first day of the festival features Jehona Kicaj. Kicaj was born in 1991 in Suharekë, Republic of Kosovo, and moved to Germany with her parents in the 1990s. More...
Official opening of the 19th ‘Voice of Reason’ International Literary Festival 3 October 2026 from 5.30 p.m. at the Canetti House Saturday 3 October 6.00 p.m., Canetti-House Immediately following the festival’s official opening, there will be an event at which the audience will have the opportunity to meet Elli Unruh and learn More...
Under this motto, the Ruse International Literature Festival is celebrating its 19th anniversary. The festival is the flagship event of the Cultural Centre of the International Elias Canetti Society and traditionally provides a platform for the diverse voices of artists from different generations to be heard. Each with their own theme and their own pain, More...
In 2026, the LITERATURE NIGHT will take place for the fifteenth consecutive year. At 13 locations across Bulgaria, a variety of spaces – some of which might be unusual for literary events – will be transformed simultaneously into “reading nooks” on October 1st for a few hours. Various artists, journalists, and translators will read excerpts More...
(AUFKLÄRUNG IN ZEITEN DER VERDUNKELUNG) 3–11 October 2026 Canetti House · 12 Slavyanska Street · 7000 Ruse, Bulgaria THE INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE FESTIVAL RUSE For almost two decades, the International Literature Festival Ruse has established itself as a cultural forum with a strong European and international presence. Bringing together contemporary literature and the arts, the More...
AUFKLÄRUNG IN ZEITEN DER VERDUNKELUNG 3–11 October 2026 · Canetti House · 12 Slavyanska Street · 7000 Ruse, Bulgaria ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ THE INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE FESTIVAL RUSE For almost two decades, the International Literature Festival Ruse has established itself as a cultural forum with a strong European and international presence. Bringing together contemporary literature and the More...
